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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Melissa took the boys to get haircuts on Tuesday. When I came home from work, the following conversation ensued:
Dad: (feigning ignorance) Hey, something seems different about you guys...
Michael: Yeah, we got haircuts.
Dad: (continuing with the ruse) I don't know what it is, you guys just seem snappier than usual...
Benjamin: THAT'S BECAUSE WE GOT HAIRCUTS, DAD!
Benjamin: (to Michael) See? You gotta yell it.
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Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Over the holidays I had a chance to talk with one of my cousins who just got home from his mission and is back in school, but doesn't know what he wants to major in. (We've all been there, right?) Sure, he'll minor in his foreign language, but he doesn't really have anything in mind other than that.
He didn't ask for my advice and I didn't offer any, but having been in that situation myself, I feel like I have something to offer that could be valuable to someone out there. At least I know what I would do differently if I could go back and do it again.
The short answer is this: Major in accounting.
It's simple really. BYU's accounting program is consistently ranked in the top five in the nation, often taking the top spot. As long as you're at BYU primarily for reasons having nothing to do with academics (value, environment, to get married) why not get the most marketable degree they offer while you're there? It works on it's own or as a foundation for med school, law school, etc. If BYU's electrical engineering program was the best in the nation, I'd recommend it for all the same reasons.
The long answer is from Paul Graham: stay upwind, solve problems, and follow your curiosity.
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Friday, January 2, 2009
I passed one of these on the way home from work on Christmas Eve. I'd never seen one before. (I guess that's what I get for never watching an Austin Powers movie.) I can't decide if I like them or not. From the back it looked like a VW Bug, from the front it's something more like Speed Racer's Mach V. At the same time something about it was giving me an AMC Pacer vibe as well.
According to Wikipedia, Enzo Ferrari called it the most beautiful car ever made. I will say the convertibles and the later models are quite nice. The one I saw must have been an early sixties model.
