The network connection in my room has gone bye-bye, so I just spent 45 minutes hunched over a laptop reading all my sites and feeds. Great way to start the day.
The course is almost over. Two more chapters and a few more things to do before the exam tomorrow. 27.5 hours from now I’ll be a happy guy.
[tags]mba, stats[/tags]
“Alpha to the left of me,
Z-score to the right,
Here I am, stuck in the middle with mu.”
[tags]mba, stats[/tags]
I’m all stats-d out and it’s only Wednesday morning. I spent about 3 hours doing sample problems last night, and today should be pretty much the same thing, so…whee!
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What the hell are Cobra Boxes?!?
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panhandlers? Because a tourist’s right to a beggar-free stroll from the Holiday Inn to Milestone’s trumps the beggar’s right to ask for change?
You want to make the entertainment district more tourist-friendly, Case Ootes? STOP THE MURDERS!! Also, keeping fratboys from puking on the street as they stumble out of clubs would probably help.
[tags]stats, cobra boxes, panhandlers[/tags]
Holy crap…Rage Against The Machine reuniting for a one-off at Coachella! That and Arcade Fire would almost make sitting through Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bjork and Willie Nelson worthwhile…
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This just in: global warming is real. Also just announced: Liberace was gay.
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Dinner tonight: not so promising. There was a barley & sausage salad. We skipped it altogether and went to Subway.
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When even the CEOs of energy, manufacturing, resource and heavy equipment companies are urging action on climate change, I think even the president will has to should listen.
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Managed to squeeze in some basketball last night, as well as watch both 24 (by the way, did NOT see the brother thing coming) and Heroes. Even watched a bit of the Raptors game. If the next two nights are like this it shouldn’t be a bad week.
[tags]climate change, USCAP, 24[/tags]
Today was an easy day. The day was spent working on probability, mainly questions using uniform and normal distributions, so I breezed through it. Strangely we were done before 4:00 so we’re gonna be behind from this point on. Not sure I like that idea. Anyway, we have a small social event tonight, then dinner, then I’ll do a few questions, and maybe even hit the gym or watch 24 before finishing up my work for the night.
I’ve not had too much trouble with the food yet. For lunch I had a huge pile of rice, broccoli, pasta (containing meatballs, which I avoided) and some celery/yogurt salad. Sounds bland, but wasn’t. Breakfast: lots of eggs and a soy drink (need protein, right?) and some french toast. And, cough cough, an apple pastry. I’d be lying if I said there weren’t a couple of snacks throughout the day, but at least I haven’t dipped into the ice cream yet. My friend Russ, resourceful man that he is, secured 4 cans of Diet Pepsi for me, one of which I am sucking back right now; the other three have been duly stashed.
[tags]stats, probability, normal distributions[/tags]
Day 1 is behind me. The class was pretty lightweight (just an intro and refresher), but already this feels like it’s gonna be a long week. I did manage to squeeze in about 45 minutes of shooting around in the gym, which felt good. I seem to constantly be hungry, though, so that’s bad; I’m making sure I always have some fruit in my room. The meal choices were a little lacking, but I’ll live. Our usual trip to Wendy’s could be tricky; I guess I’ll have to find a subway.
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I don’t normally much care for football, but the Colts-Patriots game was a pretty great one.
[tags]mba, colts, patriots[/tags]
All checked in and ready to go. Pretty soon I’ll head up for lunch, which should be interesting. It occurred to me the other night that this’ll be my first week being purely vegetarian. They do a pretty good job of offering lots of food here, but even as a meat-eater it was tricky to fill a meal sometimes. I believe they have veggie-burgers at dinner, as a last resort. God help me if I have to fill up on ice cream sandwiches the whole week…
[tags]mba, vegetarianism[/tags]
Ever wonder what would happen if you tried to call Jenny at 867-5309? These guys have figured it out.
[via Yes But No But Yes]
[tags]867-5309, jenny, tommy tutone, jennyscan[/tags]
S’cold outside. We had planned to shop around for a new TV (small one for the bedroom) at the electronics stores on Yonge Street but the wind chill changed our plans. A 20″ Sharp Aquos EDTV was fine for our purposes, and Bay Bloor Radio had one on hand. Done and done. A few more errands to prepare for my week away and we were snug at home in our nice warm apartment.
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If you were awake during the 80s you’ll remember The Karate Kid. If you do, check this out. However, if you haven’t seen the movie, the video’s not gonna make much sense. The meaning of “Get him a bodybag! Yeeaahhhh!!” will be lost on you.
[tags]sharp LC-20S5U, karate kid[/tags]
Skirl | Dan Dickinson 