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Some good economic news!
The employment rate is plunging faster than a hundred kilogram bolide entering the atmosphere at a normal angle to the plane surface of the Earth [thank 49er!]. Manufacturing is down…
I should be happier
According to CareerCast.com and the Wall Street Journal, I should be one happy guy. This is because Career Cast has done a "study" to rate the best jobs, and mine…
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Obama’s salary cap seem like a good idea to you?
The Law of Unintended Consequences is set to strike again. Obama et al. want to cap salaries at $500,000 at those companies that receive government "bailout" money. Why, the argument…
Posted inStatistics
Evidence the world isn’t completely going to hell
It isn't all bad out there. There's even grounds that the corporate sense of humor has returned, given that I saw Borders stack Anna Quindlen in its "Literature" section. More…
Posted inFun
I’m thinking of turning to crime
He is a man of good birth and excellent education, endowed by nature with a phenomenal mathematical faculty. At the age of twenty-one he wrote A Treatise on the Binomial…
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Why I will never fly US Air
You will have heard by now that US Air has offered the Hudson crash survivors a full year's worth of upgrades for their trouble. "Sorry you nearly died. Here's a…
Posted inFun
Playing catch up
When I was out, a lot of people sent me leads and links which I did not have time to upload. Here are a few of them. * Many people…
Posted inFun
Just got back
Thanks to all who commented on the Dahn Yoga story, and on the Taiwan trip. I'll be writing more about Taiwan over the next week. I'm back a few days…