Beth-- Thanks for the kind words! We were very excited to hear about Andre this morning.
Here I am on WGBH radio discussing some good psych-related Ig past Ig winners (Brian Wansink and Dan Ariely, among others): http://robinabrahams.com/2010/10/05/wgbh/ Robin Robin Abrahams www.robinabrahams.com My first book, "Miss Conduct's Mind Over Manners," is available now wherever books are sold! (Or if not, ask the bookseller to order more. Politely!) --- On Tue, 10/5/10, Beth Benoit <[email protected]> wrote: From: Beth Benoit <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [tips] The First Individual To Win The Noble AND The IgNoble Prize To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, October 5, 2010, 5:46 PM John, I'm so jealous that you got to go to the IgNobel award at Harvard!. Okay, everybody there are going to be some fun links in this post, so if you're kicking back with a glass of wine tonight and no papers to correct, check out the following... Some on the TIPS list may not know that "our own" Robin Abrahams (also famous as "Miss Conduct" in the Boston Globe Magazine), http://robinabrahams.com/ and her husband, Marc, put on this now famous award show. Check out http://improbable.com/ which has lots of funny, quirky things related to the IgNobel prizes. There's lots of coverage on youtube, as well as books published about the IgNobels (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=ignobel&x=0&y=0) Be sure to check out Miss Sweetie Pie's role in keeping the recipients' presentations short and sweet ("Please stop. I'm bored. Please stop. I'm bored." I'll bet our students wish each of our classrooms had a Miss Sweetie Pie. There's even a mug at CafePress with her plaintive cry: http://www.cafepress.com/ignobel.419085496). And come on, if you can, you know you want to be mentioned in the Luxuriant Hair (Flowing, Former and Facial) Club for Scientists. http://improbable.com/projects/hair/ The night is always sold out far in advance. NEXT year I'm going to remember to try earlier to get a ticket. Reading over this post, I'm wondering if I should add, "I'm Beth Benoit, and I approved of this message." Wow, what a groupie I am! Beth BenoitGranite State CollegePlymouth State UniversityNew Hampshire\ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=5417 or send a blank email to leave-5417-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
