Is it Who or Whom? No, his name is Hu.

When I read research reports I suddenly realize that the whole left-brain/right-brain business is such a farce of the human condition. How is it that the world accepts entire deficiencies from otherwise capable and successful people? This is like trying to work with an Asian quant on a problem that has more than one right answer (or worse, no exactly right answer). They'll spin in circles while they rip their hair out. That's what strong scores in math and science paired with an institutionalized lack of aptitude for anything qualitative gets you. Good luck with that.

There are only three people I have ever met in my life that I am willing to detail my thoughts on Mr. Market to and also take a book recommendation from. One happens to be dead, one happens to be a bartender at a samba bar in our nation's capitol and one happens to be a jet-setting paradox of awesome. I'm especially partial to the latter.

I had an English teacher for a mother, being good at a few things wasn't good enough in our household. I think that was a key way in which my parents attempted to prepare us Murphy's for the real world. Unless you plan to be Michael Phelps and reach your singular-skill-set peak at 22, you have to be a fairly well-rounded person. Otherwise you'll find yourself being rather uninteresting at a disturbingly early age. Of course this is the exception, not the rule (as interesting people tend to be). You should hang on to those you find.

Word,

-I Heart Palindromes