Showing posts with label Humor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Humor. Show all posts
Monday, January 02, 2012

Someone Need an A$$ Whoopin?

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This reminded me of my childhood. My father's "weapon of choice" was his slipper. That may sound funny, but he could reall...
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Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer Promotes Bullying! (sniff, sniff)

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People of my generation got used to seeing Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer at least a hal-dozen times each holiday season. It was so ubiquit...
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Sunday, October 23, 2011

Tell Us About Faculty Interviews That Went Bad

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At the FMA, I talked to several candidates on the market (of course, their opening line was the traditional mating call of the new candidate...
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

We Really Need Extra Credit (oh wait, we don't)

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Every semester, I get a handful of students who come up to me and say something like "UP, is there anything I can do for extra credit? ...
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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Your Time-Wasting Moment Of The Day

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Since we're at Hump Day + 1, I thought I'd post something humorous. The Unknown Daughter loves shows where someone ends up in a pud...
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

The Dismal States

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If you're like me and stuck in the latest round of global warming (we're getting 8-10" - as usual, I blame Al Gore), you can us...
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Friday, January 14, 2011

Toilet Training the Unknown Baby Boy

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This post is further proof that child rearing rots your brain. I'm actually posting on a finance blog about toilet training my kid. A...
Monday, December 20, 2010

Dilbert on "Meeting Pirates"

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I wonder if Scott Adams has been spying on our faculty meetings?
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Sunday, December 19, 2010

The Manslator

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Here are two facts : The Unknown Wife and I have somehow managed to stay married for over 20 years. I recently took an online test for empat...
Monday, November 29, 2010

Turducken? Meh! I want a TurBacon Epic

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We survived Thanksgiving with the Unknown In-Laws. The Unknown Wife, her mom, and her sisters are all good cooks, so we easily put on a co...
Monday, November 22, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving From the TSA

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Luckily, we're not flying this Thanksgiving - we live a mere 2 hours from our families. But in case you are, here's a pretty funny...
Monday, November 01, 2010

Terry Pratchett Quotes

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Before J.K. Rowland, Terry Pratchett was the best-selling British fantasy author of the 1990s. He's written more than 60 books (either...
Sunday, October 31, 2010

Irony

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I regularly get together with a couple of guys from my church. We've been going over a book titled "Twelve Steps for Recovering Ph...
Friday, September 17, 2010

How The Financial World Views Itself

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A former student of mine who works at a hedge fund just sent me this. For what it's worth, he says it's pretty accurate My favorite...
Thursday, March 18, 2010

Hanging Out In Scenic Dayton

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I'm here in Dayton at the R.I.S.E. forum (a very large student-focused conference on the investment world), and I'm waiting for my s...
Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Stess Tests and Shaved Wookies

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Just had a stress test (there was a minor irregularity in an EKG at my recent physical). I'd been putting in a lot of seat time (on t...
Monday, March 01, 2010

Sesame Street Has Gone PC

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When Jonathan and his sister were young, I learned to do the voice of many of the sesame street characters. Their favorotie was definitely...
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Sunday, February 28, 2010

It's Exam TIme

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I'm writing the semester's first exam for my fixed income class. As usual, I'm not looking forward to the grading (this time,...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Preparing for Obama's SOTU Address

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I might tune into the SOTU (State Of The Union) address tonight. Unfortunately, I have to watch the Unknown Kids (unknown Wife has a girls ...
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Fun With Faculty Parking

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I was watching the Unknown Baby Boy today while the Unknown Wife went to physical therapy (she recently threw her back out - luckily, it...