Here’s a nugget from one of the finance blogs I follow Global Economic Analysis: The official unemployment rate is 10.0%. However, if you start counting all the people that want a job but gave up, all the people with part-time jobs that want a full-time…
So, I’m getting my hair done cut, and there’s an ongoing conversation about family, the holidays, and so on. My stylist shared a few real gems: 1) A decent definition of “sufficiently drunk” is when you think that cows are really, really funny – but…
I really can’t say enough good things about the visa outsourcing companies that help travelers get to places like India and China. While there is certainly some incest in the relationship between these companies and the consulates they serve, they turn what could otherwise be…
1) A djinn appears and tells you that you must give up your rock-star life and technological prowess, but in exchange can grant you a small, local, successful business doing anything else you want. What do you pick? I’ve got to work for a living?…
rossja had this thing about questions in her journal. Basically, reply to this and ask for some questions. I’ll ask you questions. You can reply to them here or in your own journal. It’s a party game. Everybody play. Here’s what she asked me: 1.…
Ate last night at Jake’s Famous Crawfish, a pretty spectacular seafood restaurant in Portland. When we walked in, something started tickling in my brain stem, but it took until I saw the cedar plank salmon on the menu to realize what it was. I had…
I’m out in Portland for the Supercomputing conference. This is my favorite conference of the year for a number of reasons: * Everyone is here. I can stack up face to face half hour conversations with a dozen people in my industry* The right people…
I just had a really positive experience, and I want to share: and I were taking a walk around the neighborhood to enjoy the unseasonably gorgeous weather. We stopped off at the local coffee shop for a pair of hot chocolates, and settled on the…
I took second place in my division at the Pam Ams yesterday. I was in the M1 (30 to 35 year old) novice (non black belt) under 81 kilo (< 178 lbs) division. There were three of us. One Canadian (green belt) and one other…
Sat Dec 12 :7:15 Depart Boston (BOS) Jetblue 10038:30 Arrive New York (JFK) Jetblue 100310:40 Depart New York (JFK) Emirates Air 204Sun Dec 13:8:10 Arrive Dubai International (DXB) Emirates Air 20413:30 Depart DXB (Emirates Air 572)19:15 Arrive Kolkata (Chandra Bose Airport, CCU) Emirates Air 572…