Monday Dec 6 2010 The ASWA San Antonio offers scholarships for aspiring female students. Log on and take a look, plan on attending some of their meetings. I get lots of questions from students about scholarships, so here is a link.   ASWA is the American Society for Women Accountants.

Sunday Dec 5 2010   Take a look at Hans Rosling's depiction of the development of the world in the last 200  years.  This is a great example of how design meets statistics. 

'Black Friday' Shopping Day Nov 26 2010 I have posted some or part of Ralph Waldo Emerson's famous essay on gifts the last several Christmas seasons. He wrote these essays from 18330-32. Note the relevance of the first two sentences. Gee nothing has changed.   "Gifts"By Ralph Waldo Emerson. IT is said that the world is…

Tuesday Nov 23 2010 I regret that most of you have not attended a UT A & M Football Game in Person, it dwarfs any Roman Colisuem spectacle. UT has Bevo, the cowboys, the Silver Spurs, the huge band, cheerleanders that make the Cowboy Cheerleaders want to show up in their sweats, and A &…

Thursday Nov 17 2010 Most folks get interested in history a bit late in life, I suspect that most readers of 1776 were over forty. It takes a few decades before it dawns that people go on and on doing the same things over and over with pretty much the same results, and that is…

Sunday Oct 31, 2010 An iPod was turned into my Lost and Found last week, it was in an evening class. Judging by the apps I am guessing it belongs to a male. If one of you can identify the content as yours please claim it. 

Sunday Oct 31, 2010 Here is an article on successful studying.  I would say the most important thing here is continual progress over time. Students mistake cramming for study, like the cheap suitcase, everything falls out, this never leads to mastery of the content. By the tine the exam rolls around, a sucessful sutdy routine…