Washington 17, #8 Leland's College 13

Oh yeah.

Addenda: Seattle Times main story and some additional thoughts upon further reflection.

Economics blog humor

A most excellent post from Noah Smith.

Via MR

Will Wilkinson on makers and takers

Maybe the best thing I have read so far about the whole 47 percent business.

Though a comedian on NPR did say something to the effect that if he had known there would be all this math, he never would have started paying attention to politics.

Via MR

On PDD

PDD = partisan differentiation disorder.

Hat tip: An economist friend on Facebook

Notre Dame 13, Michigan 6

The Michigan defense played quite well, but not well enough to cancel out a really, really (really, really) sloppy game by the offense. Live by Denard, die by Denard, it seems.

This will likely drop Michigan out of the top 25. The good news is that much of the rest of the Big Ten continues to play poorly (e.g. Iowa losing to Central Michigan and Illinois getting routed by Louisiana Tech), so bowl eligibility should not be a problem.

annarbor.com coverage here.

Technical change in food delivery

Naysayers aver that technical change is slowing down, but how can that be so when great inventions like this voice-activated single-kernel-shooting popcorn maker keep appearing?

Think of the productivity gains at department meetings alone!

Hat tip: a hungry Charlie Brown

Assorted links

1. North Face, meet South Butt.

2. UM promotes paternalism and intolerance.

3. John Scalzi on how to be a good commenter.

4. Supplier induced demand: prostitution sting edition.

5. Coase theorem failure.

Hat tip to someone on #1 ... who was it? Hat tip on #5 to Charlie Brown.