Misc links

• Choosing a career can be highly, and negatively, influenced by your friends.
  
• Don't worry, a wandering mind is totally normal. I read War and Peace in 7th-8th grade, and I am sure I probably focused on only about half of the book. But that half was amazing.
  
• Some good advice from Jonathan Shewchuk on giving an academic talk.
• Obesity is not just a problem in the west. It looks like Uganda is feeling the problem as well.