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1. This is old, but I'm still catching up from stuff from when I was on vacation (we won't talk about what the "News" folder of my RSS feed looks like): Ellen Echtingham summarizes why it makes no sense to draft a player projected to end up a bottom-6 forward, and why teams do it anyway.
2. That article links to an article with statistics. Interestingly enough, I have a question about statistics. (My segues are GREAT.) I was in a company meeting today, and the head of HR was talking about how the company's taking steps to invest more in training, skills development, and so forth and so on. She talking about things that they're planning, and then mentioned that the company offers tuition reimbursement for work-related courses we take - "and hardly anyone uses it, but seriously, we do that" - and so, I thought that maybe I should get me some of that.
I talked to my manager about it, and he's supportive and going to look into the details of the requirement, and we decided that the class I should take would be, ideally, "Learn Statistics With R". Only, uh, now I need to find such a class. Does anyone have any suggestions for how I should do that? The only requirements are it be an accredited school, and that it either be online or in the Boston area. (I've found one such course at BU's School of Public Health, and I'm going to get in touch with them to see if they'll take non-degree-seeking students.)
3. I wore new ballet flats to work today. Now my big toe hurts, right on the inside edge of the nail, especially when I press down with that toe. What went wrong, and how do I prevent it next time?
ETA: GODDAMMIT, I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING HOCKEY THIS FALL/WINTER.
2. That article links to an article with statistics. Interestingly enough, I have a question about statistics. (My segues are GREAT.) I was in a company meeting today, and the head of HR was talking about how the company's taking steps to invest more in training, skills development, and so forth and so on. She talking about things that they're planning, and then mentioned that the company offers tuition reimbursement for work-related courses we take - "and hardly anyone uses it, but seriously, we do that" - and so, I thought that maybe I should get me some of that.
I talked to my manager about it, and he's supportive and going to look into the details of the requirement, and we decided that the class I should take would be, ideally, "Learn Statistics With R". Only, uh, now I need to find such a class. Does anyone have any suggestions for how I should do that? The only requirements are it be an accredited school, and that it either be online or in the Boston area. (I've found one such course at BU's School of Public Health, and I'm going to get in touch with them to see if they'll take non-degree-seeking students.)
3. I wore new ballet flats to work today. Now my big toe hurts, right on the inside edge of the nail, especially when I press down with that toe. What went wrong, and how do I prevent it next time?
ETA: GODDAMMIT, I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING HOCKEY THIS FALL/WINTER.