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That’s So Meta
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That’s So Meta

By Shawna Ackerman
Several years ago, when the word “meta” first appeared on the scene, I will admit that I had some difficulty understanding what it meant, other than something cool to say as in “that’s so meta.”

The Finnish Line on Actuarial Hijinks
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The Finnish Line on Actuarial Hijinks

Reviews by Daniel D. Skwire
Thank heavens for translators. When I learned that Finnish author Antti Tuomainen had published The Moose Paradox, the second volume in a planned comedy crime trilogy featuring a long-suffering actuary, I would, if necessary, have begun studying that notoriously challenging language immediately.