I’m in the middle of writing my prior learning portfolio as part of my EXCL 301 class. I have turned a 12 page paper into a 30 page thesis, and am in the midst of scaling it back and working on precision of my language.

I am sad that I can’t squeeze in this passage from the Encyclopedia Britannica for thanatology:

Generally, psychologists have agreed that there are two overall concepts concerning death that help in understanding the simultaneous processes of living and dying. The “my death versus your death” concept emphasizes the irrational belief that while “your death” is a certainty, an exemption may be made in “my case.”

This passage seems plucked directly out of Terry Pratchett’s writing.