I am actually proud of myself because I went to a conference and sat through each and every paper. (No, there were no parallels, so I was not chopping myself up). Also a first was being put up in a hotel I’ve so often walked past the six years I lived here. Nice rooms, what was not so nice was the fire alarm going off at 3am on Thursday morning. Cue professorial staff parading in their pyjamas, which would have been an interesting photo-op except that I was barely awake myself. But at least I was dressed.
On another note, if you’re thinking about what to get me for my birthday (hint hint), here’s something to mull over:
My beliefs about corporate finance, debt structure and flow of revenue into earnings prohibit me from making this purchase myself. But nothing in it stops me from accepting a gift to that tune
