I think there is a way of being creative and free-spirited without crossing a certain line... We don't always get it right in the OT, but perhaps we should try a little harder.  Now a workweek, so speaking for myself, anyway, it is time to take off the kilt, put on the suit, and get serious for awhi...

LOL! An auspicious beginning. I don't recall if you have ever seen or posted to the Black Swan White Page Screenplay thread.  That was a lot of fun a few years ago. I am getting deep into Monday morning prep work and a football game soon, but will call that thread up if I have time. Remember mysteri...

"With ~1, <<1, >1, and >>1 in mind, I welcome all former wives, significant others, muses, and just plain friends of quants to this thread." Sounds like the beginning of a Tarantino-style movie... If the Forum expansion were made into a film, I would envision a blend of three of my favori...

I think, tw, you could do a great financial sociological study, with further segmentation, including, but not limited to: - quant devs - quant strats - heads of quant research - quant managing directors - founders of quant hedge funds - quant head hunters - even further broken down into front, middl...

The wives and significant others of Wilmott Forum are welcome on this thread.  Just think - if all of them saw this invitation and became members, it would nearly double the size of the community.  (And maybe the conversation would take on some new directions, leaving the Tramp Presidency behind.) A...

Indeed!

Beautiful mist here - maybe rain maybe not...but the town is also great if the long hike becomes impractical.

Enjoy your weekend!

I understand what you are talking about and have observed such situations as well.  So it adds another feature to the landscape. I am particularly careful with non-profits and volunteering.  It is one thing to donate time and energy to good and interesting causes; it's another thing to be drained by...

bearish wrote:

Finance and Technology Women — or, more snappily, FaT Chicks.

LOL! Thanks Boorish.  :D
Your cookie is en route  Triple espresso chocolate chip with nuts.  Are you allergic to nuts?  If so, I will add some extra ones...

I tried this before, some years ago, and naturally it went Off, which is fine.  Then it went Off Off and stayed there. Which is also fine, I guess... Haha. It takes a lot of work to keep some things on track! However, it is worth another try.  The focus is on women in finance and technology, whether...

A little closer to Heaven and only a few hours to the north. hotel in the mountains.jpg TTFN. : ) And what is meant by "closer to Heaven"? A footnote.  ;) Mount Washington, found in the White Mountains, Presidential Range, New Hampshire, is  called Agiocochook by some Native American trib...

it looks like Bretton Woods where a British socialist (keynes) and a soviet agent in the US government (harry dexter white) established the post-WW2 monetary order The gold exchange standard for USD (foreign governments could exchange USD for gold but US citizens couldn't) and other currencies pegg...

katastrofa wrote:

  I was wondering about oxitocin, but didn't dare to ask.

Not in the hiking chemistry set, but reduction of cortisol is and I would recommend that for everyone. : )

katastrofa wrote:

OK, off you go to get your endorphins.

*Serotonin* and endorphins, actually, with hiking.
That's the magic combination...

Haha.  No, not at all.  I mean in terms off wasting time needlessly, when there is so much serious work to do. If I go to the mountains, I will hike for a bit and then can really focus and get lots of work done. If I hang around here, I will not get any fresh air and exercise and similarly, I will n...

A little closer to Heaven and only a few hours to the north.



TTFN. : )