I'm pretty stoked. All of a sudden there are splotches of color around campus. Not a lot yet, but there's pink and yellow and red here and there. In just a few days or so, the whole place will blossom SPRING. Say what you will about how manicured or artificial that Willamette campus is, it is friggin' gorgeous in the spring ( Read more... )

It has been a pretty good day. I had my tutorial meeting for politics and that went pretty well, and on the way there I ran into professor Whiting, my old I/O prof, who I'd been contemplating asking for my third letter of recommendation. She was apparently under the impression that I was going to come talk to her about grad schools. Don't ( Read more... )

Okay, I've gotta share this one. My favorite economics columnist, Tim Harford (who, among other things, writes a "Dear Abby"-style advice column giving economic advice to people on their personal issues), has apparently made a TV show called "Trust Me, I'm an Economist", that starts tomorrow on BBC, and here is a link to a video of him being ( Read more... )