Winning the Lottery
My mother-in-law rocks. Â My father-in-law does too. That is all.
Archive for August, 2010
To-Do Update
At the beginning of the summer I posted my goals for the time “off” between school years. Â You were all wonderfully optimistic that I could accomplish everything I set out to do. Â Perhaps I was capable, however I did not manage a 100%. Â I’m not really surprised. Â Life has a way of taking over… Here [...]
A Big Project
So I have a big project sort-of kind-of in the works. Â Mostly it is just notes on paper at this point, but I am working to develop a clear plan and settle on the scope and time frame for it. Â As I have been working on a draft of my Master’s Thesis I have been [...]
On Bullshit
Yes that really is the title of a book. This slender (really, really slender) volume is an engaging analysis of what exactly makes bullshit bullshit.  Is it falsity?  Degree of insincerity?  Sheer volume of words?  It should only take you a few minutes to read the entirety of its 67 pages to find out but I [...]
Biographical Fragment
The year I was twelve there was a 357 magnum in the toe of my Christmas stocking. Â It was far from the first gun in our house and certainly not the first I ever fired. Â I still have it. Â Like a fast car may be, it is a source of strength and courage. Â I love [...]
The Rational Optimist
This volume by Matt Ridley was quite fun to read.  I thoroughly enjoyed his upbeat perspective on the possible (and indeed probable) future of mankind.  His voice is a healthily contrarian one in the midst of a world full of doomsday prophets. He was hesitant to do more than sketch of suggest what this optimistic future might [...]