Another tough day at the office…

A student’s life – the end

Tomorrow is the last official day of the semester, and thus the last day that I can officially call myself a student. Here are the last 4 grades of my life as a student – in classic school fashion, I am completing this assignment at the last possible second.
18th grade – Most disastrously [...]

Just a thought

I heard a blind man recently bowled a perfect game.  Pretty incredible.  Then it occurred to me: how does he know he bowled a perfect game?
Wouldn’t it be funny if he had actually bowled like a 40, and everyone there just pretended he was rolling strikes to make him feel good…?
He probably went out and [...]

How to be successful, #3

Today’s lesson: Use rational thinking
In today’s day and age, there is no better way to get ahead than to be a rational thinker. Rational thinking is great, because it enables you to do whatever you want, and never feel guilty about it. For example:
A colleague at work always seems to do better than [...]

The total badass

Remember that kid in high school with the big muscles? He loved his big muscles because they made other people fear him; he loved to beat up on people that were weaker than him, which was pretty much everyone; he was a badass and he knew it and loved every minute of it.
Remember how [...]

A student’s life – The home stretch – 17th grade

First year of grad school. Last time to be a “frosh”.
Here is what I had pictured coming into grad school in mathematics: it’s me and 12 Chinese students who constantly look my way and snicker; nobody talks to me; nobody dreams of socializing (beyond the occasional email to verify the proper use of [...]