I couldn’t resist posting this downright heart-warming episode from missed connections section of NYC Craigslist via the ever-informative Marginal Revolution

the amazingly appractive brunette in a rather short skirt reading Freakonomics while waiting for the bus on 2nd Ave between 56th and 57th…I went directly to Borders to pick up a copy so I might have something to initiate the conversation next time I see you…

However, if this is just Julia Bannon doing more sneaky-smart marketing I may have to disavow my professed faith in the honest to goodness of humanity.

If you have no idea what I’m talking about Edumacate yourself, Fool!, and see my previous posts, Steven Levitt gets his economic freak on and Freakonomics Redux