At the beginning of 2008 I started a "Resolution Challenge", in which four people (Tow, Kristy Doug, and Myself) managed to all change our health and lives in a positive direction. It was pretty rewarding to see everyone do so well over the next 6-9 months. I personally started at 176.4 pounds and ended under 160. I was proud of myself.
Then I started my MBA. Now, after two years, I have finished my MBA and I am proud of myself again. Unfortunately the MBA did not come with some collateral damage as well - I managed to get fat too. On Monday I weighed in at 178.4. I'm now two years older and fatter (but smarter?) than ever.
Now, you all know me - so what do you think I am doing? Finding some mundane workout routine that will ease me back into things? Picking up some sports that I'll be "bad" at because of my shape, but shame me into working out more? (That's plausible, but no logical) Or starting a program that has kicked everyone's ass, and those I've talked to have yet to complete the whole program.
Oh you guessed it; it's the last one. I'm now an infomercial waiting to happen, P90X style. I'm two days in and my body *HATES* me, so I must be doing it right. As I stood in my living room at 5:15am this morning, jumping around the room like you can imagine a thirty year old white dude can do, I did question my sanity. Now with this blog, you can too.
If I was a true glutton for punishment I would share my MBA belly (as it affectionately is called) with everyone, but I'm showing a new level of restraint (lucky for you).
7.27.2010
7.26.2010
Redesign
As you might have noticed, things have changed around here a bit. School is over, I'm happily engaged, the sun has been shining Washington and I just felt that the old blog needed a new coat of html paint.
Going forward I plan to try to stick to a rotating blogging schedule so that you can find what you're interested in quickly. This means every "title" will start with a #Subject, and you'll be able to quickly scroll (or search) on those Subjects. They are as follows:
#Politics
#Fitness (I should just call this one Follies)
#Life
#Tech
#Cars
My goal is to write about each of those things at least once at week. Should be interesting. If there's something that jumps out to any of you as a possible addition to the list, please let me know.
Going forward I plan to try to stick to a rotating blogging schedule so that you can find what you're interested in quickly. This means every "title" will start with a #Subject, and you'll be able to quickly scroll (or search) on those Subjects. They are as follows:
#Politics
#Fitness (I should just call this one Follies)
#Life
#Tech
#Cars
My goal is to write about each of those things at least once at week. Should be interesting. If there's something that jumps out to any of you as a possible addition to the list, please let me know.
1.12.2010
Ken Block - 2009 Highlights
A little highlight reel from Ken Block for 2009. 2010 should be a very interesting year for him as he is going to try his skill in the World Rally Championship.
1.08.2010
Believe the government?
There are a lot of economic theories one way or another about government spending, taxation, expectations, and the lot, but let's consider this very simple chart.
Obama's economic advisers came up with this little handy chart about what would happen to unemployment with and without the recovery (IE: massive government spending) to help sell the American people on the plan. Now, you can either argue that they screwed up and got it wrong from the start (by using the wrong economic theory), or they screwed up and implemented the plan incorrectly - either way, they screwed up. For the record, I'm on the side that they used the wrong theory.
(this chart is borrowed from Dr. Mankiw, econ professor at Harvard)
Obama's economic advisers came up with this little handy chart about what would happen to unemployment with and without the recovery (IE: massive government spending) to help sell the American people on the plan. Now, you can either argue that they screwed up and got it wrong from the start (by using the wrong economic theory), or they screwed up and implemented the plan incorrectly - either way, they screwed up. For the record, I'm on the side that they used the wrong theory.
(this chart is borrowed from Dr. Mankiw, econ professor at Harvard)
12.15.2009
Climate Expert
Please do me a favor. Next time you hear Al Gore speak about the climate, the earth, or anything that doesn't have to government or maybe law (where his degree and experience might have relevancy) ignore him. He is not an expert and you should not talk him as one (in my humble opinion).
There's plenty of examples you can pull from if you want to - but one of the more recent ones is his interview on the Tonight Show. He refers to the earth's center being millions of degrees (it's MAYBE 13,000, at most). Pretty much anyone that passes an entry level undergrad science course would catch this error - but he goes along touting his ideas as if he's a scientist.
He's not.
Also, is it just me, or does some of his "if people think about it at all" and little chuckles seem just a touch elitist? You tell me.
There's plenty of examples you can pull from if you want to - but one of the more recent ones is his interview on the Tonight Show. He refers to the earth's center being millions of degrees (it's MAYBE 13,000, at most). Pretty much anyone that passes an entry level undergrad science course would catch this error - but he goes along touting his ideas as if he's a scientist.
He's not.
Also, is it just me, or does some of his "if people think about it at all" and little chuckles seem just a touch elitist? You tell me.
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