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March 8, 2008

Big News Friday

diet, running / 5 Comments

Last night, the managing director of the office sent out an announcement about the Wall Street Journal accolades to the entire office, so I’ve been getting bombarded with congratulations e-mails from everyone I know and even a few that I don’t. This paper is a huge deal and I’m so glad that I got to work on it! We finalized the edits on it today, and it will hopefully be published next week. I’m not necessarily thrilled with the final product – we had a “professional” writer work on it, and I think his edits actually make the piece less …

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March 6, 2008

I’m in the Wall Street Journal!!!

career / 10 Comments

Not in the “I ran Boston” fake sense either… I am actually in the WSJ. My name isn’t in there and it’s not the print version (though apparently they may be doing a writeup later), but the research paper that I co-authored was featured as the lead story on WSJ.com. Hopefully more press is forthcoming. I’m so excited!!! To get published and get national recognition as a first year analyst is way beyond my expectations, and I am thrilled. Today is going to be a good day! Wall Street Journal: Tech Lessons from Presidents

March 6, 2008

I ran Boston!

running, travel / 4 Comments

Okay, not the Boston Marathon. But I did finally drag myself out of bed early enough to get a real workout in. When I saw that it wasn’t raining and it was fairly warm (34 F – all you southerners are laughing at me right now for calling that warm), I pulled on my running clothes and headed out the door. I had no idea where I was going, and in my haste to leave the hotel I had neglected to stop to get a running map from the front desk. No matter. I figured I’d make my own route. …

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March 5, 2008

Should I be "that guy"?

running / 2 Comments

To update you on last night, I did indeed give up after 2.5 miles. And this morning I did only 1 mile in the morning (but that was in addition to 20 minutes of free weights). I blame school. My degree is in Industrial and Labor Relations, and I took quite a few classes on bargaining and negotiations, several of which involved mock bargaining situations. When I was on the management side, I busted the union and got all the workers to take massive pay cuts. When I was on the union side, I increased union strength and even got …

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March 5, 2008

Embodying the true spirit of "absolut(ly) fit"

running / 7 Comments

I am drunk and walking on the treadmill as I type this. I tried picking it up to a fast run so I would get done sooner (7:04 pace) and only lasted about 3.5 minutes. I love wine but it is not good for the treadmill. Especially since the whole time I am thinking about ordering cheeesecake from room service. Bad bad bad. I already had dessert tonight, but it was small and I shared. Still, I also had a glass of dessert wine (sauternes – mmmm) so that is extra calories to burn off. Also, Topher – my lunch …

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