The Brain Dump

I am not a morning person.  It's not that I won't wake up early.  Years of working have permanently reset my internal clock to awak...

 “I’m drowning,” I replied to his inquiry about how things are going.  He looked at me, his expression neutral, then shrugged. "You ai...

"Let's get a black woman's opinion on this issue.  Are there any black women in the room?" The facilitator scanned the ...

Aaahhh...it's the weekend.  A time for relaxing, sleeping in, eating elaborate breakfasts, and doing a whole lot of nothing.  Unless, o...

How does an elite business school mold tomorrow's captains of industry? By dressing them in matching t-shirts, loading them onto a dozen...

I started today by making omelets.  3 egg whites, 2 full eggs, turkey sausage, sauteed spinach with diced onions, and a sprinkling of feta c...

22 hours.  That's how long it took me to get from downtown Philadelphia to downtown Chicago.  According to the pushy GPS lady who lives ...

It's early. Very early. Even when I had a job I was never awake at this hour, but today I have to not only be awake I also have to funct...

This blog is growing cobwebs and housing tumbleweeds.  I didn't get the chance (i.e. was too lazy) to write an entry after my birthday a...

Today is my birthday.  Although I do have dinner plans with friends this evening to celebrate, thus far I've spent most of the day in Ch...

 Now that I'm on the other side of the application process my friends (and total strangers too) who are targeting Fall 2012 applications...

--> I have a confession.  I am nervous about business school.  It’s been over a decade since I’ve been a student.  Thanks to the...

I’m not one for writing in series.   Save for a few exceptions each entry in this blog is self-contained.   Last week an email from a frie...

From the week before Memorial Day to the week before Labor Day my company operates on summer hours, which means HALF DAY FRIDAYS!!! Today I ...

"Whew. Longtime reader here. I agree with you, but I definitely have a crazy different background than anyone I've met and K...

"We're going to start things off with a little ice breaker," the section leader said to us.  I sat in a classroom with 69 othe...

At 5:00 p.m. yesterday I transferred $1,000 from my savings to my checking and paid the second tuition deposit at Chicago Booth.  If it wasn...

I had it all planned out. Before I was even accepted into an MBA program I knew that I would be taking the summer off prior to starting clas...

--> I was struggling.  As everyone around me carried on non-stop conversation I fought to keep my eyes open and my head from fal...

In the last few weeks at least half a dozen threads have popped up on the MBA forums with different variations of the same theme.  School X ...