Tis The Season To Be Phlegmmy

Obscure Son has had irregular fevers for the last couple of weeks - one day he has one, the following he doesn't. At long last, we took him to his pediatrician.  Turns out he has a mellow instance of pneumonia. In this way, it's back on anti-toxins (dreadful tasting...

The Joys of Customer Service at Dailysteals.com

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Winding Down The Semester at Unknown University

It's Saturday afternoon, and i am in my workplace writing final exams whereas the remainder of the Unknown Family is one state away at a nephew's birthday half. So that suggests that it should be the tip of the semester. I have someday of categories left and 2 exams to offer - one in my principles category and one for my student-managed investment...

Congresscritters Aren't Like The Rest Of Us

This previous couple of weeks, we've detected lots concerning analysis conducted by Ziobrowski  et. al. (see here and here) on the likelihood of privy mercantilism by Senators and Congressmen. supported abnormal returns earned  on their portfolios, it seems that they are doing use their "inside information" in ways in which would be contraband...

The Semester Goes Out Not With a Bang, But With a Whimper

I was simply commenting to the Unknown partner however this semester was ending going therefore well compared to previous ones - my student managed investment fund presentation was done every day sooner than usual, my principles category was previous schedule, and my tests were at the start of exam amount instead of close to the top. I ought to...

Fly Away, Little One. Be Free!

It's been a good couple of days: Yesterday, we just got a very good sized check from the IRS (we'd let some things slide when the Unknown Son was sick, and finally got things straightened out a few months ago. about a half-hour ago, I submitted a paper to a journal (not a top-tier one, but a decent one). It's been about 4 years since we started...

Someone Need an A$$ Whoopin?

This reminded me of my childhood. My father's "weapon of choice" was his slipper. That may sound funny, but he could really whip that thing. Different times. I swear, one time he made that thing go around two corners. HT: Adam Y...

The 7 Habits of Spectactularly Unsuccessful Executives (and Deans)

Just came across this article (The 7 habits of Spectacularly Unsuccessful Executives) in Forbes. It seems like the same characteristics can be applied to Deans (and College Presidents), since they're just executives of a different type. Read the whole thing, but here's the 7 habits (in some cases, I've edited them a bit) They see themselves (and...

A Good End To The Semester

Teaching may be frustrating, however it's its moments. I simply bumped into one among my best students - three.9 GPA, got a CFA scholarship, is doing associate degree honors project, etc... Since he is coming up with on taking the CFA Level one communication in Gregorian calendar...

Stuck In Grading

Ah, all classes are done, and my finals have been taken. Unfortunately, I had a rather large group in my principles class, and they had a long final - 73 students and a final with 25 multiple choice questions(concepts and definitions) and 21 problems. I'm currently on problem 11, so I still have about 730 "student-problems) to grade (about 5-6 hours...
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