Where Everybody's Crazy

I don't know if you've noticed that I've been rather more quiet than usual recently, but part of the reason is that we're nearing the end of term - in fact, the end of my time here at college - and I've been working on my research paper.

Now what they don't tell you is that "research paper" is really a misnomer. By calling it a "research paper" and giving you a "supervisor" you get the impression that this is some serious piece of academic activity; but at only 7,000 words maximum, it can barely be called a dissertation. It's an extended essay, at best.

So I spent a couple of weeks stressing about it and trying to write down every single idea that I had, and then got told that all that would have to wait for the PhD. (I hate it when people give me ideas like that.)

Then I just wrote a few ideas down, came to some conclusions, explained how I got to those conclusions, and hey, I was just a bit over 7000 words.

And here it is, complete! You can also download it as a PDF. I don't claim it's brilliant - but that's only because I know what I would have liked to have put in there if there wasn't a word budget - but in the light of the fact that there's so little out there on the topic, it's good enough.

Enjoy.