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Disconnected
Those of you who are connected to me on facebook have probably noticed that is no longer the case. That is because I have deactivated my facebook account. This is only temporary, and I will be back within the month ( Read more... ) -
Everybody Was Wrong (Except Those Who Were Right)
David Brooks wrote an article in today's NY Times that annoyed the hell out of me. Particularly this:Then the story would come to Act III, the economic crisis of 2008 and 2009. This act is a climax of sorts because it exposed the shortcomings of the whole field. Economists and financiers spent decades building ever more sophisticated models to ( Read more... ) -
What will our legacy be?
The Greatest Generation was a product of the Great Depression, growing up amidst two wars, and a nation falling apart with sky high unemployment and government deficits. Much of that is credited to the leadership of FDR and Truman through 1940s and 50s ( Read more... ) -
This is your life.
It's weird to think that the next six years of my life will be decided tomorrow. For those who don't already know, tomorrow the US Air Force will decide which airplane they want me to fly for the next six years at least. My goal is the illustrious F-15E ( Read more... ) -
Maybe the Mayans were right...
Newt Gingrich (The Daily Show, twice), Sarah Palin (Tea Con), and President Obama (Business Week) all made complete assholes out of themselves this week. They are the 3 front runners for the 2012 Presidency... -
Oscar Picks
To clarify, these picks are the people who I think should win, not the people I think will win.
Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney in “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth in “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman in “Invictus”
Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”
Actor in a Supporting Role
Matt Damon in “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson in “The ( Read more... ) -
Sigh...
Nothing sucks more on a graded event than to think you did really well on something only to have an evaluator come by and say you were absolutely terrible. -
What? What? What?
So in 2009, Barack Obama had a plan to fix the weak economy and job market. The idea was to provide stimulus spending (i.e. deficit spending) in order to pump money through the economy to create jobs. This made sense as America's Great Depression was exited through a massive surge of deficit spending during World War II. While leading economists ( Read more... )
