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Getting back on track.
I feel like I’ve got a lot to say about the last few years and my plans for the next few, but it’s hard to know where to start. I’ll try starting here: I’m beginning to recognize that for the past few years I’ve been dealing poorly with actual capital-D Depression. I know, I know, […]
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How to Win Friends
Over at Get Rich Slowly, JD sings the praises of How to Win Friends and Influence People. I was going to post about that book but JD’s said anything I would, so go read it there.
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Official GMAT scores
I received my official GMAT scores this morning. Nothing’s changed from my unofficial ones, of course, but I also now have my Analytical Writing score: 6.0 (out of 6, 95th percentile). Yay! I knew that the writing section went well because it’s just not that hard, but still, it’s nice to have aced it rather […]
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Composites of attractiveness
Flickr user manitou2121 (who apparently lives across the river from me in Gatineau!) has made composite photos from each score range on hotornot.com. Interesting to see how little variation there is in total and how pale the highest rating is. [via mefi]
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Bourdain on the Food Network
Anthony Bourdain guest-blogs about the Food Network on Ruhlman. (Anthony Bourdain does not much like the Food Network.) [via iggy.]
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Curling with newbies!
Candice and I went to a curling party put on by Ottawa’s chapter of the McGill Young Alumni at the Ottawa Curling Club downtown today. Candice wasn’t too sure about curling, and I was worried it was going to be too basic, but it turned out fun!
We had about a dozen curlers total. Of those, only Eddie (the event organizer, Young Alumni president, and a member of that club) had serious curling experience. another three, including me, had been curling in a rookies’ program since September, and two others had curled but not recently, so I ended up coaching a bit. -
I could store them in a trunk
If I was a size 10.5 I would seriously consider bidding on these shoes. (Alas, 11.)