Posted in General rants, Reviews, shihjernStories on Apr 28th, 2007 Comments Off on M&A, the summer and Superman Returns
Earlier this month, the time came for the junior associates at my firm to be rotated to a different group. After five months in the Capital Markets Group, I was rotated to the Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Group. I approached the rotation with some trepidation, as the M&A Group is infamous for its long and […]
Posted in Reviews on Dec 3rd, 2005 2 Comments »
I just saw the DVD of this movie last night (or rather, this morning!). The ending is a little unbelievable and drawn-out, but the movie is nonetheless excellent for two reasons. First, the very interesting and pertinent themes and issues that it raises: Can human beings ever master sufficiently advanced technology to create ‘artificial intelligence’ / robots that […]
Posted in General rants, Reviews on Nov 22nd, 2005 Comments Off on Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
I just watched the latest Harry Potter movie – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. One of our student organizations at Harvard Law School managed to get us tickets for literally nothing. There was a long queue for the tickets this morning. You know that Harry Potter is doing well when you have hundreds of […]