On being lazy

I've done the Myers-Briggs personality type test a couple of times now (I'm an INTJ, FWIW). While I found much of it less than usef...

How to give a good presentation

(This is a lightly-reworked version of a posting I originally made on my internal blog at IBM) The art of giving presentations is a difficul...

How should countries react to a recession?

I seem to be getting into the habit of putting disclaimers at the top of my posts: for the purposes of this discussion, I'm going to ass...

Melbourne: one year on

I read once that there is a Native American tribe who believe that when you travel, your soul follows you at walking pace. This imagery has ...

I don't get the whole Julian Assange thing

I'm not going to write about whether the Wikileaks thing was right or not... that just seems like too much of a can of worms and I have ...

Cellar Door and Farm Gate Pricing

Once upon a time, winemakers and farmers used to sell their goods at discounted prices at the place of production. This made good sense; by ...

What's with the blog title?

I could just Google it for you , but in case you were wondering I'll make it easy. Gell-Mann Amnesia is the name given by Michael Cric...

Hawk-Eye

I was at the Australian Open tennis last night (quarter final between Djokovic and Berdych, not a bad match) and found myself wondering abou...

The Structure of an Insurance Policy--How to Read It (Part 8 of 8)

PART 8—HOW TO READ THE POLICY Assuming you’ve read Parts 1–7 and are still interested in reading your policy, this post is, in my opinion (a...

The Structure of an Insurance Policy--The Endorsements (Part 7 of 8)

PART 7—POLICY STRUCTURE The Endorsements Finally, the last pieces of a policy are the Endorsements. These are the other pieces of paper yo...

The Structure of an Insurance Policy--The Conditions (Part 6 of 8)

PART 6—POLICY STRUCTURE The Conditions So far in these policy-structure posts, I’ve referenced Twilight and quoted Lee Corso—I’m impressed y...

The Structure of an Insurance Policy--The Definitions (Part 5 of 8)

PART 5—POLICY STRUCTURE The Definitions Have you noticed in the previous posts that I keep putting quotes around certain words ( e.g. , ...

The Structure of an Insurance Policy--The Exclusions (Part 4 of 8)

PART 4—POLICY STRUCTURE The Exclusions After reading your Insuring Clauses, you might be thinking: “This policy is great! I’ll never have to...

The Structure of an Insurance Policy--The Insuring Clause (Part 3 of 8)

PART 3—POLICY STRUCTURE The Insuring Clauses The Insuring Clause is part of the policy that tells you what it does—what it covers. For examp...