tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59058812011-07-14T17:29:55.742-04:00OverheardFormerly a random, haphazard, in no means definitive guide to finding your way around the craziness of b-school life at MIT Sloan. Currently a forum for 2004 sloanies to stay in touch.mssnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1931100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1161018828654528352006-10-16T12:59:00.000-04:002006-10-16T13:13:48.670-04:00Autumn is the season for kids as three 2004 Sloanies sent in announcements for new additions to their family:Linnea Lily Shay was born Sept 25 in London at 9:19 am to Mark and Anna Shay. She weighed in at 3,420 grams (0.539 stones). She is pictured here with her brother Leo and Sister Ella.A girl was also the happy news for Kim and Manny Picciola. Sofia Francesca Louise Picciola arrived on Septmssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1139376836977142142006-02-08T00:28:00.000-05:002006-02-08T00:34:45.096-05:00BOSTON GATHERINGIf you find yourself in Boston on Wednesday, Feb. 8, please do head over to Middlesex Lounge right by the Miracle of Science in Central Square. At around 7 pm, a bunch of 04's will be drinking and catching up. (and hopefully, dropping a few one-liners for some blog content!).See you there!mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1137998832536971862006-01-23T01:44:00.000-05:002006-01-23T01:57:59.246-05:00Our congratulations to Evan Richman and his new bride, Julie! The next in the long line of sloan romances that ended up at the altar. You can read their wedding announcement here.mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1137998591733014362006-01-23T01:40:00.000-05:002006-01-23T01:44:00.700-05:00Some people have strong opinions"Can I have a La Bamba margarita?""Brad, you do know that drink is going to be pink."-two male sloanies at a dinner in Cambridgemssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1118355296098987472005-06-09T18:04:00.000-04:002005-06-09T18:14:56.103-04:00Knowing when you've won"I just want to be able to get to the point where I can say 'fuck you' to the company.""Yes, I would say that I am truly successful in my chosen career if I have the ability to say 'fuck off' with no restraint."-paraphrasing an HBS grad and Sloanie on their definition of career successSomeone's talking about OP again"Wow, all my b-school buddies talk about when we get mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1115226468678792692005-05-04T12:56:00.000-04:002005-05-04T13:07:49.113-04:00REUNION TIME. As you've probably noticed from all the emails you've been getting, reunion is fast approaching. If reliving the glory days of partying and networking is for you, then head on over to the old campus from June 2-5, 2005.And because I love you guys so, I've included the registration link here:MIT Sloan reunion siteGOOD LUCK RAHUL, WE'LL MISS YOU. Our favorite tall Rahul (or drunk mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1111635419924918262005-03-23T22:34:00.000-05:002005-03-23T22:36:59.926-05:00Congratulations to Marcus and Anisha, proud parents of MayaVarma-Wilson. The lovely young lady (and future heartbreaker with those stellar genes) was born April 20 at 12:23 a.m. Maya weighed 8 lbs and 1oz. and was 20.5 in long.mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1105033517356742322005-01-06T13:42:00.000-05:002005-01-06T12:52:19.490-05:00WELCOME SMERA! Vishant and Anshika have a new baby girl. Pictures of the little angel and her proud parents can be viewed here. Congratulations, folks. Vishant, if she can shake her shoulders as well as you do, watch out Bollywood! mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1105033358799930422005-01-06T13:38:00.000-05:002005-01-06T12:42:38.800-05:00On the movie Troy "Nothing beats Brad Pitt in a very short skirt." "Except for Lucas in his tighty whities." -Boris responding to Natalie's appreciation of Brad Pitt over thanksgiving All you need is a wingman "Why didn't you go up and talk to her? You are way cuter than that guy she's talking to now." "Because I'm gutless." -Two sloanies at a bar on the edge of downtown mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1098983595728580292004-10-28T13:01:00.000-04:002004-10-28T13:17:51.626-04:00Ladies and gentlemen, winner of the 2004 WORLD SERIES....THE BOSTON RED SOX! Words and pictures from our media friends: The Boston Globe. YES! ESPN. Red Sox Nation Rejoice. The Sports Guy. It's all about the destination, I mean destiny. Soxaholix. Champagne, church bells and cartoons. More blog madness. The 28 year old guy beside me at the bar was buying rounds of Irish car bombs and crying mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1098376485959783722004-10-21T13:22:00.000-04:002004-10-21T17:04:55.570-04:00GO SOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Unfortunately (or fortunately, depends on whether you park your car out by Fenway), most of us have since left Boston before this grand event. I