Wow, my folks paid $1,000 a semester for my degree (ok, I graduated in 1980)
I've heard the official motto of Canada is, "Now let's not get excited"..;)
And if you do get hot showers, you can always use the diploma for a diplo-mat..;)
Hey, you're a Computer artist..why not a little Photoshop, some fancy fonts (there's even one out there called 'diploma'), you could have your Doctorate (PHD- piled higher and deeper) by now..;)

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)