What’s the deal with the phrase “partners in crime?” I am a single dad who works in a small law firm and lives in a family-laden suburb of NYC, so my dating interactions mostly come from online introductions. I see this phrase often. Very often. I mean, it’s right up there with “work hard, play…
Read MoreStarbucks changes the rules again. The new Starbucks reward program oddly mixes even and odd numbers to complicate the rewards system. The original program (that is, the first program I participated in), gave one star per drink purchase. Since I often arrive with my kids and get them soy milk, that worked well for me.…
Read MoreDo you like cats? Do you love kids? Do you have a personal relationship with god? Are you smarter than me? Yes, that third one’s a bit of a trick question. The fourth one excludes the middle part of the curve. Only Dunning-Kruger victims and the really smart answer yes. And yes, I’m having some…
Read MoreData is inherently plural, even as I use “is” as the verb. This short post is about the most radioactive place in NY state. I find these explorations of the edges and outliers interesting. It reminds me that even when we look at a big dataset, it’s still composed of individual observations – people, places,…
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