My latest achievement in overachieving nerdom: Hot!!1! Amazon purchase:

[bicentennial_baby]

And yes, that is "pleasure" reading, as in not for class. Jeebus, I need an intervention.

:rofl:

[CatholicEdHead]

1. Is this where Financial Derivatives come from?

The $50 Trillion time bomb?

[bicentennial_baby]

4. Everything starts with the math...

:D

[CatholicEdHead]

8. Should be a bit easier than Differential Equations

Triple Integrals anyone?

[kineneb]

2. holy Volkers, BB... you need to get a life...

OK, I admit I have none, so I am re-reading the Merry Gentry gothic/mystery/porn series. Mind candy, so to speak.

I'm working up the nerve to download(or buy) and read Das Kapital in the original German. Talk about econ geekdom...

[bicentennial_baby]

5. oooh, you've got me beat....although,

I would like to search out the original works of the French economists. You've given me a new idea! w00t!

:rofl:

[flvegan]

3. Okay, hon...that's just wrong.

You just went flying past me in college econ geekdom. Tough to do, btw.

[bicentennial_baby]

6. It's more like Grad School Prep, actually...

And maybe I'll eventually have time to read it! :P

[LeftyMom]

7. Goodness, you're worse than me.

Thogh my "pleasure reading" is usually dense and overly theoretical political stuff lately.

[bicentennial_baby]

9. Yeah, I'm working through "The Shock Doctrine" at the moment

Have you read it? It's fantastic.

I can't wait for around May 22nd. I need air. And I cannot believe I signed on for another year. I'm insane. But, I'm actually really learning stuff this semester. It's refreshing. :D

[ghostsofgiants]

20. Ooh, I'm really interested in reading Shock Doctrine.

My sociology professor last semester recommended it, even though he said the stuff in there is nothing new, but then this is a guy who spends all of his time reading every journal aricle and book on neoliberalism that comes his way, haha.

[bicentennial_baby]

24. It's incredibly detailed and *so* well written....get it!

It essentially deals with economics gone so f'n wrong, and my mind is just blown by this book. Even though so much of it is familiar, being a longtime DUer and politics junkie, it's incredible. Naomi Klein is a fantastic researcher and writer.

:hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

25. Yeah, I really enjoy her work, so I definitely plan on picking it up at some point

[mainegreen]

10. I bought mathmatical fallacies and paradoxes 6 months ago.

It rocked. Really interesting.

Thinking books are fun.

[bicentennial_baby]

11. Oh, nice...Tell me more?

:D That sounds yummy.

[mainegreen]

12. It's a good book.

There's one mind bender I like where they demonstrate, falsely of course, that the circumference of a dime is the same as a half dollar.

Some other crazy stuff too. If you like that stuff, it's a fun book.

[KitchenWitch]

13. You are sicker than I thought!

:rofl:

[bicentennial_baby]

14. I'm series! It's so I can get a good GRE score and do well in grad school!

I can haz math review? Pleaz?

:rofl:

[KitchenWitch]

19. thxkbai!

:D

[bicentennial_baby]

23. We can still be foodie buddies, no?

:rofl:

[KitchenWitch]

26. Of course!

[Debi]

15. Here's a lovely Charrdonay to go with your goofiness

Drink THAT and try remembering what you read!

[bicentennial_baby]

16. d00d, I don't drink white wine...Ewww!

I drink Pinot Noir, ususally. :9

:rofl:

[Debi]

18. OMG, that's my fave!

But I'll be reading



Who wants to read math when you can read brain candy :P

[Rabrrrrrr]

17. Drool....

That looks delicious!

I love graphs and math and money.

I'd love to learn more about economics - it's one area of knowledge I am too deficient in.

[bicentennial_baby]

22. Completely up your alley...I love Economics.

I used to be a PoliSci/Int'l Studies major and then...I took an economics course, and realized that economics is at the heart of nearly every issue. At first I was dazzled, then after a few years I became disillusioned by the lack of correlation between the theories and reality. Now I'm exploring Behavioral Econ, which is my Independent Study in the Fall. I'm re-energized for Economics once again. :D

[SeattleGirl]

21. Oh honey.

What AM I going to do with you? :cry:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Danger Mouse]

27. ...i could never hope to aspire to such levels of nerdom.

you're an inspiration to us all.

[bicentennial_baby]

30. I have brain ache...

5 hrs in the Econ lab today...ouch. math soothes the soul. I'm watching Night of the Living Dead and reading Intro to Mathematical Economics simultaneously. Good times. :rofl:

[Canuckistanian]

28. Oooo, you're SMOKIN'

And you could use the book to determine the exact rate, average output and standard deviation over time of your smokiness.....

[bicentennial_baby]

29. Not to mention variance and stamdard errors!

Don't get me started on the R squared vs. Adjusted R square!!

And pseudo R squares! Pfffft!

[Canuckistanian]

31. Hey, c'mon

No sex threads.