How to sell a dollar for more than a dollar

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Wow. This is great. Thanks Josh!
In this time of cutbacks and furloughs professors need a quick source of extra cash.  David Zetland explains how to sell a dollar for more than a dollar (and teach some game theory and something about political …

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Spinal Tap Amps

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But it adds a click of granularity!

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How Bad Could Obama Screw Up and Still Beat Sarah Palin?

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I still love this statistical political stuff. Forgot how fun Nate Silver is to read.
Although I'm fairly bullish on Sarah Palin's prospects of winning the Republican nomination, I also subscribe to the conventional wisdom that, were she to be the …

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"He is a second Dirac, only this time human."

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Like most nerds, and probably lots of others, I think Richard Feynman is about the coolest dude around. If you haven't read his books (or his book of letters, which is also fascinating and hilarious), it's definitely worth the time. He's …

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Experiment

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Now it all makes sense

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ULTIMATE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL ON WHEELS | THE 1970’s VAN CUSTOMIZATION CRAZE

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Once upon a time — or more accurately, back in the 1970s — the van reigned supreme.  Riding in right on the heels of the fading muscle car era, the custom van became the ultimate self-expression vehicle– tricked-out and personalized to show all the world …

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Geithner Not the First Treasury Secretary to Spar With Lawmakers

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I'm probably tainted from watching too much Deadwood, but I would love to read a book of heated interactions in Washington. Back in the day Congress was a bit more violent, with Charles Sumner nearly being beaten to death in the Senate over some …

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New Research on Fiscal Policy

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What the U.S. Long Bond Market Is Telling Us...

Paul Krugman reads the tea leaves in what looks like the best piece of economic analysis I have read this month. When we do the things we do well, this is the kind of thing we do:

Interest rates: the phantom menace: From various bat squeaks I’ve put together a …

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N.A.S.A. feat. Tom Waits & Kool Keith – Spacious Thoughts

Another eccentric song by N.A.S.A. that comes along with a more than according visual. The musical collective – founded by Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon – recruits seasoned veterans Kool Keith and Tom Waits for their new single Spacial Thoughts off their debut …

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Houdini's Last Trick

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This made me incredibly uncomfortable to read. It's kind of bizarre that reading about having a hard time breathing could do that... I don't know how Houdini could bring himself to do it time and again.
At New York's Shelton Hotel on August 5th, …

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Cormac McCarthy interview

The WSJ has a conversation with Cormac McCarthy.

Your future gets shorter and you recognize that. In recent years, I have had no desire to do anything but work and be with [my son] John. I hear people talking about going on a vacation or something and I think, what is …

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Slaughterhouse Five

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I can't get enough of this blog. Totally amazing.
In December of 1944, whilst behind enemy lines during the Rhineland Campaign, Private Kurt Vonnegut was captured by Wehrmacht troops and subsequently became a prisoner of war. A month later, …

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