http://nilschristianson.com/chapters Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:12:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm taking investments in my MBA program right now. It turns out except in rare occurrences the best investment/savings policy is to diversify all systematic risk by spreading your money broadly.Markowitz, the guy who won the nobel prize for his discovery of this and the mathematical proof teaches at my ... http://nilschristianson.com/chapters/2008/10/07/sp-500-like-socialism/ Include: The belts on the Miata, a mysterious gravelly metal noise on the Miata, the swirl marks in the paint on the Miata and now the LCD on my stupidphone (not a smart one).I feel like Steve Jobs/Jesse James.And its all thanks to the internet. Thanks internet! http://nilschristianson.com/chapters/2008/07/28/things-i-have-fixed-in-the-past-24-hours/ Sonya and I watched the latest Batman movie last night... "The Dark Knight".Heath Ledger's second to last film before death. Heath nailed Joker. I like the revised interpretation of the character as compared to Jack Nicholson's in the earlier Batman. Ledger's voice and mannerisms were great licking his lips as ... http://nilschristianson.com/chapters/2008/07/28/batman-dark-knight/ A result of working in a manufacturing environment with guys who grew up before computers existed is a constant feeling of mechanical inadequacy. In fact, my wife changed her own oil before me. (if you don't count changing my motorcycle's oil).This life milestone came late in my life not because ... http://nilschristianson.com/chapters/2008/02/13/oil-olympics/ Sonya and I bought a new Puppy! Simo is an Australian Cattle Dog Australian Cattle Dogs are known as one of the smarter breeds which appealed to us. I like the idea of asking a dog to do something and watching them do it. So far his favorite things to do are bite ... http://nilschristianson.com/chapters/2008/01/05/pet-dog-simo/ Sonya and I will be reading "Love in the Time of Cholera" together (another way to ensure good digestion... read as part of a mini-group in which the other member was an English Major in College at Northwestern).While she finishes her book, and to compensate for my faster pace in ... http://nilschristianson.com/chapters/2007/12/17/rudyard-kiplings-kim/ It is difficult to find time to read for pleasure during school.Since I have only 1 free month per school year (between fall and winter sessions) I want to make the most of it. I started worrying that I was digesting to quickly to enjoy. I have decided to write ... http://nilschristianson.com/chapters/2007/12/14/mad-dash-to-literary-freedom/ I bounced a message yesterday. . When I see messages saying things like "MAIL DAEMON FAILURE" in my address bar I sigh a little. time to rewrite / resend and begin worrying that my message will ever reach the intended target.This time, the helpful mail failure notice sent my way ... http://nilschristianson.com/chapters/2007/11/09/i-am-pm/ http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/Is the website of my most comforting radio program. As a child my parents listened nearly constantly to Public Radio in South Dakota. This is something people do in the midwest- especially the educated people of the upper plains states. Minnesota is probably the lynch pin of public radio in ... http://nilschristianson.com/chapters/2007/11/02/be-well-do-good-work-and-keep-in-touch%c2%ae-garrison-keillor/ While we dream of falling, of danger and peril- this is the famous example of what people will not dream. Those of us that have been waiters dream of floundering along helplessly during a "rush", being perpetually in the weeds being completely unable to give good service to the point ... http://nilschristianson.com/chapters/2007/09/28/have-you-ever-dreamt-of-your-death/