was stuck to the television for the past couple of days, as I'm sure you were too. Suddenly found myself hanging out in sports bars and only agreeing to go out to dinner if there was a TV involved. Bill and Lance, our mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1096038458938915862004-09-24T11:04:00.000-04:002004-09-24T11:07:38.940-04:00SATURDAY DRINKS IN NYC. If you happen to be in NYC on Saturday, Sept. 25 and have time to spare, do drop by Nublu on Ave. C past 9:30 pm for some birthday drinks. Yes, I'm turning another year older and it isn't going to be a pretty sight. mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1094853852153594082004-09-10T18:01:00.000-04:002004-09-10T18:04:49.803-04:00ON THE ROAD AGAIN "What's sad is that I've figured out it would be cheaper to rent some storage space and live in a hotel than to keep my apartment in Boston, given the number of times I've actually slept in my bed." -D. Kuo on the familiar perils of the consulting life mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1094186493239666202004-09-03T01:32:00.000-04:002004-09-03T00:41:33.240-04:00Hey, here we are (Rob Byrne and Rahul Mehta) in Manhatten baby, supporting that bastion of intellectual endeavor, GWB, here at the convention. Just thought we should post something to get things started. We just deleted a lot of politically motivated prose that would have alienated a few folks (such as Anil) so we decided discretion to be the better part of valor. We also don't want the FBI Caribbean04http://www.blogger.com/profile/14542560849799998406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1093465163623751222004-08-25T15:58:00.000-04:002004-09-03T02:20:07.733-04:00THE FUTURE OF SLOANBLOG After some consideration and discussion with various parties (ok, maybe just Rob Byrne), we here at OVERHEARD have decided to keep the blog going, for as long as the Man over at Blogger and Google continue to keep the service free. Of course, given the gadzillions they raked in with the IPO, damn right they should keep it free. So now, apart from being a forum for variousmssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1093463884535539102004-08-25T15:53:00.000-04:002004-08-25T16:20:42.390-04:00And just when you thought all that drinking in b-school was a bit much Researchers at University College London say otherwise. Which brings me to another quote (or to be more accurate, paraphrase) from our friend Mr. Kechley. "After business school, I thought I should get my drinking habits to somewhere more reasonable. So drinks on Friday, Saturday and Sunday - three out of the seven days a mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1093035149161774512004-08-20T16:50:00.000-04:002004-08-20T16:52:29.160-04:00Ideas, ideas, ideas. It's been a couple of months since graduation and this space has been dormant for a while. Am not sure if we should end the blog as we speak, or use this as a space for people to post on from time to time (as a way to keep up on our class from 2004). Any ideas are welcome. Send them all to michelle@sloan.mit.edu In the meantime, welcome to the working world people! mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1086334765660782792004-06-04T03:36:00.000-04:002004-06-04T06:37:14.980-04:00HAPPY GRADUATION !!!! - Bloody Mary's at Lance's before assembly and then get ready for six hours of hell before we finally get that $110K piece of paper. Tonight, head over to 33 Stanhope street and party like a rock star to say happy birthday to Nhat-so and Boris.mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1086334532555116462004-06-04T03:34:00.000-04:002004-08-25T16:21:07.416-04:00POST-PARTY PIZZA "It might be late, but I still got eyes." -DLee complimenting the ladies, 3 a.m. at Hi-Fi in Central Square mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1086334184606642362004-06-04T03:27:00.000-04:002004-08-25T16:21:18.833-04:00OVERHEARD AFTER THE BVI "So, no vacation romances for you?" "There weren't any skippers left." -female Sloanie in the presence of several other female Sloanies who might have perhaps contributed to the last fact mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1086334044926639602004-06-04T03:21:00.000-04:002004-08-25T16:21:29.443-04:00OVERHEARD AT THE BVI "We're going to put you in the dinghy, then slingshot you around the boat, just like in Armageddon." "Isn't that a bit high risk?" "We have no choice." -Dave Gordon and DLee contemplating moves for passenger transfer while sailing five knots "Then I thought, 'I think it's time to stop laughing now.'" -The Trini stallion explaining at what point their boat figured out that a mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1084948265492329282004-05-19T02:21:00.000-04:002004-08-25T16:21:44.476-04:00Two more weeks till graduation "Love's a bit of a game, isn't it?" -a suddenly sentimental second year sloanie at 1:30 am after the Armani cafe "I have to admit, you are pretty skilled at the racially offensive remarks." "Don't forget, he's