jacqueline fitzpatrick, jan secrist ve debra wright'in 'secrets for a succesful dissertation' kitabindan bir alinti: recipe for dessert-ationtake one jar of cranial jam, seasoned three to seven years in ivory towers.pour into a mixing bowl (not to be confused with a toilet bowl) and add a generous amount of sweat and tears.fold in one pair of bifocals, a dozen student loan applications, and stir vigorously until rigor mortis sets in.with a beater, blend in one pound of finely crushed preseverence along with one large iq. (if you are out of the latter, a ton of tenacity will do.) add a pinch of gray hair (a bald spot will work as a substitute) and sprinkle in a handful of polysyllabic words. this will impress your friends and neighbors every time.place in an apa style pan.marinate in pickle juice or other preservative and let it rise for six months. punch down and let rise for another six months. if you cannot punch it down, don't worry, a dessert-ation committee will do it for you. finally, place the substance in a blue-cloth bound cover and celebrate; you are the proud owner of a dessert-ation.the result is a 1- to 2-inch-self-sufficient dust collector, enough to bore six to eight people at one seating, also usable as a miniature breadboard. this can be redeemed at local universities for a doctoral diploma, suitable for hanging and resume padding (periodic dusting required). if this recipe does not turn out for you, don't worry abd(all but dissertation) isn't the end of the world.