Batshit Crazy

There are four weeks left of term and some people have lost their minds. Some are inventing their own version of two-campus P5 that I’ve heard called “Fontainepour” (or “Singableau”), others are finding a lifetime of McNuggets a viable proposition. I’m trying to balance the sentimentality of the impending departure (the last of the Monday [...]

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Grad Trip Prediction Market

Per MDMS leave me a comment with your own predictions for our grad trip!

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You didn’t come to Europe to eat at McDonald’s

[Mama, Papa, I know you're going to read this. And then you're going to wish you hadn't. Up to you] Good news! I have another dating disaster story to add to my already colorful and highly amusing repertoire of drama and intrigue – the retellings of which frequently derailed attempts at productivity of many a [...]

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The harder-edged intensity of experience

Maybe we mistakenly think we want “happiness,” which we tend to picture in very vague, soft-focus terms, when what we really crave is the harder-edged intensity of experience. -Tim Kreider, Averted Vision, New York Times This blog has become too public. When Akis comes into GSM lecture screaming, “Haaaay, I heard you have a blog. [...]

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Train to Munich

[this story is a bit anachronistic, but still good] I don’t know why I thought taking the train to Munich for Oktoberfest was going to be boring. I brought some readings on Telecom ecosystems, a book I’ve been dog-earing one page at a time since August, and figured I’d read for four hours, then get [...]

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Guest Post #?? :: From Singapore and from the Heart

[the views in this post do not reflect the views of MBA/MRS. In fact, she had to look up who Tyler Durden was] “Man, I see in fight club the strongest and smartest men who’ve ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see squandering. God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting [...]

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