"And I'm not done. Still plugging away at it though. I won't be finished with this thing for months. I'll get one thing done, and another comes up."
Can't wait 'til I can officially call you Doctor. And I ain't joking. Me got lot of respect for Doctors, whether medical or of phylosophy. I remember this instance when I was listening to Dr. Laura and someone called and addressed her as Laura. She ate her alive over the lines and I agreed with Dr' Laura and was angry myself. Dr. Laura got her Ph.D from Columbia University in NYC. How dare her call her Laura?
If I'm not mistaken you do have another graduate degree, is it a doctoral?
I have two other graduate degrees. A Masters degree and a juris doctorate (law) degree. So you can technically call me "Doctor" now, even though no one else (not even my students) does. ;-)