When is good enough good enough?

In a valiant effort to be less obsessive, I’m letting a 93% on this week’s homework stand. I missed one question, and when I saw what a simple error I made I was angry at myself. If I’d just read the question better, I would have had a perfect score. I could retake the assignment, [...]

Sentient spam

As I struggled with sampling distributions and margin of error, an email arrived offering to sell me a degree, no questions asked. Ask me again in a couple more hours.

Bowing to reality

I took a step toward positive self-esteem this weekend. I bought clothes that fit. Since the failed Zoloft experiment and quitting smoking, I’ve felt horrible about myself, as I’ve expressed here. It’s going to take 3-4 months, maybe more, for the drug weight to come off, so I decided that in the meantime I don’t [...]

Light blogging

As you’ve no doubt noticed, blogging is light these days. School is taking every last drop of spare energy I have, and I’ve got nothing left over to comment on anything other than my own state of mind. That gets boring for everyone after awhile. I’ve attacked school with the same fanaticism I tend to [...]

RIP Dickie

Dick Martin has died at the age of 86. In his honor, enjoy these Laugh In quickies.

But don’t drink and derive

Perfect for test day. Since I struggle with Excel, this is how I do my math – I don’t pull out what I learned in calculus (*zip*), but I do derive almost all my formulas. I don’t use a TI-83, though. I do them with paper and pencil. Enjoy!

Language matters

I’ve talked before about my unease with the word vajayjay. But it’s not just women’s phrases that bother me. One I’ve been hearing lately drives me nuts and makes me sad at the same time – boys/men referring to their genitals as their “junk.” It seems to be particularly popular among the high school crowd, [...]

Hugh Laurie – Kicking Ass

Before there was House and Black Adder, there was A Bit of Fry and Laurie. Check out the man behind the shades. This little ditty is just as appropriate now as it was 20 years ago. Language NSFW.

Right action, wrong reason

Clinton stuck her foot in it good again today. In an interview with the editorial board of the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, when asked why she was not withdrawing from the race, she had this to say: “My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in [...]

Broken chains

365 days ago I woke up in the morning and decided I wouldn’t smoke that day. I didn’t. Or the next. Or the day after that. Today I’ve been tobacco-free for one year. It was hard. I didn’t get bitchy, but I did cry a lot when the cravings got bad and I felt weak. [...]

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