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I have been learning to swim the last several months. Up until just recently I could successfully splash my way from point A to B, but it w...

I have been unaware just how much my experiences affect my logic and reasoning. My brain fills in the blanks for so much information and gu...

I have been re-reading some old posts and was struck by one in particular, little things . Three years ago I took stock of my life to that ...

Tommorow marks the beginning of Rajab, a month of fasting for me. For a while, I have been dreading the impending fast full of long, long ...

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...

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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