The 100 by 30 project

The problem with being a nerd

I'm a big fan of decorating with books -- what a great, frugal way to do a design refresh by working with what you have (and love) -- and I especially love the trend of organizing bookcases by color: isn't this just gorgeous?

Unfortunately, when you're an analytically-inclined nerd, you accumulate a lot of Springer books: notice a trend here?

If we tried that, it'd be a sea of yellow.

The value of B-school: none?

The Times has an article arguing that business school is a waste of time and money for anyone aspiring to be a Master of the Universe. They make two main arguments:

1. if you have a job in finance, a cost-benefit analysis will reveal B-school isn't worth it
2. if you do go, future employers will reject you for having bungled said cost-benefit analysis

The caveat is that if you're trying to transition into finance from, say, engineering, business school might not be your blackball.

And, of course, none of this necessarily applies if you aren't looking to be one of the hedge fund superstars.

Milestone acheived

Our household retirement accounts now exceed twice our yearly household living expenses (by which I mean gross less taxes less retirement and savings contributions). I'm pretty jazzed about that!