Quote of the Day

"I'm so happy I could strangle a mountain ox."

That was the response I got to an e-mail to a student accepting her to do a Ph.D. with me. My response: "I take it this is a 'yes'? ;)" Though of course I can't take the above as an official yes, though I think it's reasonable for me to expect to get that answer. I guess there is something to be said after all for delivering such news rather than it being done by departmental staff. (Granted, I have to deliver bad news more often than good news.)