Statistics is less than optimal

Well, it was only a matter of time before Paul starting bitching about studying for the CFA. I will try to keep the whining to a minimum. Starting to study again is not fun, but at least a lot of the material will be review and I just got done with it.

On a brighter note, I'm almost done with the book Bringing Down the House. Its about a bunch of MIT kids who make millions off Vegas playing Blackjack. I would love to come up with a scam like that! Basically, coming up with a pure arbitrage opportunity off statistical methods and strategy. Pure genius, I love it! If that doesn't inspire me to learn my statistics sections I don't know what will. Highly recommend this book, especially to all my former card dealing bro's.

I'm listening to Petey Pablo right now. The man just astounds me with his lyrical prowess.

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Gonzaga get out of the zone

I didn't get to watch the GU game against San Francisco, but the box score is telling enough. USF hit something like 10 three pointers. Its too reminiscent of the St. Mary's game where they hit 17 3's. Are we that slow on defense that we can't even play man-to-man against WCC teams? I understand going zone against Illinois and Georgia Tech, where we are obviously playing against superior athletes, but come on in the WCC? I think GU should at least be able to play some straight up defense and not leave the game open to a hot streak of 3-point shooting.

It really doesn't matter what defense we are in if no one is aggressive, which sounds like that was the case against USF. Hopefully, we come out against USD tonight with a better mentality on the defensive end.

Guinness and Basketball, it just doesn't mix

Montana City League Basketball, Its Fantastic! It was another thrilling victory for my city league basketball team last night. We faced a team named, Transition, which I have been told is the city league team for inmates at the county correctional facility. Their defense wasn't very good and we dismantled them pretty easily within the first half eventually winning by 20 or so.

I just want to say for future reference, Guinness and Basketball do not mix well. This weekend I had probably 3 pints of the black nectar and it really must have weighed me down because I was abnormally tired during our game Monday night.

Maybe thats why there aren't very many great ball players coming out of Ireland. As the saying goes, "God invented Beer, so the Irish wouldn't take over the world."

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Ponte Vecchio

I miss Firenze...

Just Starting

Well, I've got on the blog bandwagon. I don't know how much I will be able to update this, but I'll give it a shot.

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