If I can’t find something and I think there’s a possibility someone has used it recently, I immediately blame them, sort of assume that it’s their fault until they prove otherwise. It’s bad.

My grandma recently got a computer and she’s learning all about how to do e-mail. I’m proud of my grandma.

Oh that people would answer their phone when I call them. People can be so elusive for no good apparent reason.

But this brings up a point. A point named Jumping to Conclusions. We all know about this point, how it bites you. Let me, though, remind you once again. Get the facts—all of them or at least as many as possible—before making a decision on something.

Before you have the fact, that’s called an “uninformed” decision and this can end up being sort of unfortunate at best. Once you’ve done your homework, however, that’s called an “educated” or “informed” decision. Those are way better.

Operations Research. The essence of this field is taking complex organizational problems, reducing them to mathematical models, and solving them. Sounds sort of fun.