I've run 38 miles in the first 7 days of 2013. That's more than I ran in any 7 day period in all of 2012. The biggest 7 days in 2012 totaled 34 miles. Part of the reason I was able to run so much is that I was at the "job market" in San Diego from Thursday night until Monday and I finished my obligations after Saturday morning so I went for one nice 8 mile run and a 9 miler the next day. I don't always have that kind of leisure.
I was thinking about trying to make running a more regular thing. We'll see how that goes. For now I'm considering taking a day off.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Friday, January 4, 2013
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Pick #326
Tommy Tutone - "867-5309/Jenny"
When a friend asks for me to text them Billy Bob's phone number, I like to write "for a good time call Billy Bob at 867-5309" but I use actual phone #
When a friend asks for me to text them Billy Bob's phone number, I like to write "for a good time call Billy Bob at 867-5309" but I use actual phone #
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Whiskey Air Freshener
I like the smell of whiskey. I think it would make a great air freshener...but it would be a bad idea to use it in a car.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
My Parents are Economists #1: Honesty is the Best Policy
I think I might start a new blog series called My Parents are Economists. It's true that neither of them are professional economists and that they might not think like economists sometimes, but they taught me a lot about the economic way of thinking when I was growing up even if they didn't call it that.
So, economists (especially game theorists) will tell you that honesty is not always the best policy depending on the payoff structure of the game you are playing. My parents careful to make sure to structure payoffs such that truth telling led to higher payoffs than lying. I would always get in more trouble if they found out I was lying than if I told the truth initially. Since I'm a bad liar that raised the probability that they would sooner or later catch me in a lie to nearly 1.
As parents, you want to have an honest line of communication with your children. If you want them to be straightforward with you, then you can't chastise them for telling you things like when they had a few beers the other night.
So, economists (especially game theorists) will tell you that honesty is not always the best policy depending on the payoff structure of the game you are playing. My parents careful to make sure to structure payoffs such that truth telling led to higher payoffs than lying. I would always get in more trouble if they found out I was lying than if I told the truth initially. Since I'm a bad liar that raised the probability that they would sooner or later catch me in a lie to nearly 1.
As parents, you want to have an honest line of communication with your children. If you want them to be straightforward with you, then you can't chastise them for telling you things like when they had a few beers the other night.
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