@nonlinearone Amazing how much our lives have had in common, same places same times etc. I never did the professional student gig, stopped after masters. But we have literally been neighbors living in roughly the same places at the same times.
Universe is acting strange. Someone needs to call James Gates and see what's up, simulator seems to be on repeat.
http://www.onbeing.org/blog/symbols-power-adinkras-and-nature-reality/2438
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1111.6055.pdf
In all seriousness though, welcome aboard!