I was just trying to read my big brother’s thesis. It was on the dining room table, looking all black and impressive, so I thought I would take a look at it. Of course, I knew I had no chance of understanding any of it, because I’m not a physicist or a mathematician, but I thought I’d give it a look all the same. Coolly, I noticed that I got a mention in the acknowledgements! Yay! I did notice, however, that Mark’s writing style has improved vastly since I read anything of his.

I’m still squealing with excitement about having a brother with a PhD. It’s just cool. I actually know a bona fide quantum physicist. Mind you, given that he’ll now be a smug git I’ll have to get my own PhD – I can’t let him get too big headed, can I? he’d end up thinking he’s the cleverest brother, when we all know that middle siblings are the clever ones.

That said, I better go read.