Register Your Predictions for 2022!
My Dear Friends, and, yes, Enemies, Happy New Year. As has been our tradition these many years, it's time to register our predictions for the coming year. We look at…
Register Your Predictions for 2020!
As has been our tradition these many years, it's time to register our predictions for the coming year. We look at how well we did last year tomorrow. Rules: Everybody…
How’d We Do On Our 2019 Predictions?
A strong no prize this year. Nobody did well enough. Not enough specific predictions, or those that were specific did not come to pass. Doom predictions are too easy: they…
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Best Picture Oscar Winner: Model Prediction
For several years I have been predicting (with perfect accuracy) the best picture Oscar. (See this and this for past years.) The "model" pick for this year is Captain Phillips.…
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He Did What?
Coming Soon! I've started a series called "What This-or-That Technique Really Is". First up is regression. It would have shown today, but---can you guess?---it isn't finished. I made the mistake…
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Help Wanted With Ideas For Survey About Who Will Win Presidency
It's the start of the long, last week of summer (and since I've spent the bulk of it in San Francisco, there was no summer at all), where most of…
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Predictions For 2011. How’d We do?
Last January 1st I asked for everybody to provide verifiable predictions for the year. Time for reckoning! Tomorrow I'll ask us to provide predictions for 2012, so hold off on…
Men’s Fashion Advice: Pocket Squares
If you're wearing a jacket (and you should) that has a breast pocket, that pocket should be filled to overflowing with a pocket "square". The material of this object must…
