Author Archives for Ben
My Favorite New Professor
So far he has worn teal, neon pink, and goldenrod sport coats to class. Our TA says we haven’t seen any of the interesting ones yet.
EconSpeak Redux
I’m glad to hear the choir is in favor of technical discourse over libatations. I posted the question after a seemingly harmless comment about enjoying the union of an academic lifestyle and a drunkard’s lifestyle was met with a stern reply that “Yeah… we need to be careful about making too many econ jokes.”
My feeling […]
EconSpeak
What do you guys think of the use of EconSpeak and MathSpeak? It’s certainly possible to abuse it (as reflected in the PhD Comics strip that shows an inverse relationship between years in grad school and number of people who get your jokes). Are there acceptable cases for the use of EconSpeak in […]
“This one time, at math camp…”
Last night I was reading notes, and I suddenly heard a woman screaming just outside my window. I sat up, fearing she was being hurt, but it soon became clear that she was enjoying herself. A lot.
It’s good to be back on a college campus.



