Making things weird when they don't have to be

5/9/09: Sweet Dreams- I am a dad in my dream. I have a daughter. Trying to be 'cool dad' I start the safe sex talk. Probably too early but I justify. She won't go for the "just to be ready when you are ready" pill so I get her condoms. It becomes an inside joke. Not sure if that is real, if people have inside jokes with parents. But in my dream it makes us both laugh and i guess I am okay at being cool dad. Somehow part of the joke is I get her a new box of condoms as a gag gift for christmas and stuff even though she assures me she hasn't needed them yet. Like I would care. At the end of the dream I have the revelation that if she is gay then I look like a total retard and am worried that I am not being a very supportive and open dad. Pretty sure no one has the guts to come out to dad as he give you condoms. Thanks dreams. Like I don't have enough awkwardness and self-doubt in real life.

Does anyone know the cultural norms behind race and sports jerseys? I was with Sue when I thought of this, but its not exactly her forte. I saw a black guy in a Jayson Werth jersey and it struck me as weird. Its not like I think black guys shouldn't wear white guy uniforms (obviously white guys where black guy jerserys all the time, but that is because lots of start athletes are black) its just that Werth is kind of a vanilla player. So its almost as if you are trying to pick the whitest white guy. If I picked the one black hockey player and wore his jersey, or the one Hawian basketball player or whatever, then I would certainly partially be cheerleading his race as well as the player. If there are no rules and I am just being silly about one of the few areas in which we are completely over it, just let me know I guess but until then any black guy in a Jayson Werth jersey is probably saying, "that's my white boy."

Thanks to Rob, I have been totally geeking out about advancednflstats.com. Its pure economics in a way that stuff on the financial pages can never be because of culture, politics, rackets, inside information, etc. Andy has been talking about being a little worried about taking statistics. My new advice to him is to find a blog about something he likes alot that is written like this one. It forces you to understand what a z value is when you want to understand a smart argument written by a smart person about a cool topic. Its such a powerful tool. Makes me wish I was back in school.