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Doesn't your tongue hanging out give them a clue?I can wear my prescription sunglasses when I'm at the beach so the girls (and DW) can't tell that I'm leering at them.
Doesn't your tongue hanging out give them a clue?I can wear my prescription sunglasses when I'm at the beach so the girls (and DW) can't tell that I'm leering at them.
.... Or maybe its that there is nobody waiting to test me on the book....
Doesn't your tongue hanging out give them a clue?
Well then, if you can control your tongue....you're set!I still have an old pair of mirror sunglasses that work well for stealth watching............
I have excellent peripheal vision..........
As long as black patent leather dress shoes are not involved...you're good to go.I still have an old pair of mirror sunglasses that work well for stealth watching............
I have excellent peripheal vision..........
Or perhaps I am just getting old and intellectually fat. Anyone else run into this?
As long as black patent leather dress shoes are not involved...you're good to go.
The "shoes thing" is a very obscure reference that many of you may not catch on to. Let us see who guesses correctly.
The "shoes thing" is a very obscure reference that many of you may not catch on to. Let us see who guesses correctly.
Well, I have a guess about the 'shoes thing' but it has nothing to do with patent leather...As long as black patent leather dress shoes are not involved...you're good to go.
The "shoes thing" is a very obscure reference that many of you may not catch on to. Let us see who guesses correctly.
As long as black patent leather dress shoes are not involved...you're good to go.
The "shoes thing" is a very obscure reference that many of you may not catch on to. Let us see who guesses correctly.
Maybe you need to relax and just have some fun for a while?
Could be. Not likely any time soon, between work, bus travel, taking care of kids, weekend chores, etc.
You know you probably need some Brewer time in there somewhere. What do you do for fun? When was the last time that you and Mrs Brewer went away for the weekend and just did instead of worrying about chores, kids, jobs and how soon can we FIRE?
Could be. Not likely any time soon, between work, bus travel, taking care of kids, weekend chores, etc.
Brewer - I think we're about the same age, and I've noticed the same thing too. I really think having young kids and the associated lack of sleep (or more accurately, lack of ability to catch up on sleep on the weekends ... remember waking up Saturdays at 11am?) is a big part of the problem, although maybe not the only part. Having a Blackberry on me at all times has also seemed to cut into my concentration on the train, as I will read/respond to email. And I'm maybe just feeling a little burned out in general.
Instead of doing much reading on the train this past year, I've been listening to some NPR podcasts (e.g. On Point with Tom Ashbrook is a great one) which are informative, if not as intellectually beneficial as reading.
I still think it's a phase that will pass, because every once in a while I'll pick up a book that really keeps my attention.
Mountains of aggravation from work assuredly does not help either. I just split a couple hours early because I was so angry I literally could not stay in the building any longer. I am getting really sick of being the rented mule of career do-nothing, oxygen-wasting, lazy bureaucrats.
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Mountains of aggravation from work assuredly does not help either. I just split a couple hours early because I was so angry I literally could not stay in the building any longer. I am getting really sick of being the rented mule of career do-nothing, oxygen-wasting, lazy bureaucrats.
I am wondering whether this is just me, or if others have run into the same thing. I recently bought a text, "Maritime Economics.". It is a fat, heavy, well written textbook on a subject near and dear to my heart (I have a large stake in shipping companies). In years past I plowed through many a graduate level finance and accounting textbook (for business school and then the CFA) as I rode the train to work. Now I open the book, get a few pages in, and... Meh. My mind wanders and I lose concentration.
Maybe it is just the winter blahs. Or maybe its that there is nobody waiting to test me on the book. Or perhaps I am just getting old and intellectually fat. Anyone else run into this?
Speaking as a nuclear engineer, does the word "any" imply that there's more than one? Or is it a hope that there's at least one?... ready to impress any finance chick I invite to my house to "help her study for the CFA exam."
Heh, let me tell you about vision problems...
I had bifocals when I was 12 and switched to contacts when I was 16 because glasses were so cumbersome/heavy. Contacts are a minus 8 in one eye, minus 6.5 in the other. A bit of presbyopia would be great because it would offset the extreme nearsightedness.