March 24, 2005

Extreme Ironing

Lynne Kiesling I’m glad that Eugene Volokh is so intrigued by extreme ironing, and it tickles me because the KP Spouse bought the Extreme Ironing 2005 Wall Calendar before Christmas. It’s a riot! Sadly for me, he took it to work.

Upper Class Twit Of The Year

Lynne Kiesling Upper Class Twit of the Year. I can’t believe I forgot that in my list. Dang. Shooting tied-down game, taking the bras off of debutantes, waking the neighbors by slamming the door of your XKE Jag. Actually, UCTotY is in a class by itself.

Execrable

Lynne Kiesling Today’s word from A Word A Day is one of my favorites: execrable (EK-si-kruh-buhl) adjective Detestable; wretched. [From Middle English, from Latin execrabilis (accursed), from execrari (to curse), from ex- + sacrare (to consecrate). Ultimately from Indo-European root sak- (to sanctify) that is also the source of other words such as saint, consecrate, …

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Russ Roberts And Barry Schwartz On Choice

Lynne Kiesling Russ Roberts was just on NPR with Barry Schwartz, the “choice is debilitating” Swarthmore psychologist. In his gentle, intellectual, nonconfrontational way, Russ spanked him. Russ’s arguments were a powerful combination of focus on the positive and focus on the core, essential point: individuals should always ask themselves “who gets to choose for me?” …

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