User:Gut Monk
Intro
[edit]Three statisticians go on a hunting trip, and they see a rabbit while hunting. The first one aims, shoots, and misses left. The second one aims, shoots, and misses right. The third one, after the shots of have been fired, yells "HIT!"
Bio
[edit]Trained Penn State University (PSU) Business Economist, Ezekiel, or by his colliqual name, Zeke, went for more technical classes in addition to his liberal degree. He is one credit less a minor in statistics, seven credits less a major in statistics, and 13 less a major in mathematics.
Zeke faced a difficult, although now obvious by age 24, question upon his PSU graduation: do I go for more technical training, at as high a school as Cornell Statistics, or do I go for a more liberal degree, like an MBA, at a liberal school. Gladly, after the fact, he choose the latter.
Zeke is a self-proclaimed erudite. In addition to his self-proclaimed ability to learn "anything quickly", he is a pacifist, environmentalist, failing (but trying!) vegan, and supposed master of the Universe. He also supports female intellectualism.
What's in a name?
[edit]So why "Gut Monk"? Well, "gut" is German, and depending on how it is used (I speak German), it can either mean "good" or "skilled". In this context, it means skilled—Gut Monk, Skilled Monk; Gut Firefighter, Skilled Firefighter. So why monk?
Monk is a class in the video game Guild Wars. What does a monk do? They heal team mates. In addition to the challenge (monks are the most powerful class to play, but most difficult, too), it is a style of play I really enjoyed (think Chess, faster). So I took it to heart, and go by Gut (Monk).
On the other hand, "gut" might refer to wholly different things in my situation!
Why Wikipedia needs Geeks; an excerpt from "Liar's Poker"
[edit]"A geek is a carnival performer who bites the heads off of live chickens and snakes. Or so says the red American Heritage dictionary. At Salomon Brothers in London, a geek meant whatever the traders said it meant, and they had two definitions, neither of which bore any resemblance to the dictionary's. Upon my arrival, a trader, told me, that a geek was both
(a) "any person who sucks farts from swans" and
(b) "a person immediately out of the training program and in a disgusting larval state between trainee and man."
I, he said, was a geek."
Activities
[edit]Reading, running, and home gardening.
Sites you would like, too
[edit]TED, the thinking persons youtube.
Wait wait, don't tell me, the NPR news-quiz show
Ray William Johnson. Today's pop-culture comedy.
The "magic" trick that must be played on every girlfriend and spouse. (She goes after him with the stick so you know she loved it.)
Warning: this comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors).