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Last night Z and i sat on the couch, enjoying a worry/study/work/chore/obligation free evening watching some mind numbing TV. We sat close ...

When history depends on the future, things have a tendency to become confusing - Charles McClenehan FCAS, ASA, MAAA I'll say Chuck. Ho...

I'm back... Just a couple of interesting (in the mind of the beholder?) topics of study that I've come across... The so called St. P...

Racist, Prejudice, Opinionated, Associations. Is there a difference? I've come across this project, implicit . They set out to see wh...

Five and a half years post-ZP. It started as romantic as I could have imagined; across the world, unexpected, and with its own obstacles. In...

I've been thinking how it's little decisions snowball and can really shape your life, who you are, and what you become. We make sma...

NERDS ONLY PLEASE!

FUNDAMENTAL This weekend, I've had the wonderful company of a very bright four and a half year old. It has been amazing just observing....

I was watching my favorite news source, FoxNews, and sawthis piece . I watched thinking, are you serious? Could someone really spend their...

"Where are we going?" "To the airport" "Can I come too?" "YES!" "Where are you going?" ...

Terrorism. The operative word that is like a cloud over this country, me, and my life. I can only wonder the ways that my life would have ...

Well it was a fun weekend at N.E.R.D, I'm officially a member. Along with the other 1,000 or so in attendance plus the Microsoft confer...

After what seems like an eternity of studying a bit of recognition this weekend. This weekend is the beginning of the annual Actuarial (N.E...

Wow, it's been a while. For the first time in a while my mind feels free to wander and think about things not actuarial. I love learnin...

Both personal and professional lives are full of compromise. It’s everyday. The middle-ground always seems to be moving…well, away from th...

Twelve plus One = Eleven plus Two 12 + 1 = 11 + 2

Four centuries ago spices and tea had some role in the colonization of India. Come on, spices! When we were there, we went to Kashmir, one ...

Wal-Mart has a laundry list of…alarming, to put it lightly, statistics. Over a quarter TRILLION dollars in sales (~4% GDP), accounts $120B ...

I used to be competetive. I had this bloodlust that was just brought out in me in certain activities. And I was good...I had this confiden...

What are your opinions on free trade? Everyone else seems to have an opinion and ‘credible’ supporting data. It can be misleading and all ...