Archive for December, 2007

And so it ends.  The rite of passage.  The BSchoool hazing.  The escalation of commitment.  The Core.
Six courses, six core-mates, sixty ocean-mates and four hundred fellow first-years.  We survived Core.  Where’s the T-shirt.
Over forty free lunches, twenty cocktail events, a few consulting dinners and not enough BHP nights.  We all swear we’ll be at more [...]


Stem: Our client, the MBTA, is investigating a reduction in profits.
Behind the scenes: The average american’s derriere footprint has a CAGR exceeding 5%.
So I had an eye-opening experience today.  Actually, it was tear jerking – from pain that is.  I don’t usually sit down on the T.  My rides usually don’t exceed 5 minutes, so [...]


blizzard #1

13Dec07

When the weather man says 100% probability of precipitation, followed by a forecast of 6-12″ of snow in 48 hours, he means it. It’s a freakin’ blizzard out there. And, it’s not those cool looking snowflakes that gently fall to the ground in cool fractal patterns. Y’know, the ones that just beg [...]