STILL in the dark waters of realism

R is not kicking ass. She is getting her ass kicked... by the very pessimistic realist tradition. Hopefully liberalism will give me a more optimistic outlook on my (now official) major field.

On a happier note, I am finally getting the hang of writing useful summaries thanks to S's insistence on us using tables to set a common format. So, I first write out my notes in my usual long unstructured form, and then box them into the four categories of the table. Not the most efficient process.

-R