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Review: More Sex is Safer Sex

Agreed.
More Sex Is Safer Sex: The Unconventional Wisdom of Economics by Steven E. Landsburg is a better read than Freakonomics, but not quite as good as The Undercover Economist.
A tasty morsel:
Though Dickens might not have recognized it, the primary moral of A Christmas Carol is that there should be no limit on IRA contributions.

One bone [...]

Optometrists don’t like me

Monica Robins profiled my new glasses on Channel 3 News Monday night: Online eyewear can be cheaper alternative
Here’s the video

the internet rocks (or, how a blog led to me buying glasses online)

On December 10, I read a blog post titled Shattering The Eyeglasses Scam.
Being a big dork, I couldn’t get the story of how “Glassy eyes” got new glasses for $81 online.
The last pair I purchased cost about $500 before insurance from LensCrafters. After insurance, we were out about $250. (I can’t find the receipt — [...]

Who else wants more money in 2007?

It’s the money, stupid
I spend a lot of time thinking about money.
Sadly, I use to little of this time to dream up new ways to create money — my thoughts are mostly about paying off old debts and trying to not incur new ones. This focus will change over the next 12 months.
Here’s my [...]