I finally ran outside for the first time in 2008 yesterday. Not five minutes into my run, I was bitten by a beagle. Nipped. It didn’t break the skin. Still. Every time you smile at an unleashed dog in the park, the terrorists win.

Quiz feature (answer after the jump): For what book were the authors moved to write the following close to their acknowledgments:

“[first author] would be lost without Flora, Jude, and Suzette, whose love is all about oomph. And he dedicates the book to his parents, [names], real world examples of unconditional love. [second author] dedicates the book to her grandchildren, [names]. May they someday read this and understand a part of love.”

Answer: The Cult of Statistical Significance: How the Standard Error Costs Us Jobs, Justice, and Lives by Stephen Ziliak and Deirdre McCloskey. (I started the book with high hopes, btw, but the prose is so overwrought and meandering as to irritating after ten pages and effectively unreadable after forty.)pas