also good at offending on gender." "Ok, to be frank, you're skilled on all levels of offensiveness." "Hey, let's just say I'm an equal opportunity offender."mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1084615176359830402004-05-15T05:58:00.000-04:002004-05-15T05:59:36.360-04:00Wherever you go, it's all the same “So 33 is like frat guys in black pants instead of frat guys in blue jeans?” -Mr. Musto at the aforementioned establishmentmssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1084574302190346432004-05-14T18:34:00.000-04:002004-05-14T18:38:22.190-04:0033 TONIGHT. Just in case you've recovered from the massively successful texan-style barbecue at the Sloanfest in Kresge this afternoon, there is much partying going on at 33 in Boston, 10 pm tonight. See you there!mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1084574045157364072004-05-14T18:30:00.000-04:002004-05-14T18:34:05.156-04:00"In-Bed" Rules for Fortune Cookies apply "Ask a friend to join you on your next voyage, in bed." -Elaine's fortune cookie fortune, 1:21am Friday morning, Chinatown "A new voyage will fill your life with untold memories, in bed." -Michael's fortune cookie fortune, 1:22am Friday morning, Chinatown Club 141 quotes "All the girls are staring at my boobs." "That's ok, all the guys are too." -mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1084471144876274982004-05-13T13:53:00.000-04:002004-05-13T13:59:04.876-04:00END-OF-CLASSES FIESTA at CLub 141 Tonight. Ben, Lucas and Graham are once again opening up their Sloan brownstone for major partying tonight. Make your way over for kegs and cocktails, after the Sloan Awards night. The manic celebration is at 141 Charles Street - just get off the Beacon Hill T-stop. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARK KIM! We hear that Redline at Harvard Square later in the evening is themssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1084468731267888262004-05-13T13:16:00.000-04:002004-05-13T14:01:29.756-04:00BVI PLANNING "I don't think I want to leave the provisioning up to you guys." "With two consultants, how can it possibly go wrong?" "And if it does go wrong, we'll make a powerpoint slide telling you why it's your fault." -Julia, Dave and Doug working on the shopping list mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1084381281923798282004-05-12T12:54:00.000-04:002004-05-12T13:01:21.923-04:00HONDA (B) at the ASGARD TONIGHT! Shimmy over to The Asgard on Central Square at 9 pm tonight and shake your booty as Honda (B) tears the house up (or down, it depends - damn these American idioms). Get ready to throw your thongs at the man on bass in his blue tuxedo (he's started a collection) and do the indie-rock head bob to the second year band. Ah, was it only yesterday that they were mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1084310762325957552004-05-11T17:23:00.000-04:002004-05-11T17:26:02.326-04:00ON THE FSA EXAM "I'm going to see how far they can stretch the Sloan B." -second year Sloaniemssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1084306930787615532004-05-11T16:21:00.000-04:002004-05-11T16:24:33.030-04:00MOMENTS WE'LL MISS Scorpion bowls at the Kong. mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1084306457770124512004-05-11T16:10:00.000-04:002004-05-11T16:15:27.526-04:00Sometimes it's better not to ask "Can you explain the difference between most likely and average?" "Well, we'll see that in a while when we put your results up here." -Tracy and Professor KRock in the last ACF class mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1084280900751353232004-05-11T09:07:00.000-04:002004-05-11T09:08:20.753-04:00TUESDAY THIRST QUENCHERS. As Mandy e-mails: Join us this Tuesday night (5/11) at the B-Side Lounge (92 Hampshire St. between Central and Kendall Squares) from 9 PM onward as we celebrate the handover of Thirst Quencher organizational responsibilities to the Class of 2005! Please join me in congratulating Stella Choi and Frank Hull for taking on the Thirst Quencher organizational mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1084251006682523832004-05-11T00:44:00.000-04:002004-05-11T00:53:30.326-04:00Remnants from the barbecue "Hey, I'm sexy too. Why don't I get any money?" -Joe N. "Love it. Love it. Love it." -Rahul M. "I never knew they spelled wedgie with a w." -Rahul M. "Love it. Love it. Love it." -Rob Byrne, doing his best Rahul impersonation "How many McKinsey consultants does it take to light up a heater?" -As Mike Ibrahim, Jacqui and Byrne attempt to turn the gas up on the mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1084221448871316922004-05-10T16:33:00.000-04:002004-05-10T16:40:12.606-04:00SLOANIES ARE ARTISTS TOO. Bryna writes: "For 14.343 – Photography and Related Media, I just wanted to let you know that my final project will be on display tonight from 7-10pm at the MIT Advanced Visualization Theater, 7-431." It's called au-to-ma-tic-i-ty Perspective on the Windows of Madison Avenue. Leave it up to Bryna to take