My Jiu Jitsu Journey
Twenty years ago this year, the movie Dogma was released to theaters. It was written, directed, and starred in by Kevin Smith, and was one of my favorite movies of 1999. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are the cast away angels Loki and Bartleby who've found a loophole that a Cardinal played by the late … Continue reading Ideas vs. Beliefs
In November of 2016, I decided to quit Facebook. About 6 months later, I got back on. I made this decision based on a few different reasons. One of the reasons was that I was hugely influenced by the book Deep Work by Cal Newport. In this book, Newport encourages you to think about what … Continue reading My Six Month Vacation from Facebook
This year in my basic statistics classes, after I give the announcements I begin class by giving them two pieces of information.Something interesting about myself.The number of the day.The purpose of the first is so that the barrier between professor and student can be breached. Getting to know me as someone that has a life … Continue reading Double Standard
Kurt Gödel's incompleteness theorem proved that the title of this post is impossible for any set of axioms that you adopt.On one of my many walks between home and office, I thought about the significance of this and the human psyche. I place myself, and the axioms and tenets that I adopt, into an incomplete … Continue reading Consistent and Complete
The Shaw Show 