The title of this post, a quote from the psychoanalyst Adam Phillips, is one of many gems sprinkled throughout an essay by Rachel Kushner in a recent New Yorker magazine. The rather startling phrase sums up a great deal of longing experienced in youth, when the wrong hair, the wrong clothes and all the secrets you do not yet know …
Degrees Of Freedom
The mathematical concept of degrees of freedom is familiar enough to recall having studied when I got my MPH, but not relevant enough on a daily basis to remember the definition. It has vaguely to do with the number of values in a statistical calculation that can vary, affecting the distribution curve of any given statistical model. If that is …
Not On The Menu
I took a walk this week – it was perfect California summer day of clear skies and sunshine illuminating the Pacific. It was made even better by the company of a tier one friend. The friend and I both have kids applying to college, and the process is a grind. Part of what we discussed was that in high school, …