fashion pictures for her final photography exhibit. ;-)mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1084221159945276692004-05-10T16:30:00.000-04:002004-05-10T16:32:39.946-04:00MORE ESPN HISTORY "Halloran - it was like the Celtics when they were actually good. *class murmurs* None of you remember that, but I do." -Professor Byrnes in Case Studiesmssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1083910036873537952004-05-07T02:07:00.000-04:002004-05-07T10:44:26.310-04:00KEY B-SCHOOL LEARNINGS "How did you know they were dating?" "I learned a number of things at the 80's C-function. One of them was don't ever do shots with South Americans." -Ryan M. commenting on Arturo's lethal drinking stamina that night I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU "Wasn't the last episode of Friends tonight?" "I was just in downtown Boston, there was no one out. It was like the Academy Awards." "Imssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1083883154832338562004-05-06T18:39:00.000-04:002004-05-06T18:43:41.780-04:00SPORTSCENTER "I can't decide who to hate more this season - Eli Manning or the Lakers. So far, it's a tie." -Morrissey at Characters "If you don't already know, my outlook on life depends entirely on how well the Dodgers or the Lakers are doing." -James C. at Charactersmssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1083866455135442882004-05-06T14:00:00.000-04:002004-05-06T19:04:05.780-04:00SELF-ESTEEM "Yes, we all overestimate our own value to other people. *class snickers* That's a sad, sad lesson to learn kids." -Stacy Woods, marketing professormssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1083817778351322522004-05-06T00:29:00.000-04:002004-05-06T00:53:52.436-04:00FAVORITE GALA SHOT. Can't seem to decide between the two: or . Yes, there was a Viking at the gala. Note the huge bone. Who says you need a tux to party? More pictures are available at the U drive under the Spring Gala folder.mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1083814613823398392004-05-05T23:36:00.000-04:002004-05-06T01:03:21.013-04:00CLASS GIFT. CLASS GIFT. CLASS GIFT. We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to implore each and every one of the class of 2004 to donate to the class gift. Any amount - your call. The big thing is participation because... if 95% of our class commits to donate to sloan, we will be considered for an alum gift-matching of $100,000! $100,000 - you heard it right. So donate $100, mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1083786572120308382004-05-05T15:49:00.000-04:002004-05-06T00:51:42.280-04:00BEACON HILL WEDNESDAYS - CINCO DE MAYO. Liz Hoffmann, Alison O’Neill, Laura Kauderer, Ansgar Chorhummel and Meghan Fitzgerald will be celebrating their birthdays tonight at the BHP. Cake and soda will not be served in lieu of beer and shots. As the school year winds down, this is one of your few remaining chances to hang out with you classmates before you head off to the summer job, or worsemssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1083734353329884392004-05-05T01:19:00.000-04:002004-05-05T01:23:38.043-04:00Groupies "All you have to do is a put a guy with a guitar under a spotlight - instant hotness." "Well, Bill Keevan has been looking very attractive lately." -Michelle and Tolu discussing band fever Consultants "Hey I never said I would vote for her. I just married her." -Sloanie with a Bain spouse, discussing why consultants shouldn't be elected presidentmssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1083701497597310612004-05-04T16:11:00.000-04:002004-05-04T16:15:28.170-04:00TUESDAY THIRST QUENCHERS. We hope to see you tonight at the Plough & Stars on 912 Mass. Ave. near Central Square for one of the last of the season.mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1083618006260353742004-05-03T17:00:00.000-04:002004-05-03T17:04:26.843-04:00Fiscal policy sucks! "Where you ever old enough to hear about that minister in Mexico? He said (shaking his fist) 'I will defend my currency like a dog.' Well, if you haven't seen, the dogs in Mexico are chihuahuas." -Professor Rigobon at his lunchtime talk on Latin Americamssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1083557836797489422004-05-03T00:17:00.000-04:002004-05-03T00:21:53.746-04:00The perils of second year partying "I love you all. But I need to graduate or I am going to die." -DLee after five straight nights of Mohegan Sun, 33 and Gala eventsmssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1083555392898051242004-05-02T23:36:00.000-04:002004-05-07T02:15:07.606-04:00NEWPORT QUOTABLES. "When I go down, I go down." -Naoki Tsukamoto, on what happens when his caffeine high wears off. "Is this the noon checkout group?" "No, it's the detour-into-a-military-base-and-lose-your-way-while-men-in-uniform-come-to-chase-you group. I told her, 'Hester, I think we have to stop. There are men with guns and they are coming after us.'" -Cecilia, explaining why they were mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1083341637499178372004-04-30T12:13:00.000-04:002004-05-06T18:38:38.140-04:00Spring is best for babies. We would just like to welcome Manuel's new baby - Tomas Osorio - who was looking very cute in his pointy cap. Another warm welcome is in order for Mimi Huang's son - Nicholas Chin - who must be a born finance whiz having sat through all of Rock's lectures while in Mimi's tummy. mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1083282663077052412004-04-29T19:51:00.000-04:002004-04-29T19:55:20.966-04:00TONIGHT, CELBRATE AT 33! This week, DALEIN and JACQUI actually turned a year older so come help celebrate their birthdays in style. Where: 33 Lounge - 33 Stanhope Street, Boston When: Thursday, April 29 Time: 10 pm Drinking, dancing and all sorts of debauchery with our favorite Aussie and South African. Need we say more? mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1083174679344834362004-04-28T13:51:00.000-04:002004-04-28T13:55:34.750-04:00RECRUITING FOR VEGAS "The people you invite to bachelor parties have got to be the Navy Seals of your party friends. They have to know how to get you out of jams. They have to know how to get you into jams." -Ryan W. mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1083088080966991862004-04-27T13:48:00.000-04:002004-04-27T13:52:15.013-04:00FREE CONE OF BEN & JERRY'S ICE CREAM TODAY! The sun is out and ice cream is back. Promo valid till 8 pm today. A scoop or two of Cherry Garcia always makes my day. Ok, maybe a couple of scoops.mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1083087282361911522004-04-27T13:34:00.000-04:002004-04-27T13:38:56.590-04:00TUESDAY THIRST QUENCHERS. From Mandy's e-mail: Only four more Tuesdays remain in this semester! Do not miss your final opportunity to attend a Thirst Quencher event. Join your fellow Sloanies to relive the Follies hi-lights at People's Republik (880 Massachusetts Ave. in Central Square) -- we will be there starting at 9 PM. If you would like to host a Thirst Quencher event at your favorite mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1083028737254483672004-04-26T21:18:00.000-04:002004-04-26T21:23:10.763-04:00Food...good. "Don't you know we have two stomachs?" "Yes, a meal stomach and a dessert stomach." -Rodrigo Serrano and Luis Pita, convincing Katrina to eat a chocolate truffle cake Just in case you didn't know "What is Tolu?" -The question to every answer in the party category in Follies Sloan Jeopardymssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1082920718462098422004-04-25T15:18:00.000-04:002004-04-25T15:22:50.326-04:00FOLLIES TODAY! Kresge auditorium. Food and drinks at 6 pm and the show starts at 8. See you there.mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1082920666228857812004-04-25T15:17:00.000-04:002004-04-25T15:21:58.106-04:00The perils of drinking at home "To anyone from the outside, we'd look like a bunch of drunks." "Hey, we're all dressed up. We can't be alcoholics." -Dave K. and Dave L. pre-partying in the apartment before heading out to 33mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1082840087930588412004-04-24T16:54:00.000-04:002004-04-24T16:58:57.936-04:00GET YOUR GRAD ROBES TODAY. April 24 is the deadline, otherwise there's a $25 late fee. And you know that you would be better served if you could spend it on beer. You can get it at the basement of the Kendall Square Coop.mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1082828248489714362004-04-24T13:37:00.000-04:002004-04-24T13:48:13.513-04:00Party at 141 Charles tonight! Say hello to the last Admits standing after a very long (and highly successful) weekend. Come over to the frat house and have one of Matt Z.'s heavenly concoctions, knock your head on the disco ball and fall in love.mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1082827738726518032004-04-24T13:28:00.000-04:002004-04-24T13:33:32.360-04:00B-School skills "I know you. You're one of those non-wrist bending freaks." -John Mclaughlin to Courtney J. in her wrist bending attempts mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1082765547013891962004-04-23T20:12:00.000-04:002004-04-23T20:17:04.123-04:00CAPRICE TONIGHT! Just because. Put on your dancing shoes and come out on this cold, cold spring day.mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1082765490141962242004-04-23T20:11:00.000-04:002004-05-05T23:43:16.140-04:00BODY ART "I just got a tattoo." "Your body's like a walking bulletin board for obscure Russian poets." -Dave M. to Nicolai M. at the Muddy Charlesmssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1082655407407802742004-04-22T13:36:00.000-04:002004-04-22T13:49:35.013-04:00OVERHEARD - Urban Legend Quotes that have been going around, but we at Overheard somehow forgot to add it in. "Do I make you horny baby?" -Alex Chan, in Talent Show 2003, in his ever endearing Aussie-by-way-of-British-boarding-school accent. Welcome Back Alex! "Not so fast, Nhat-so Lam." -alleged quote from a lovely lady in Brazil last spring