| Out of My Hands |
[Nov. 23rd, 2009|05:30 pm] |
So, at this point, all of my applications are sent. Now, we sit back and wait.
Whee. |
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| The Kind of Day It Is... |
[Nov. 22nd, 2009|01:46 pm] |
Today, when we got home from church, I immediately changed into my sleep shorts. Yes. It's the kind of day where I don't really want to go anywhere.
So, we've finished lunch, watched a Supernatural, and are now settling in for our respective writing assignments. My wife is writing a few million words on here NaNo (I exaggerate), and I'm getting my job market stuff in order so that I can mail it out tomorrow.
Speaking of: if you would, be praying for me for the next few months, as I'm on the job market. Mostly, I want to get a "good match". Also, I need to, you know, write a dissertation at the same time.
Now to get these essays written for Wheaton's application... |
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| AHCAA: Part 2 |
[Nov. 21st, 2009|01:07 pm] |
It's been a long time since I made my first post about the Health Care Bill... Anyway, here's my second.
( Cut for length ) |
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| Too many side projects... |
[Nov. 19th, 2009|07:17 am] |
So, you know how I'm trying to write a job market paper and, ultimately, a dissertation? You know, so I can graduate in June?
Unfortunately, I just keep running across things that I want to do, but don't have time for... For example:
(1) Writing summaries of books I'm reading - like Cooper's book that I've been summarizing here. This is problematic on two levels: First, reading the book. Second, writing the summaries.
(2) Reading/summarizing the Health Care Bill - Yes, I am still working on this very ambitious project. And I'm still only 28 pages into the 2000 page bill. Unfortunately, I've not had time to do this, since I've actually been working on my job market paper the past couple days.
(3) I haven't started this yet, but I want to write a response to this.
So many things to do, so little time... |
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| Oh, MonsterQuest |
[Nov. 18th, 2009|10:39 pm] |
So, my wife and I have watched the first season of MonsterQuest over the past week. Some things that bother me...
(1) Every other episode is basically about Sasquatch - even the WEREWOLF episode mentioned Bigfoot - and suggested that Werewolf sightings might actually be Bigfoot sightings!
(2) They get things wrong... or at least express things annoyingly.
For example, they were talking about a Russian scientist's attempts to create a human-ape hybrid. Then, they show a clip from Planet of the Apes (the good, old one, not the awful Tim Burton one) and said something about how "some day, the Planet of the Apes might become reality" - implying that the Planet of the Apes was about ape-human hybrids. The problem: IT WASN'T. In the Planet of the Apes, the Apes evolved to the point where they acquired speech. They didn't get speech from interbreeding with humans.
Or, as another example, when talking about "The Real Hobbit", they said "like from the movie The Lord of the Rings". Well, yes. The Lord of the Rings is a movie, I suppose. On the other hand, it's been a BOOK for much longer. One would think that the History Channel would know that - and that anyone who would watch a show like MonsterQuest would have known that LotR was a book LONG before it was a movie.
Alright, I'm done. |
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| Plan for Today |
[Nov. 18th, 2009|09:05 am] |
Been awhile since I've done one of these... But, today I need to...
(1) Pick up Doctor Who - DONE
(2) Get a few prizes for my game theory lecture tomorrow - DONE
(3) Do laundry (and actually iron it this week) - DONE (including ironing!)
(4) Do dishes - still need to wash some by hand... though that may end up waiting.
(5) Write like mad on my job market paper - Mostly done, just need to revisit my introduction.
(6) Send my statement of faith/testimony to Wheaton - DONE
(7) Fill out debate judge form - will do later tonight when the wife is home
(8) Take out trash - DONE
I think that that covers it... I have a busy day ahead of me... |
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| On Inflation |
[Nov. 17th, 2009|11:31 pm] |
So, PPI was up 0.3% in October over September. In annualized terms, that's 3.7%.
Of course, we don't want to base things on a "blip", so let's look at what has happened since prices stopped falling in December 2008. Since that time, prices have gone up about 2.7%. Adjusting for the fact that that's just 10 months, we get... 3.2% annualized inflation.
So, should we be worried about deflation?
I'll just say that I have my doubts... mostly because the deflation seems to have come to a fast halt. Which shouldn't be a surprise to anyone watching the money supply... |
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| Various Newses |
[Nov. 16th, 2009|11:56 pm] |
(1) Had a fun weekend with ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) irked_indeed , ladyarkham , davisac1 , and my wife. We played some Pandemic (fun!), watched Legally Blonde: the Musical (shockingly good), and playtested TVTropes: The Game (designed by ladyarkham, also great fun). On the whole, a good time was had by all... though it's going to take a bit to catch up, sleepwise.
(2) So, I'm starting to send out applications. Wheaton College is one of the schools I'm looking at. Anyway, I sent them my CV and "Letter of Interest" last week - and today I got an e-mail from them asking me whether I'd be willing to sign their Community Covenant/Statement of Faith (this is normal for many Christian colleges), and to send a bit about my faith background. So, that's exciting. I'm taking this as a "good sign". It seems that my CV wasn't enough for them to scratch me off the list yet. So, we'll see whether I get a full application packet from them or not.
(3) On the GCC front, I'm still waiting for news on whether the position is approved, so that I can officially apply for it.
Honestly, I'm not a fan of the application process. Actually, I don't know if anyone enjoys it, really... But, we'll see what comes of it.
G'night. Now to try to make up a few minutes of lost sleep... |
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| Oh, form letters... |
[Nov. 13th, 2009|09:54 am] |
So, I just got this "special invitation" from the Ohio Democratic Party.
It starts...
"One year ago, the Ohio Democratic Party (ODP), the Obama campaign, and you worked closely together to make history."
I just want to go on record saying that I have never "worked closely" with the ODP or the Obama campaign. About all I've done is send vaguely condescending e-mails to my Representative and Senators (one of whom is Democrat) and to President Obama. Thus far, they haven't taken my advice.
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| Dear Whovian... |
[Nov. 13th, 2009|08:23 am] |
... there's a special deal going on right now at Amazon you may find interesting. Every season since the relaunch for about $32.50 each.
Also, just so everyone knows, Barnes and Noble has a BBC deal going on, so you can get any other Doctor Who that you want for about 40% off (closer to 45% off if you have a B&N membership).
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| Good News! |
[Nov. 12th, 2009|12:46 pm] |
I got blinds in my office!
Now, I won't have the sun in my face from 10 to 11!
Yay! |
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| AHCAA: Part 1 |
[Nov. 9th, 2009|08:29 pm] |
So, I've been reading the Health Care Bill that passed the House. I haven't made it very far (about 25 pages into a 2000 page bill), but here's something that I just found...
( About the temporary high-risk pool )
More to come as I read more of this bill. It should prove interesting.
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