I've spent the last day debugging a SAS program I wrote about 2 months ago. It was written for a paper that's coming along nicely, but I haven't revisited the data (or the program) for a while. Unfortunately, I didn't document the program very well. I thought, "well, all I have to do is run th ... Read more

It's Memorial Day - time to remember and honor all those who fought to preserve our way of life. As I've done in previous years, here's a link to Ronald Reagan's classic " The Boys of Pointe du Hoc " speech, given in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of D-Day (compliments of American Rheto ... Read more

Like many programs, the Unknown Alma Mater's doctoral program used Varian's Economics text for our Micro Sequence. So, I perk up when I hear Varian's name mentioned. It turns out he's Google's Chief Economist (who knew - Google has a chief economist?). A recent Steven Levy piece in Wired magazin ... Read more

I also run a blog for Unknown University's Finance department. Unfortunately, I seem to have inadvertantly changed a setting on the blog (either that, or I've got some kind of virus). I was just trying to post something on the blog, and when I typed anything in, it immediately transformed into dif ... Read more

For a number of reasons, I haven't been blogging much: First off, I'm still in post-semester recovery mode. This happens every Spring - after the semester is over, I need a week or two to decompress, clean out the detritus of the year from my office, and kick back a bit before refocusing on my summ ... Read more

Sometimes I think I'm in a Godfather movie (i.e. "Just when I think I'm out, they pull me back in"). Actually, it's my own fault. Last week, I had a touch schedule: lack of sleep, doing executive education, an all-day faculty meeting, and only 48 hours between my final exam and when grades had to ... Read more

Here's a short "Crash Course" interview with Nobel Laureate Myron Scholes, conducted by Deborah Solomon. The guy's got a sense of humor. Who'da thunk it? ... Read the full post ... Read more

The semester is now officially over at Unknown University. I gave my last final Tuesday afternoon (the last slot in finals week). Unfortunately, grades had to be turned in by 4 today (only 48 hours later). I finished the almost all the grading last night at 3 a.m. (except for the final assigning o ... Read more

We're off to a neighboring state to visit my mother for Mother's day. It'll be the first time my side of the family gets to see the Unknown Baby Boy in person. As for the rest of my life, I have a final exam to write for Tuesday, followed by an executive education class on Wednesday, a Faculty ret ... Read more

I thought I'd put a few impressions of the EFA conference from this past week. While pretty short, it was a very good time: catching up with old friends, making some new ones, getting a lot of work done, and SLEEEEEP! Because of all the other stuff going on in the Unknown Household, I was only ab ... Read more