break 2003 "I don't know who you are, but tonight,mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1082655023030280772004-04-22T13:30:00.000-04:002004-04-22T13:34:57.826-04:00PARTY AT THE KONG TONIGHT. Part I of the April birthday bashes will be held at The HongKong tonight, around 9-ish at Harvard Square. Come say happy birthday to Jacqui, Julius, Andy, Sunia, and Dalein. Keep posted because Part II is next Thursday, a party that Dalein will actually attend. mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1082648482142288582004-04-22T11:41:00.000-04:002004-04-22T11:45:29.466-04:00MARKETING CONCEPTS "Those focus groups can get easily swayed by strong personalities." "Focus groups. Great concept. I like a cult of personality built around me." -Dave L. and Doug G. after Advertising and Branding classmssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1082472298494700662004-04-20T10:44:00.000-04:002004-04-22T13:35:29.060-04:00TUESDAY THIRST QUENCHERS. There is a bar crawl in your future, as designed by Doug and Dave. Here's a post from Mandy: Hey Thirst Quenchers, Marathon madness is back in town, and we have gone crazy with the rest of them. Join us as we crawl our way through Harvard Square this Tuesday night (4/20), starting early this week at 8 PM. Our journey through Cambridge will begin first with dinnermssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1082471979853362832004-04-20T10:39:00.000-04:002004-04-20T10:50:57.030-04:00Overheard on vacation but here are two to keep you happy: POLITICAL STRIPES "Yes, I'm liberal; I believe everything I hear on NPR." -Johanne Auerbock STALKING "Ah, the temptations of stalking ex-boyfriends." "It's not stalking if there isn't a court order." -Michelle S. and Julia C. in a cuban restaurant in Miamimssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1082010183256386122004-04-15T02:23:00.000-04:002004-04-15T02:27:00.576-04:00Gym motivation "Bad techno music is the best to work out to. I know if I can get through half of it on my Ipod, I'm golden." "I don't need music. All I have to do is work out on the treadmill between two skinny girls and I'm good to go." -After the class gift receptionmssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1081969271713707122004-04-14T15:01:00.000-04:002004-04-20T10:51:49.936-04:00ETHICS AND OTHER THINGS "Why do I need a class on ethics? Isn't my Catholic guilt enough?" -2nd year Sloanie in the second floor study roommssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1081968881002544502004-04-14T14:54:00.000-04:002004-04-14T14:59:38.483-04:00War stories "Best rejection feedback I got was this guy from Bain. He said, 'There were just a lot of other candidates who were better than you.'" "Nothing beats the folks from 3M. I got home to find all my roommates snickering that I didn't get the job. 3M had sent me a rejection postcard." -second year Sloanies at the Thirsty Earmssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1081919425109501702004-04-14T01:10:00.000-04:002004-04-14T01:14:21.076-04:00We're with the band "When was the last time you had women throwing their thongs at you?" "Last Wednesday." -Dave Meredith, without missing a beat, to Aaron's rhetorical question for Robmssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-108187086402501772004-04-13T11:41:00.000-04:002004-04-14T01:16:17.403-04:00Customer acceptance "Could you get a consumer voting for this or would that be like a turkey voting for thanksgiving?" -Prof. Henderson in managing innovation "Now that you've drawn it, it doesn't seem like a good idea at all." "A little trick of the trade there." -Tom Stocky and Prof. Henderson on Tom's integration point in classmssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1081870709962334062004-04-13T11:38:00.000-04:002004-04-13T11:42:24.826-04:00TUESDAY THIRST QUENCHERS. Message from Mandy: Kenny Lee has graciously invited the Thirst Quencher crowd over to his place tomorrow for a pre-party starting at 4:30 PM. All you need to do is bring your thirsty selves to his place: 265 Western Avenue, Apt. 1 in Central Square. Also, below are directions and a map to the Thirsty Scholar: (from Central T-stop) Take Prospect Street toward mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1081828822798665902004-04-13T00:00:00.000-04:002004-04-13T00:04:39.106-04:00They like to jump around "I keep wanting to say 'Tone it down, tone it down. It's too early in the morning to be this cheery.' " -Dave K. on his professor at 8:30 am class mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1081582232223723022004-04-10T03:30:00.000-04:002004-04-10T21:05:19.466-04:00Friday at the Muddy Charles "Ask her how many times she's taken French 1." "How many - two?" "Thrice! She's taken French 1 thrice." "Yeah, and I'm so good at it now." -Gerry Z. on her language classes at MITmssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1081542069623168712004-04-09T16:21:00.000-04:002004-04-10T03:34:44.060-04:00Dessert banter "If we were in the third