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Days remaining if I start my three-week qualifying exam period
\non Nov. 22: 91.
\nDays remaining if I start my three-week qualifying exam period on Jan. 15: 145.<\/p>\n

Number of pieces in the three exam lists: 169
\nNumber left to read: 70 (44 books, 26 articles)
\nNumber left to annotate: Anybody’s guess. Some integer between 70 and 134.<\/p>\n

As you can see, I ran the numbers again this evening. It’s not
\nhopeless by any means, given that I can still meet the Nov. option if I have a
\nsolid few weeks. The burr in my sock is that while I’m reading and
\nannotating individual pieces, the patterns arching across the readings are
\nperhaps best compared to a serving of spaghetti. <\/p>\n

Dropped from a high-flying hot air balloon. <\/p>\n

Into a turbulent ocean. <\/p>\n

Where it’s being nibbled by predatory sea creatures. <\/p>\n

You get my drift. Thing is, while time is short enough
\nfor reading, I also have to form possible responses, give the new stuff a shape
\nbeyond a set of finely tuned but scattered notes. So while reading is
\ngoing fairly well, the part where it sinks in such that I can do intelligible
\njustice to it in a few months: a disconcerting lack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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