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A sad little poem.
We. Can. Not. Get. Ahead.
EVER.
We're going to be poor until we die.
Someone sent me this sad little poem. I think it's fantastic. It looks like an album and song title.
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Harvard
Harvard is more like a cheerleading squad than a chess club. Chess clubs accept those with aptitude and turn them into better chess players. Cheerleading squads take people who look and act like cheerleaders -- regardless of aptitude for improvement -- and teaches them a set of cheers. Harvard is more interested in recruiting those with the ( Read more... ) -
Autism in Anathem
Listening to Anathem by Neal Stephenson. Found a great one-line description of autism there. There's one little kid running around asking all the smart people questions, correcting them when the give wrong answers, and making me think, 'Wow, somebody has Aspbergers'. Later on Erasmus says that the kid didn't notice the most striking thing about ( Read more... ) -
What is a stock? Part 5 - End
The conclusion to our exciting series! Our heroes will learn the agony of defeat and the thriftiness of bargain shopping. SHOCKING!
How do you lose money in the stock market?
Then! The next day, a dentist goes on tv and says, "Brushing your teeth with caffeine is probably not a good idea."
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What is a stock? Part 4
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What is stock? Part 3
The series continues! It's like the crawling paragraphs in front of a Star Wars movie, but without the movie. Remarkable ( Read more... ) -
What is a stock? Part 1
Someone I admire posted to her blog that she didn't understand stocks at all though it had been explained to her multiple times. She seems to deal well in concrete things, so I tried to think of how someone would think of the stock market in concrete terms. The best I could come up with was that a stock is like a ticket for pie. I couldn't think ( Read more... ) -
Autism is Great!
Not being autistic is also pretty cool. I've enjoyed it. But I would not want to live in a world without autistic people. I would like to live in a world where they are better understood and even *gasp* valued as equal members of society and not victims of tragedy.
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Stone Goddess
In four more days, I'll be in DC seeing my play on stage. That is unbelievably cool. The house is 70 seats, and tickets are on sale, so if you're planning on seeing it, you should probably order them online.
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