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SURPRISE. A writer sees life as a metaphor.

October 4, 2010

On Friday, I gathered up my stuff and said goodbye to the office.  As my last act, I took a box filled with everything I’ve been using for the past three years-econometrics textbooks, notes from my statistics classes, SAS training manuals, pictures, and shoes-and lugged it out of the door.  I left my pass on our office manager’s desk and prepared for the hardest part: taking out the box. I initially thought I could carry the box out on my ...

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Ivri Lider in Washington, DC: On Wanting to Be Israeli

June 3, 2009

For those of you who live on another planet (or possibly not in Jewlandia in which case you are hereby pardoned,) Ivri Lider is a very popular Israeli musician.  Not only has he had more hits than Micahel Tyson, he has also publicly come out as gay and still remained successful and popular, which  is a tremendous accomplishment in the fickle world of showbusiness. Thanks to the kind generosity of 16th Street JCC in DC, I scored two tickets to ...

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Vicki goes to the World Bank

May 30, 2009

This week, I had lunch at the World Bank. It was AWESOME. Since I love international politics, international economics, and pretty much international anything (international Nutella), me going to lunch at the World Bank is like a hypochondriac being invited to tour the Centers for Disease Control. From the moment I set foot in the door, I instantly forgot about the concern and criticism surrounding the effectiveness of the Bank’s programs (found here, here, and here.)  I was in awe.  ...

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Learning SAS by Example: First Impressions

May 27, 2009

As you may recall, I was super-hyped to receive my SAS book to review from SAS Press. The book is Learning SAS by Example: A Programmer’s Guide by Ron Cody, and you can pick it up here or here. A little bit of background about how I came to SAS (aka, life history): One of the reasons I was really excited to receive it is that, I was going to purchase it anyway.  As someone starting in SAS (my company ...

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Women, careers, big cities, and other thoughts

April 30, 2009

I’ve been thinking a lot about women lately.  I’ve seen a couple articles floating around online about the role of women in the workplace, with children, and so on.  Penelope Trunk talks a lot about it in her blog (which you can Google because I’m still undecided whether I want to link to her).   While I’m convinced that she’s having a mental breakdown, in the meantime, she is running a company and taking care of two children, one of ...

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