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Monthly Archives: October 2006
At the Sixth Mid-Atlantic Dairy Grazing Conference
After a lively morning of station reports we headed for Goldsboro, NC, to attend the Sixth Mid-Atlantic Dairy Grazing Conference. It consisted largely of eating, with a speaker or two and a farm tour sandwiched (heh!) in between the meals. … Continue reading
Unintentionally funny college football commentary
Overheard on ESPN: “The Connecticut offense has nowhere to go against the Big Red Unit!”
Visiting old friends in Raleigh
I had a nice flight down to Raleigh this morning. My friends Roger and Zoe met me at the airport (with their son and daughter) and we visited for a few hours and had lunch before they had to head … Continue reading
R Computer Programming Challenge
The following R language programming contest was posted to the Animal Geneticists Discussion Group (AGDG-LIST). The lucky winner will receive free registration for the 2008 Kennedy Conference in Guelph, Ontario. Here’s the challenge. It is my intention to document my … Continue reading
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Tagged animal-breeding, breeding-values, mixed-models, R, spiders, statistics
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The new chief export of Chuck Norris is poorly-written evangelical tracts
While I was in Fort Collins I was flipping the channels and came across a Chuck Norris movie; it may have been “Missing in Action” (IMDB), but I’m not sure. At the time I was talking to Misty and had … Continue reading
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Tagged aviation, Chuck-Norris, Firefox, Fort-Collins, Hong-Kong, Mozilla, Pimpzilla
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Welcome to the Best Western Fort Collins
Well, I made it here safely and successfully presented my first seminar. I’ve got another tomorrow at lunch. w00t! Here’s the kind of hotel at which I’m staying: Dear Guest, Due to the popularity of our guest room Amenities, our … Continue reading
My biggest travel blunder ever!
Some of you might know that I’m supposed to be flying to Denver tonight because I’m presenting a pair of seminars at Colorado State University tomorrow and Tuesday. My reservations were made a couple of weeks ago. By me. And … Continue reading
What Kind of Intelligence Do You Have?
I stole this from Rich’s blog. Do the results surprise anyone? Your Dominant Intelligence is Logical-Mathematical Intelligence You are great at finding patterns and relationships between things. Always curious about how things work, you love to set up experiments. You … Continue reading
Good news comes in at least twos
I got two great e-mails this evening, both pertaining to work. One is an invitation to speak at the Continental Kennel Club’s Breeders Seminar. The invitation mentions paid expenses and an honorarium, but I’ve got to check my calendar (the … Continue reading
LSU-Florida: Smack-talker’s remorse
Why, oh why, do I ever talk smack about college football? I’m smart enough to not bet on it, I only watch one or two games a week, and I only spend a few hours reading websites and turning my … Continue reading