i moved the philadelphia and all i got was shot

crashdavis @ 2007-10-28T23:14:00

2007-10-29T03:10:52Z

A-Rod is opting out of his contract.

Let the feeding begin.

crashdavis @ 2007-10-28T23:14:00

2007-10-29T03:10:21Z

I need to write this down somewhere. I like to give baseball players nicknames. Sometimes they are from qualities or stories that some or many people know. Sometimes they are just some sort of play on words using their name. Other times they just come to me, and those are the special ones.

Jacoby Ellsbury AKA the Genius
Dustin Pedroia AKA the human laser show or just laser show (which do you think is better)
Mike Timlin AKA Grisley

crashdavis @ 2006-12-13T22:24:00

2006-12-14T03:24:54Z

"You should treat students like laboratory animals. Don't get attached." -Boris

but

I had some students cheer for me when I walked into give the final.

and i got hit with a bb gun in the back yard a few minutes ago, that rocked. but you probably already know that.

crashdavis @ 2006-12-11T23:56:00

2006-12-12T04:56:44Z

It really looks like other than the trace, the symmetric functions do not commute with derivations. This is really bad, but I'm not exactly sure why. I don't know what frustrates me more.

In his name,

Mike

crashdavis @ 2006-12-10T22:18:00

2006-12-11T03:18:06Z

because ... you like the marlins.

Keep Christmas, Christmas,

Mike

OMG this thing is still here?

2006-12-08T23:26:01Z

... i feel young again.

i hate people with strollers on the subway. it's inconsiderate, especially during rush hour.

Keep it sassy,

Mike

crashdavis @ 2006-01-06T13:01:00

2006-01-06T18:02:01Z

I WARNED YOU PEOPLE :(

the last donut :(

2005-12-28T19:31:44Z

Dec 28, 1:18 AM EST

The Associated Press

NEW YORK -- Michael Vale, the actor best known for his portrayal of a sleepy-eyed Dunkin' Donuts baker who said "Time to make the doughnuts," has died. He was 83.

Vale died Saturday in New York City of complications from diabetes, according to son-in law Rick Reil.

Vale's long-running character, "Fred the Baker," for the doughnut maker's ad campaign lasted 15 years until he retired in 1997.

Canton, Mass.-based Dunkin' Donuts said in a statement that Vale's character "became a beloved American icon that permeated our culture and touched millions with his sense of humor and humble nature."

Vale was born in Brooklyn and studied acting at the Dramatic Workshop in New York City with classmates Tony Curtis, Ben Gazzara and Rod Steiger.

A veteran of the Broadway stage, film and television, Vale appeared in more than 1,300 TV commercials.

crashdavis @ 2005-11-08T13:52:00

2005-11-08T18:52:05Z

ladies and gentlemen.

on the second page of the Daily News ... just remember, this is where i work.

Top biz school gets
'F' in biz know-how
BY KATHLEEN LUCADAMO
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Monday, November 7th, 2005

Noted business school Baruch College apparently has trouble running its own business.
Long considered one of the gems of the City University of New York system, the East Side school is a mismanaged mess plagued by constantly changing rules, lost paperwork and "no culture of professionalism," says a secret internal audit obtained by the Daily News.

Consultants hired to probe into the noted business college's shortcomings found it was rife with "finger-pointing" and shaken by unstable leadership, with the school chewing through eight vice presidents of finance since 1990.

"The business school does not operate like a business," Huron Consulting Group wrote in the 2004 audit. "Rules and regulations seem to change on a whim," the audit found.

The school, one of 10 senior CUNY colleges, consistently gets high marks in national rankings for many of its programs.

But the audit found lax budgeting, a lack of accountability and an admissions office that has "the tendency to lose paperwork."

"Even when budget reports are issued, departments do not have faith in the accuracy of the reports," the consultants wrote.

"There is no culture of professionalism or excellence at Baruch," they noted.

The taxpayer-funded study cost an estimated $10,000 and was done on the order of the current vice president of administration and finance, Rob Specter, who stepped into the job in 2003.

"I did it purely to learn about perceptions internally at Baruch," Specter said. "Every organization needs improvement, and as a newcomer I wanted to know where to spend most of my time."

One former Baruch employee seconded the audit's findings, saying she noticed senseless decisions, such as her department ordering architecture books when the department had no architecture program.

Augusta Malacarne, assistant director of continuing education programs, contends Baruch didn't renew her contract this summer after she voiced her concerns with higherups.

Malacarne is suing CUNY for retaliating against her "for complaining about what she honestly believed to be corruption and mismanagement at Baruch College," according to court papers.

But Specter took issue with many of the audit's findings.

Regulations haven't changed, but many employees weren't familiar with them, he said. And only one employee thought the admission office routinely lost paperwork, he said.

Since the audit came out, Baruch improved communication among the staff and hired more people in its restructured budget office, Specter said.

