Thesis denouement

Well, it's done.  They passed me.  It was actually not unpleasurable at all, even on the points where I was fumbling around attempting to cover up the fact that I am, in fact, rather less than versed in the literatures I'm expecting to be versed in.  Woohoo!  Sped home, made a couple of changes (I would have just done them on campus, but I needed to look at a certain dictionary that I'd accidentally left at home), then sped back to campus where I dropped off my thesis with the graduate school.  The university editor should be contacting me within about 48 hours to tell me what I did wrong.

I congratulated myself by having dinner at Al-Maza.  Not really any sort of fancy, but I think they make tastiness, and I love their kabobs.  They were, in fact, the source of an odd conversation:

Cashier/Server: Are you Iranian?
Me: No... just plain old European mix.
Her: Oh, ok.
Me: Why do you ask?
Her: You get the kabobs.

Thus cementing my suspicion that with a little work/practice, I could pass not only for most European ethnicities, but also a number of Middle Eastern/Mediterranean ones.