Opening Rambles – Thanks to Nitro9 for the theme music!   More with MollieWollie – MollieWollie’s Rose of England shawl: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/molliewollie/rose-of-england-design – MollieWollie’s Pioneer: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/molliewollie/pioneer – MollieWollie’s Tubbs Hill Shawl: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/molliewollie/spinners-lace-shawl-s-2017 – Hamburger Touchdown: http://molliewollie.livejournal.com/120032.html – “That hat” (Vanadis): http://www.ravelry.com/projects/molliewollie/vanadis – Conan O’Brien/The Flaming C ami: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/SiraRaven/conan-obrien-the-flaming-c – Knitting Snark: http://knitting-snark.livejournal.com/ – Peter Dinklage – Unseen University; wizard college in Discworld: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unseen_University – Progressions in books – Wizards (first few books); Rincewind: http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Rincewind – Witches – Death – The Night Watch; Commander Sam Vines – Tiffany Aching; vaguely related to witches – Industrial Revolution – Starting Point: Wyrd Sisters (second in witches series) – A Recommended reading order: http://www.lspace.org/books/reading-order-guides/the-discworld-reading-order-guide-1-5.pdf   Dissertation Talk with Ciellel – In T4: 324 Nerd Warriors had dissertations approved (~48% of all of those on teams) – Of those, almost two thirds (63%) made it to the halfway point successfully, and about half completed their dissertations. – As of last Friday, there have been about 200 dissertation proposals for T5 so far, on a similar pace as T4. – In T4, 72% of the Squints submitted a dissertation proposal; 95% of those made it halfway and a whopping 81% finished their dissertations. – In T4, 67% of Team SGC submitted a dissertation proposal; 57% of those finished their dissertations. – In T4, 63% of Team Rangers submitted a dissertation proposal; 73% of those finished their dissertations.   Closing Rambles – Podcast Theme Contest! Send your theme song submissions to [email protected] – Voicemail line: 423-509-8750. Call me any time!   The Musics – Nitro9’s submission Contributions and comments can be sent to [email protected]. Thanks for listening! Nerd Wars Podcast, E10   Subscribe to us on iTunes or Stitcher!