"I've learned over the years not to be too surprised by anything a consultant writes," he said. "It's not to say that we do everything perfectly, but we are a very well-run organization."

crashdavis @ 2005-10-14T19:04:00

2005-10-14T23:04:39Z

You scored as Sandy. You are an easygoing idealist. You follow your own internal values and also know how to have a good time. Make sure that you are not so easygoing and fun seeking that you don't ever realize your ideals.

</td>

Sandy

89%

Anna

78%

Marissa

72%

Seth

72%

Oliver

72%

Hailey

67%

Jimmy

61%

Kirsten

61%

Ryan

44%

Luke

39%

Julie

33%

Summer

33%

Caleb

28%

What OC character are you?
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crashdavis @ 2005-09-23T14:26:00

2005-09-23T18:27:10Z

if you could ask oprah 10 questions, what would they be?

crashdavis @ 2005-09-19T13:54:00

2005-09-19T17:54:50Z

THE ISLAND OF MISFIT TOYS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

crashdavis @ 2005-09-12T16:25:00

2005-09-12T20:25:55Z

If I were a Springer-Verlag Graduate Text in Mathematics, I would be Joe Harris's Algebraic Geometry: A First Course.

I am intended to introduce students to algebraic geometry; to give them a sense of the basic objects considered, the questions asked about them, and the sort of answers one can expect to obtain. I thus emphasize the classical roots of the subject. For readers interested in simply seeing what the subject is about, I avoid the more technical details better treated with the most recent methods. For readers interested in pursuing the subject further, I will provide a basis for understanding the developments of the last half century, which have put the subject on a radically new footing. Based on lectures given at Brown and Harvard Universities, I retain the informal style of the lectures and stresses examples throughout; the theory is developed as needed. My first part is concerned with introducing basic varieties and constructions; I describe, for example, affine and projective varieties, regular and rational maps, and particular classes of varieties such as determinantal varieties and algebraic groups. My second part discusses attributes of varieties, including dimension, smoothness, tangent spaces and cones, degree, and parameter and moduli spaces.

Which Springer GTM would you be?
The Springer GTM
Test

Note: Not that anyone but laura reads this but two interesting things. Joe Harris sounds like Garrison Keillor from A Prairie Home Companion on NPR and has some guns for arms. Second I'm attempting to read this book and it's pretty good and is in the subject that I do.

crashdavis @ 2005-09-12T16:01:00

2005-09-12T20:10:51Z

math is difficult ...

i realize that i understand stuff that most people can't. (that's probably the extent and only point of self promotion that i can make for myself.) but i don't know how the hell i'm going to actually get a doctorate in this. i constantly work on stuff that i think i should have done a year or two ago. and it takes so long to get some sort of basic understanding. I spent half a day on about 10 pages and not even working on any sort of problem, just reading. even if i enjoy working on something i always get the feeling that i'm behind.

blah, sorry i wanted to bitch for a second.

also, i'm not giving espn $30.

and fuck schemes, fuck geometry.

crashdavis @ 2005-08-23T00:45:00

2005-08-23T04:48:24Z

isn't it ironic, don't you think

(sorry, i had to say it)

I write about detergents and the whole clothes cleaning industry, however, i don't even wash my own clothes anymore. The people at the laundrymat do. It's pretty much the same price as doing it myself.

crashdavis @ 2005-08-17T12:54:00

2005-08-17T16:52:54Z

I want to write a book about puppies.

crashdavis @ 2005-06-16T10:58:00

2005-06-16T14:59:09Z

i know it sounds stupid but i have to say it.

things that are too good to be true, are usually just that. too good to be true.

i have a song, and it goes something like this

2005-06-15T05:35:54Z

a one, a two, a one two three four

it's 1:38 and i'm still up
it's 1:38 and i'm still up

...

thank you, thank you very much ... i'll be here all week.

and I play requests!

crashdavis @ 2005-06-07T22:46:00

2005-06-08T02:41:44Z

calculator

crashdavis @ 2005-06-03T16:07:00

2005-06-03T20:08:29Z

all the cute animals in the forest!

crashdavis @ 2005-06-01T23:43:00

2005-06-02T03:43:45Z

"remember, it's supposed to be fun."

$200 / 5br - HUGE AND CHEAP, EASY COMMUTE (Bogotá, Columbia)

2005-05-19T20:55:55Z

Reply to: anon-74240415@craigslist.org
Date: 2005-05-19, 1:49PM

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nobody has a sense of humor anymore. well at least on craigslist.

crashdavis @ 2005-05-10T10:14:00

2005-05-10T14:11:12Z

big brother byrus is coming.

crashdavis @ 2005-04-27T14:54:00

2005-04-27T18:50:14Z

okay, i think i have too much music on my computer

crashdavis @ 2005-04-21T23:27:00

2005-04-22T03:24:00Z

-sup, doobie brothers?
-nothing much michael.