Monthly Archives: August 2004

Stats madness

This article explains what that margin of error thing is that journalists take on to survey data. I thought this was pretty interesting because I used to know a fair bit about stats back in my grad school days. I taught intro to behavioral stats to undergrads, and that experience drove me from academics into [...]

Jingoism

extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy

Dogs make the best napkins

Often times in my daily dining experience I find myself short of a napkin. If I am eating with other people this usually means I am someplace that provides napkins, and thus I can go fetch one to avoid social embarrassment. If I am dining along various options present themselves.

I eat breakfast in the car [...]

Never go against the family

My friend Chuck and I were lamenting some triviality at work the other day and I mentioned my belief that the situation called for heavy drinking to relieve tensions. Chuck suggested that I try mixing up a few godfathers (when I got home of course), because they are delicious. So this weekend I bit the [...]