grade, I'd hit you with a mama joke right now." -Ramy Abu, after some snide comment by Eugene at Finalemssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1081455191255047562004-04-08T16:13:00.000-04:002004-04-08T16:16:59.873-04:00Measures of inebriation "I was so drunk last night." "How drunk?" "I can't remember. All I know is the next day, Felicia came up to me and said, 'You scared me. Don't ever do that again.' " -female 2nd year at the 3rd floor study roommssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1081365741075417352004-04-07T15:22:00.000-04:002004-04-08T16:17:51.936-04:00Beacon Hill Pub. Beacon Hill Pub. Beacon Hill Pub tonight. "Give me an M!" "MMMMM!!!" "Give me an I!" "IIIII!!!!" "Give me a T!!!!" "TTTTT!" "What does it spell???!!!" *garble, garble**muffle, muffle**shuffle, yawn.* -at the Z-center last nightmssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1081342223232918582004-04-07T08:50:00.000-04:002004-04-07T08:54:10.280-04:00Do you realize how little time is left till graduation? *moment of panic laced with pre-nostalgia* Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1081314023701671852004-04-07T01:00:00.000-04:002004-04-07T08:54:52.670-04:00Some things you just can't ignore "What, you don't know what H_____ looks like? Eyebrows of doom? -first year Sloanie on a certain professor And some people have their limits "I just don't feel like drinking tonight." "But you're Irish!" "Hey, I'm human too." -Sudden seriousness on the way to the Kongmssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1081273749151259122004-04-06T13:49:00.000-04:002004-04-06T13:55:56.250-04:00A FRIENDLY GAME OF B-BALL. It's not the NCAA but aging MBA students can dream. Watch Sloan and HBS face-off as best they can 6:30 tonight at the Z-center for the Sloan HBS Basketball Classic. Meet the team. See Lance trash-talking from the sidelines. Listen to D-Lee and Kenny Lee spin some beats, do commentary and make fun of everyone in sight. Watch as the players try to maintain their mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1081273042758383322004-04-06T13:37:00.000-04:002004-04-06T13:57:02.606-04:00CLASS PARTICIPATION "We thought instead of a bunny hill, the company was taking a Benny Hill approach and chasing after whatever's fun and attractive." -Chris R. in Managing Innovation "Not so compelling. I think there are substitute products that have been there for a while. Like paper." -Juan Antonio (with just a wee bit of sarcasm) on why E-ink isn't so hotmssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1081219713682414932004-04-05T22:48:00.000-04:002004-04-05T22:52:18.186-04:00Good on paper "You can't date a resume." -Kechley, 5 pm at the Muddy Charlesmssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1081219209022602442004-04-05T22:40:00.000-04:002004-04-05T22:49:28.390-04:00New addition to the Blogosphere. In a rare moment of non-levity on this site, we invite you to A Random Walk Down Tech Street - Mark Williamson's new blog. All tech, all the time from a guy who knows his stuff. Hey, I actually come out of my sleep-deprived stupor to listen to our man Willy when he gives his two cents worth in class. And a rare moment that is for yours truly this spring mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1081031414091577452004-04-03T17:30:00.000-05:002004-04-03T18:00:50.686-05:00SPRING FLING. Come help Gautam and Rob celebrate their birthdays at PEKING TOM'S tonight at 10 pm! Party goes on till the wee morning hours... Details: Peking Tom's, 25 Kingston Street - Boston Red Line: Exit at South Station and walk out of the main train station. Then cross the large intersection towards downtown and get to Summer Street (You are on it when on your right you have 100 Summer mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1080801559055488272004-04-01T01:39:00.000-05:002004-04-01T01:42:56.983-05:00Scheduling Parties "He can get married again. I'm only turning thirty once!" -Rob Byrne at the Plough and Starsmssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1080743684553042042004-03-31T09:34:00.000-05:002004-03-31T09:38:21.483-05:00HONDA (B) at the ASGARD on Mass Avenue tonight! 9 pm is when our extremely talented band du jour take the stage and rawk on. Ethan's got a new look - from emo to thrash - and the rest of the boys are aching to play. Come out to party and support the band. What else are you going to do Wed. night, study?mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1080314301145328652004-03-26T10:18:00.000-05:002004-03-26T10:21:51.483-05:00YES, WE ARE FROM MIT "Golf is like a step-function." -Harris Rabin, explaining his progress at the sportmssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1079369735230511642004-03-15T11:55:00.000-05:002004-03-15T11:58:50.060-05:00DRINKS TONIGHT See you at The Good Life at Central Square at 6 pm for some low-key fun with our friends from Kellog. Witness the B-school match-up of which city's colder and where the beer is