Back in the Chair

Originally published 6 July 2011

In the last 11 months, of which eight have been at the CFTC, one in Colombia, and the month of June spent travelling around the country, I've accumulated:

• A new child

• The ability to climb about 3 grades harder

• A new tattoo (needs some touch-up before the reveal, sorry)

• Way more insight into how government regulators work than I ever wanted

• 3 speed camera tickets (I love you, too, Maryland)

• 4 working papers

• A full set of Edward R. Tufte's books

• A near death experience

• A new teaching responsibility

And after all that...I'm back and ready to go. So I guess this marks the official second post of the new blog!