There is a follow up to your Statistics Professor's comment of;...

"there are lies, damned lies, then there are statistics.", which is:

"STATISTICS DON'T LIE, BUT STATISTICIANS DO!"; which means anytime you introduce the "human factor" interpreting some numbers by someone, you must take it with as suspect, till you have done your own DD and analysis of subject numbers...

The kids have gone down to Bay Area and Strider and wife and I are taking it easy and a day off from skiing...

Fresh Snow is beautiful, it has a cleansing effect on the Soul...

Happy New Year to all...

Gil...