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  • Book Review: Freakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

    I’ll keep this short, because Freakonomics is a pretty simple book. It takes a look at various topics—the effect of names on success, drug dealer salaries, cheating in sumo wrestling, etc.—through the eyes of an economist. This book is a few years old (and has a sequel out now), and it took me a while…

  • Best Comments Ever, Volume 1

    This blog is all about me. Even if nobody read it, it would still exist due to my pathological need to turn thoughts into words. However, the fact that you are reading this is a gravy-like bonus, and when you take the additional time to comment, well, that sort of interaction one of the best…

  • Unrelated Captions

    One of my favourite blogs as of late is Unrelated Captions. Like the name implies, it consists of pictures affixed with unrelated captions. For some reason this is hilarious. I think part of the appeal is that our brains can’t help but try to search for meaning in everything. Is the above picture a comment…