In case you care
Got a shipment in from Amazon today. They were having their "buy-3-get-one-free" paperback sale last week, so I took the opportunity to get John Grisham's The Partner (one of the few of his that I haven't read), and more importantly, a number of classics that I've been meaning to get and read for quite some time but haven't yet managed to get around to: Fahrenheit 451, The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and Animal Farm. Should make for some good leisure time. I knew there was a reason I don't have TV.
Of course, much of my free time these days is taken up by "Cost Estimating and Financial Analysis," the first class in the (admittedly somewhat cheesy) Master's program I'm enrolled in. It's all distance learning, and I'm still a little hesitant to call that a "real" degree program, although the workload is actually pretty similar to an actual class. And hey, the Navy is paying for it; I just have to pay for the books. More importantly, I'm actually learning some pretty interesting stuff that might come in handy down the road. How depreciation and inflation affect after-tax earnings of various corporate projects involving capital expenditures; that sort of thing. The next class, starting in April, has to do with logistics and supply chain management. Fun.
I'm getting a gas delivery for my house tomorrow, which will be great because then I can turn the heat back on. I like to keep the house at a nice, comfortable 71 degrees, so I can wear shorts around if I so desire. Right now it's at 62, which is a little on the cool side. Found a good way to keep warm, though. Made some chicken noodle soup, and accidentally dumped about two tablespoons of pepper in the pot (mistakenly used the side with the one big hole instead of the lots of little holes; oops), and then tossed a little Habenero Tobasco in along with it. I think my nose is bleeding now.
Of course, much of my free time these days is taken up by "Cost Estimating and Financial Analysis," the first class in the (admittedly somewhat cheesy) Master's program I'm enrolled in. It's all distance learning, and I'm still a little hesitant to call that a "real" degree program, although the workload is actually pretty similar to an actual class. And hey, the Navy is paying for it; I just have to pay for the books. More importantly, I'm actually learning some pretty interesting stuff that might come in handy down the road. How depreciation and inflation affect after-tax earnings of various corporate projects involving capital expenditures; that sort of thing. The next class, starting in April, has to do with logistics and supply chain management. Fun.
I'm getting a gas delivery for my house tomorrow, which will be great because then I can turn the heat back on. I like to keep the house at a nice, comfortable 71 degrees, so I can wear shorts around if I so desire. Right now it's at 62, which is a little on the cool side. Found a good way to keep warm, though. Made some chicken noodle soup, and accidentally dumped about two tablespoons of pepper in the pot (mistakenly used the side with the one big hole instead of the lots of little holes; oops), and then tossed a little Habenero Tobasco in along with it. I think my nose is bleeding now.
posted by Chris at 12:17 AM
2 Comments:
#1 Being in the middle of my first week of a distance learning masters program - they are just as much work as regular classroom settings ones! #2 (and the more important) You cannot just read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - you have to read the whole series. I hope the book you bought is actually the Ulimate Hitchhiker's Guide! I loved the series!
Are you warm yet?
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