OK, the whole site is moved over now.  So that Chris doesn’t complain, I’ve kept most of the classic posts from back in the day, such as Fight at Shari’s, The Rating of the Races, and Calculus Joke.

I’m off to DC tomorrow for 3 days of background check stuff for the CIA job.  It’s ridiculous.  They actually do talk to everyone, though.  The call I got from the investigator went something like “Mr. Bryan, I’m caling concerning your background check.  I think you know what this is about.”  Good times.

Grad school apps, on the other hand, are not going as well.  I got waitlisted at MIT, Penn and Maryland, and I’m still waiting on Penn.  BU let me in, but there’s no funding for first years and there’s no way I’m going to take a $50000 loan.  If Penn doesn’t work out, I think I’m going to work in DC until September and then take a 15k or so loan and travel for 10 months.  I’ll get applications in for next year, and I’m certain I can get funding at a place around BU’s level (say Johns Hopkins or something similar).  It sucks to be so close, though - my professor talked to a friend at MIT, and I guess I was one of the last couple people cut.  MIT is the #1 Econ school in the world, so that wouldn’t have been bad, huh?

Sprite Boy! Wazzup?!?!?!

I’m stuck in New Delhi waiting for permits, and stumbled on your site. Hope your background checks go/have gone well. And good luck with the schools and the book.

All the best,
Charles