Actuarial Science and the NFL by shoebootie
I know I am a little late to the party in commenting on the Colts' incomprehensible decision to quit on a perfect season. But after hearing Colts management explain their reasons for pulling the starters in the middle of the 3rd quarter in a close game, I have questions. How did they determine when to pull them? Do they have an actuary on staff that crunched the numbers, and determined that 2-1/2 quarters is the ideal balance to avoid injury while still keeping players sharp for the post season? Is the risk of injury greater in the last 1-1/2 quarters of a "meaningless" game than the first 2-1/2? Just wondering.
...so I had a shoe on one foot there and a boot on the other. A shoe and a boot. So the kids call me 'Shoebootie'.
World Cup Draw Today by DrRaoulDuke
Today, at noon eastern, 32 teams will be placed into the 8 groups for the 2010 World Cup. You should be interested in this. This is the most important tournament in all of sports. If you don't follow Football (aka The Beautiful Game), start now. There is a reason it is the most watched/followed sport in the World.
Beer: Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout by DrRaoulDuke
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
Glenn Beck Wants to Go Back to 77% Top Tax Bracket by DrRaoulDuke
Remember a few months ago when Glenn Beck wept while remembering the America he grew up in? It was an America with a large middle class. A middle class that could afford two cars, a home, and send their kids to college. A happy and BIG middle class. Well part of those "simpler times" was a top tax bracket of 77% in 1964 (the year Beck was born). It hovered around 70% until Reagan started the destruction of the middle class in 1981. History of US Taxes.
