Thomas Jefferson suggested dividing newspapers into four sections: Truths, probabilities, possibilities and lies.
Slogan of the Work Progress Administration
"Two coming, two going, two shitting, two mowing."
Milton Friedman, talking about how averages and indexes can be misleading...said if you're standing in two buckets of water, one freezing and the other boiling, the average temperature doesn't mean much. The average simply doesn't tell the whole story, and in fact, it's nowhere near the truth.
Winners curse - refers to the probability that if you are the highest bidder in an auction where some common valuation for the property exists, then you paid too much for it.
About Me
- Bill Hendrick
- Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- I'm a journalist, and have been since July 1971, which is when I started full-time, daily work. I worked for 29.7 years for The Atlanta Journal Constitution and eight years before that for The Associated Press in a number of states, winding up in Manhattan. Before earning a journalism degree I also worked at two weeklies, and after accepting a "voluntary" buyout in 2008 have written for many publications. So I’ve been at this a while. Awaiting publication of a book on mid-19th century newspapers. This blog also will be used to store random things that I find interesting, funny or sad, such as poems, studies, pictures, essays. I'm getting old and by glancing at this blog I will be able to remember what I would otherwise forget. Or what I have forgotten. You know.
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