Tom Brady is not a team player

This is why I can’t stand Tom Brady

A chart to help you decide where to live

Obesity Study
sunny days by city

NBA Championship Trophy – Not that impressive

So the 2008 NBA Championship Trophy showed up at MIT yesterday for a few hours and I got to see it. It’s actually not that impressive. I’ve always seen pictures of these trophies and they seem so glamorous and amazing, but when you’re looking at one in person, it leaves a lot to be desired. [...]

Where I’ve Lived

I often find myself thinking about who people are in the context of where they’ve lived. I think that where you’ve lived adds a lot to how you relate to other people and how you deal with the situations with which you are faced. I decided to make a map of the places I’ve lived [...]

Mini-Belichek, even down to the hoodie…

New coach Josh McDaniels has sure put his stamp on the Denver Broncos. He’s already signed 12 new free agents. He alienated his pro-bowl QB, Jay Cutler, and yesterday traded him away for some draft picks and Kyle Orton.  I’ll leave it to the media to analyze the trade and the status of the team, [...]

Still dreaming about homework

Granted, I’m back in school again, but I am not taking classes, so it’s crazy that I’m still having dreams about forgetting homework assignments. I’ve been having this recurring dream for at least the last month (maybe longer), where I keep remembering that I haven’t done my calculus homework and it is due today. It’s [...]

Big Science

Here’s a link to an interesting article by Aaron Hirsch in the New York Times. He discusses the idea of Big Science, and mentions how much of the scientific community now relies on large institutions for processing or collection of data (i.e. genome sequencing centers or the Large Hadron Collider). I’ll leave it to you [...]

How screwed are we?

I was watching “The Week with George Stephanopolous” this weekend and was struck by a comment made by Paul Krugman (recent recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics).  He said, “Hardly a day goes by that I don’t fire up my browser and start my morning with an expletive.” He was referring to the daily [...]

Time and the Art of Living, Part II

“Our common image of experience is about as accurate as a still photograph of a man riding a bicycle. Project this image back into reality, and the man will fall off his bicycle.”
Robert Grudin
Time and the Art of Living

Time and the Art of Living, Part 1

At the risk of being accused of possessing no imagination or creativity on my blog, over the next few weeks, I’m going to share some of my favorite thoughts from a book that I read last year – “Time and the Art of Living” by Robert Grudin. It’s a set of short writings that [...]