Author Archives: Mark Egge

Good heavens. Microsoft Excel is profoundly worthless for trying to do any sort of statistical analysis other than the most painfully rudimentary. And, for that matter, Excel is really profoundly worthless for most of its intended functions. As a basic … Continue reading →

Ah! So, here I am, working on another blog post (coming soon?), lying on my stomach in the living room, as I do, (sipping on bottle of Santa Rita 120 Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 – fruity, full body, but with a … Continue reading →

Last night was the third and final presidential debate. From the Huffington Post: The results over at CBS show Obama to have scored the biggest victory to date: “Fifty-three percent of the uncommitted voters surveyed identified Democratic nominee Barack Obama … Continue reading →

As I write, it’s 34 degrees F outside, and snowing. Snowing! In any case, it’s COLD outside. My rental unit came with a natural gas fireplace. When we rented the unit, I asked the landlord if the fireplace worked, since … Continue reading →

Heh. I’ve thought, recently, about getting a pet, but … I don’t think I’m quite ready for the level of responsibility. Case in point: I just went outside, and when I came back in I noticed Bovard’s two cacti, sitting … Continue reading →

From the Montana Standard: It appears that Republican operatives looked to gain an advantage by purging as many voters as possible from counties that lean Democrat. The director of the Republican Party issued a blanket challenge to validly registered voters … Continue reading →

If there’s an art to motorcycle maintenance, I’m Jackson Pollock. Truth be told, I’ve drawn plenty of insights from Robert Pirsig’s “chautauqua”. (Who used to be a professor at MSU, by the by…) Ironically, his meditations on motorcycle maintenance … … Continue reading →

Two-hundred and fifty dollars to take the GMAT? Good heavens! … I guess I better do it right the first time. And … for some reason, MSU doesn’t offer the GMAT at its testing center. That doesn’t make sense. Doesn’t … Continue reading →

Did anyone else find a little ironic John McCain’s insistence during Friday’s presidential debate that he “never won the Miss Congeniality award in the senate” when, of course, his running mate actually did win “Miss Congeniality” in the Miss Alaska … Continue reading →

It took a few days for last week’s cortisone shot to kick in (a rather cool procedure … they put you on a slab and run a live x-ray machine to help the doctor guide the needle in to the … Continue reading →