Category: Nerdery
So today is my first day of school. Well, it’s not technically the start of the MBA program per se, but rather it’s the first of three “pre-core” weekend courses ((The three courses are Accounting, Economics, and the vaguely-named “Quantitative Methods.”)) that will get us ready for the actual program, which starts on the last […]
So I was reading a Stats Can report the other day ((What, you don’t read Stats Canada reports??)) and came across some interesting data on housework ((What, you don’t think data on housework is “interesting”?)), ((Note that “housework” did not include child care, which was discussed in a separate part of the report. Housework included […]
And speaking of photos that I’ve been meaning to blog about, remember that time I said I was going to spend the first half of my Christmas vacation organizing my apartment? I totally did that. And I took photos! My desk place that I stored “papers that I’m going to file someday” – before photo: […]
Here is a quick summary of my blog and Twitter stats for 2011 ((to see previous years’ nerd stats postings, click the year in the table)): 2008 2009 2010 2011 % change from 2010 Blog postings: 423 357 344 380 +9% Tweets: 2,227 1,815 2302 3,625 ((note to self: You started blogging in 2008, so […]
Today I got a most excellent email informing me that my application for the Credentialed Evaluator designation was successful! This designation is bestowed by the Canadian Evaluation Society on those who can demonstrate that they possess the skills of a competent, ethical, and awesome evaluator. In addition to demonstrating my awesomeness, this designation also allows […]
I’m feeling in a creative mood, so I’m going to try to set my 2012 goals ((See goals from 2010 and 2011.)) by making them all have something to do with 12 or multiples of 12. I’m very aware that I’m going to be hellabusy in 2012 with that whole school thing starting, so I’m trying to set […]
I’m freaking exhausted from a day of Christmas baking, so today’s posting on my Christmas-baking-while-chatting-online-with-my-family-who-was-also-baking is going to be mostly photos and short on words. I’m too tired for typing words. Meringue Snowflake Chocolate Mice For the record, here’s what everyone baked: Beth shortbread cookies meringue snowflakes chocolate mice (white and dark chocolate) Mom cranberry […]
It’s no secret that I’m not a fan of corporate jargon. I’m particularly not a fan of people using nouns as verbs, or verbs as nouns, in an attempt to… actually, I’m not exactly sure what they are attempting to achieve by doing this. Sound smart? Exclude people who aren’t part of their in-crowd from […]
Lest you think that going back to school is all about giving up other things, I give you this list of things that I’m looking forward to about being a student again (in no particular order): learning new stuff – I love to learn new things and business is an area where I know very […]
As I’ve been spending the last couple of days organizing my apartment in advance of my upcoming busy year, I’ve been thinking more about how I’m going to stay organized once the madness hits. I mean, there are the small things I can do to be efficient with my time, as I mentioned in my […]