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bracket

j.d. — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:49:46 +0000

I took a break from ~~wallowing in depravity~~ studying and buying a house long enough to make this bracket. Based on rudimentary statistical analysis of available data, my model has assigned a probability of about 43% as of today for Kansas to win the whole thing.

Sadly, I have my K-State team losing in the round of 8 to Syracuse (with a 40% chance to win that game, all other things being given). I estimate that K-State has a 3% chance to win the whole thing as of today, with all other likely outcomes being given.

a helpful reminder for our canadian friends

j.d. — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:29:25 +0000

The lyrics to The Star-Spangled Banner. You’ll need them to sing along in about four hours. Don’t worry; you’ll only need to remember the first verse.

Be sure and sing loudly now.

first among millions

j.d. — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:03:53 +0000

Millions who think as David Axelrod does.

so, anyone else hate political blogging yet?

j.d. — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:56:16 +0000

Because I sure do.

talking back to indie music, IV

j.d. — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:15:46 +0000

Don’t take it personally, dude. Everybody looks psychotic in a balaclava.

restless indeed

j.d. — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:55:21 +0000

The will to power, laid bare by a few of its media proponents — courtesy of an old favorite, the Belmont Club.

i want one

j.d. — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:44:29 +0000

A fighting axe. I’d almost rather buy that than a gun.

on calorie counting

j.d. — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:58:34 +0000

So I’ve been on this half-assed calorie-restricted diet. It turns out that a man of my height and weight (six-feet-three and 285 pounds) who gets light exercise, according to the Harris-Benedict equation, needs 3,533 calories per day to maintain his weight. I’ve cut that by 1,000 for my target and — except for a couple of post-exam-failure pizzas and a bottle of wine — stayed well under it most days. In fact, except for the aforementioned peccadilloes, I’ve been under 2,000 calories.

I thought I would be hungry all the time, but to tell the truth I don’t miss the extra calories. I eat a fairly small breakfast since I like to sleep in. Then I’ll have a Kashi bar or a handful of almonds at 10:00, a salad from the company cafeteria at 11:30, another bar at 2:30, and dinner around six depending on whether I stay late to work or work out.

By the way, I use CRON-o-meter to track all this stuff. It’s open source and comes in all three flavors (I of course have the Linux version). You can add your own foods and recipes if you pay attention to labels. Hell, I’ll even give you my created stuff if you like.

seeing the cloud in the silver lining

j.d. — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:19:36 +0000

Does anyone else but me believe that the people of Massachusetts just incentivized the progressive will to power? On the other hand, they couldn’t get it done with virtually no obstruction or hindrance of any kind. This time, they were a paper tiger, but I say there is still much to be wary of.

crazy for feeling this way

j.d. — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:51:06 +0000

The use of “crazy” to modify other adjectives, innocent words that didn’t do anything to you, must cease. Now.