Monthly Archives: January 2008

Benford’s Law is a fascinating mathematical trivium. Take many kinds of seemingly random data, and look at the first digit of each datapoint. Intuitively, you’d probably think that there would be about the same amount of 2′s as 3′s and … Continue reading →

A religious map of the USA. Fascinating. I really didn’t know how prevalent Catholicism is. The Civil War in 4 minutes. Each week is 1 second. An interesting and rambling interview with a hedge fund manager. The ”Beatniks” perform Stairway … Continue reading →

Any economy needs a recession once in a while. When you have a bubble, the bubble needs to pop. You need to take some pain to get things on track. People and the economy suffer, but then you don’t have … Continue reading →

It’s like checking the 5-day forecast before going on vacation. Yes, you don’t have to. Yes, it adds more surprise if you don’t. But why wouldn’t you?

Yesterday was the boy’s 5th birthday, so we took him to the movies for a treat. He had already seen the few kids movies that were out, so we went a bit more adult and feminine and saw Enchanted. He … Continue reading →

If you ever enjoyed reading a comic book, you owe it to yourself to read this book. If you used to enjoy comic books a lot, but found them getting a little juvenile for your taste, and then realized that … Continue reading →

Our retirement accounts are down about $11,000 in the last few weeks. That’s a lot of lira. I’ve been surprised by our own reaction, we’re just not that worked up about it. We have a long term perspective, this too … Continue reading →

The Beast’s 50 Most Loathsome People of 2007. Always funny (especially #42). A long interview with John Edwards. Very substanstive, mostly on Iraq. The Legend of Cliff Young: The 61 Year Old Farmer Who Won the World’s Toughest Race Guess … Continue reading →

In an article about consumer spending dropping: Gia Trumpler, 37, a travel consultant who lives in Manhattan, shops at luxury chains like Saks. But she is trimming costs where she can by bringing lunch to work from home, rather than … Continue reading →

A judge ruled that MSNBC must let Dennis Kucinich in to their debate. I’m somewhat offended that a legitimate candidate was invited to a debate and then uninvited under circumstances that appear to be that they just decided to exclude … Continue reading →

* Moss: Where the heck was Moss? He caught one pass for 14 yards, I don’t even remember it. Why aren’t we throwing to Randy Moss? And how can that not even be mentioned by anyone. Is he being single-covered, … Continue reading →

41-10 Pats. Blowout, the outcome never really in question.

Hillary: Glad to see the media got it wrong, but I’m not sure why. Oh wait, it’s because I hate almost all political coverage and think 80% of commentators and editors should be fired. At least it will be a … Continue reading →

Today is January 9th. I am not wearing a jacket today. I didn’t make a concious decision whether I needed a jacket, it was obvious. Have fun with that whole winter thing.

For some reason I can’t get the image to load here, it’s a great picture of the cast of L.A. Law. Check out the “duh” caption. No, you really think so?

Congratulations Obama! Not only did Obama win, but he did in convincing fashion, and did it by organizing better and bringing out new people, widening the tent. That’s a great sign for him and the Democrats in general. Many have … Continue reading →