Author: Jason D. Rowley
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The Halcyon Days Goes on Sick Leave
Jason D. Rowley, principle contributor to The Halcyon Days, has come down with some variant of either rhinovirus or influenza. He hopes that his wild febrile phantasms provide inspiration for future content. In the meantime, do enjoy some old photos of hospitals from the Life Magazine photo archive. JDR should be back to his usual…
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Post #101: Notes on Going Forward
And this is the part where I tell you that my interests do not lie solely in complaining about college, writing bad poetry, or trying my hand at fiction. Since I was sixteen, I’ve been intensely interested in finance. It is difficult to pinpoint exactly when this interest developed, what sparked it, but ever since—especially…
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Schumpeter’s Nightmare
Check out my most recent Flyover Geeks article here. You’ll find an excerpt below: Well, it seems as though I’ve got another sacred cow to kill. Universities, over the past thirty or so years, have made an effort to support a vibrant campus community, with varsity sports and extracurricular activities at its center. Any recent…
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On University of Chicago’s Biggest Lesson
I’ve long joked with my friends that the most valuable skill one can take away from a University of Chicago education is the ability to genuinely forget everything one learned during the course of that education.
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Still More Quotes On Which Recently I’ve Leaned
To read other quotes on which recently I’ve leaned, check out A Couple of Quotes On Which Recently I’ve Leaned. – – – It’s easy to attack and destroy an act of creation. It’s a lot more difficult to perform one. –Chuck Palahniuk, Salon.com Letters, Aug. 26, 2003
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Regarding the Super Bowl: Some Statistics
Some interesting statistics: It costs approximately $3 million for a 30-second television spot during the Super Bowl. One second of broadcast time costs as much as two years of college at the University of Chicago (full tuition + room and board). $3 million buys enough coffee to kill 37683 people by caffeine poisoning. ($79.61 per person…
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An Extremely Random Thought on Time
Like previous extremely random thoughts, this one came to me after a long morning of reading, taking notes on abstruse organizational theory readings, and in a state of fuzzy gossamer-thin sleep-deprived consciousness. Do enjoy. – – – 2/5/2011 Thought: Time is a currency which most people spend. I want each of my nows to be…
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On Twitter in #Egypt
Here’s an excerpt of my latest post for Flyover Geeks: It has been called the “Twitter Revolution.” The recent unrest throughout the Middle East and Africa has resulted, so far, in two toppled regimes, a number of deaths, and a lot of attention on the role that social media plays in politics and political change.…