Sound advice. So, I've been desperately needing to talk about my dissertation angst with people whose intellectual and personal judgment I trust--characteristics that can be rather scarce commodities around here--so I brought up the especially vexing question of case selection in an email conversation with one of my undergrad advisors the other day. I just got this in reply (along with a lot of other Very Wise Advice, most of which I will almost certainly take.):

"For starters, forget the fuckin' geographers and anthropologists."

God, I really miss the good old days sometimes.  ¶ 5:56 PM