mistermcgruff

Churchill also took a 2 hour nap daily. The man would change into his damn pajamas to do it. Night time sleep is not total sleep. Let's stop glorifying folks who supposedly need so little sleep...they may be getting it other ways.

I wrote a technical book for Wiley. 12.5% royalties for paper sales. 25% for book. Negotiate the ebook rate.

The main thing that surprised me (which shouldn't have) was the complete lack of marketing Wiley did. You write it, you find the tech editors, you edit it. They assign someone to you who basically bugs you to turn in chapters. I had the cover designed myself so it wouldn't suck. Then it comes out and you are the one who has to market it. but for me it was fun just to do it.

All I know is that I spent two years deep in abstract algebra and other proof-heavy classes, and it was some of the best training in rigor and thoughtfulness I've ever had. Wouldn't trade it for the world. But, then again, most recent grads weren't math majors. I think my university of 30k graduated about 15 math majors a year.

I used to have a breadfruit tree in my yard in Tennessee. We would take the fruit as it fell and line it up in the street and watch cars run over them. Seeing them crushed was pretty satisfying (I was 9 years old at the time).

Then one day a car lost traction on our breadfruit gauntlet and the driver got terribly pissed. Haven't played with the fruit since.