so this is richly amusing. i was talking to the mother the other day, and she told me that james cook university, one of the places i briefly considered attending in my hour of darkest desperation (you remember it), the school which informed me flat out that i had "insufficient research experience" to begin work with them on a clinical psychology phd, had the gall, the temerity to call and ask if i was interested in enroling in their masters of guidance counselling program. the mother talked to them and was completely diplomatic, which is very lucky for them, because if they had somehow got to me first it would have been a bloodbath.