Confessions of an "ex-apathetist"

[Attila]

PhD...I don't know what I would do with the thing (I'm a college dropout, having even take a course or two in basic linguistics). I just find these things interesting in their own sake.

That just proves again the lack of correlation between quantity of education and intelligence.  You can always work on a book. I'd read it fwiw.
ciao,
Attila