Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie

Greg has a couple of interesting posts today (well, two that I'm citing, anyway. He's never not interesting):

:: There is, apparently, a strange new trend in job interviewing: puzzles and brain-teasers. I probably don't know enough about this kind of thing to know if it really has the expected results (i.e., does it actually help determine things like "problem solving" and "creative thinking") or not, but it sounds a little creepy, anyway.

:: Greg also speculates on whether President Bush will consent to debates in 2004's fall campaign. It seems to me that if he does find a way to scuttle debates, timing will be the excuse, given the late date (the latest ever) of next year's Republican National Convention and the 9-11 anniversary observation, to come soon thereafter. Wait and see, I suppose....