I like "conversely", probably because I am easily impressed by stuffiness.

I'll certainly agree that they're all pretty close and could be considered for inclusion in the same hypothetical spot in a sentence if you, say, felt like you were using "conversely" too much.

Which my brain is now trying to make mean "in the fashion of Chuck high tops".

I've always taken "on the other hand" as implying that what came before was on the first hand by default. (In C, the counting would start with the 0th hand.)

Yes, I am currently taking a break from programming class.

"and on the other hand, he had warts."

Ha!

I'd say "on the other hand" for casual, "conversely" for fancy.

I like "conversely", probably because I am easily impressed by stuffiness.

I wanna use "inversely." Or maybe "contrapositively."

Alternately?

OK, I made it home without plunging face-first into a bag of chips.

I think the main thing is that I get hungry at 3:00 every day no matter what, quirk of the metabolism or something, and I'd exhausted my last snack at 2:00. But two small pieces of candy really were enough to stem the growly stomach and desperate hunger feeling. So I just need to budget my points and bring a snack accordingly, even if it's something tiny.

Off to cook dinner. Chicken cutlets from a Mark Bittman recipe, roasted sweet potato, and salad, all already budgeted for in WW.

Contrapositive, is that like if A -> B the contrapositive would be ~B -> ~A ? if so, I can see using contrapositively. If not, I should avoid using it because I don't know what it means.

Contrapositive, is that like if A -> B the contrapositive would be ~B -> ~A ?

Yes. AFAIK it only has this meaning (in logic).

Thanks for the help! Given that it's almost 6pm, I'm leaning towards "suck it up, author man." On the other hand, that's not very polite. However, he's driving me crazy.

I suppose one could say, "If it rains today, Sue will take her umbrella. Contrapositively, if Sue does not take her umbrella, it isn't raining.