best.mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1079331653911266752004-03-15T01:20:00.000-05:002004-03-15T01:24:08.623-05:00DINNER CONVERSATION "I'm like a really bad pharma company. A lot of things in the pipeline but nothing ever comes to fruition." -second year Sloanie on his lovelife, Sunday nightmssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1079104450899228652004-03-12T10:14:00.000-05:002004-03-12T10:19:06.543-05:00The power of belief "Entrepreneurs are crazy. Only the severely depressed have a realistic assessment of their abilities." -Prof. Henderson after Managing Innovation classmssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1079067704312190172004-03-12T00:01:00.000-05:002004-03-12T00:04:55.110-05:00Distractions "I was looking at the ceiling, the window, hiding my face in my arm. Those things were following me from across the room!" -male Sloanie on his recent Spanish classmssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1079065630999529432004-03-11T23:27:00.000-05:002004-03-11T23:30:21.420-05:00Quick decision-making "I decided this morning that I didn't want to take the midterm today. So I dropped the class." -second year Sloaniemssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1079065204452305762004-03-11T23:20:00.000-05:002004-03-11T23:23:14.950-05:00On getting tenure "At MIT, there's a high turnover in junior faculty. And then eventually the senior faculty die." -a lecture on incentives from an MIT professormssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1078801322521399292004-03-08T22:02:00.000-05:002004-03-08T22:05:09.076-05:00What they teach you in Marketing "Other than sex, what else is fun?" -Prof. Birger Wernerfeldt (aka the German Martin Short) on the club med (a) case in marketing classmssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1078700638856773042004-03-07T18:03:00.000-05:002004-03-07T18:08:04.420-05:00Quotes from the Irish "I know this sounds a bit strange, but I love your horns." -Rob Byrne "Time to get down." "You know you have a problem when Rob Byrne tells you to get down." "But I don't do Riverdance." -Rob, Marcus and Joe Saturday nightmssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1078428430823502942004-03-04T14:27:00.000-05:002004-03-04T14:30:11.216-05:00The Innovator's Dilemma "Sony then decided to sell their transistors to the rebar of humanity. Some people call them teenagers." -Clay Christensen at a lunch forum Keeping your margins high "What are your operating costs at the Home Shopping Network? A piece of velvet. Some defrocked evangelists." -Rock at advanced corporate fin. Points of Attraction "Dalein, without an accent? Yeah, I mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1078273147057359742004-03-02T19:19:00.000-05:002004-03-02T19:22:05.076-05:00Two places you can find second years tonight: The Enormous Room in Central Square at 9 and at Derek Flynn's 30th Bday drinks at The Hill Tavern, 228 Cambridge Street. mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1078273007877090352004-03-02T19:16:00.000-05:002004-03-02T19:20:25.860-05:00Investment bankers are funny. To quote: As an Investment Banker I can tell you that (long term) third world revolution is just no longer hot. It was a great place to be in the 1950's. I'll give you that. Now it is just a very risky industry with only limited upside. Even Che, brilliant career, where is he now? His face is on thongs that are sold in upscale Soho boutiques. He once hid from mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1078201745354700862004-03-01T23:29:00.000-05:002004-03-01T23:32:40.233-05:00This is what you get when you hang out in Harvard grad school dining halls: "There's been a lot of vigorous physical activity on our floor." "What, like jogging?" "No, vigorous physical activity. There's a whole paragraph in the RA manual about it." "Vigorous...oh. Oh. They really call it that?" "Yeah, and Edna* [matronly supervisor of all RA's - ed.] was like, 'After all, it is spring.' " -mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1078169733945873632004-03-01T14:35:00.000-05:002004-03-01T14:38:30.000-05:00In the classroom “Sometimes I like it when you yell at me.” -Professor Antoinette Schoar to Dalein in Entrepreneurial Financemssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1078014964068052862004-02-28T19:36:00.000-05:002004-02-28T19:39:21.966-05:00Get yourself to these parties tonight, mix and mingle and send those quotes to us at Overheard tomorrow: (1) LFM party at Trowbridge and Broadway near Harvard Square in house that is much too beautiful for our boys. But hey, they live there so make full use of it. (2) Mardi Gras party at Club 141 on Charles. Madness, no space, great mixed drinks and music. (3) Jeff Brown has an open mssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905881.post-1077780320906295832004-02-26T02:25:00.000-05:002004-03-01T23:52:02.936-05:00Mark Kim's choices for karaoke night: Sk8r Boi by Avril Lavigne I'm Just A Girl by No Doubt. 'nuff said. mssnoreply@blogger.com