Not to be confused, of course, with the Idiotarod of Psychology (otherwise known as the PhD). :-) Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada
[email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================= On 2014-01-24, at 10:23 AM, Mike Palij wrote: > > > > > > > There is a social phenomena that I believe has been unjustly > ignored by psychologists -- it is the Idiotarod. For those who > are not familiar with the Idiotarod, some background can be > obtained from the following Wikipedia entry: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiotarod > As made clear in the entry, the Idiotarod takes place across > the U.S. and Canada. Here is a news piece on the Idiotarod > held in St. Louis in 2013: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuSghVn91yg > > NYC Tipsters and psychologists are really lucky because > the NYC version of the Idiotarod will be held TOMORROW > (01/25/2014). It might be too late to get a team together > (but some psychologists are really, really good at throwing > together a bunch of people to do some really, really > ridiculous things; the deadline to register a team was > yesterday, Thursday but we all know how good psychologists > are at persuasion and getting their way ;-) but one can always > be an observer/spectator. > The official website for the NYC Idiotarod can be accessed > here: > http://www.idiotarodnyc.com/ > Time Out New York has more info than the above website; > see: > http://www.timeout.com/newyork/things-to-do/idiotarod?cmpid=NY+Fri+012414 > > Who knows, maybe you'll get a picture of yourself in a classy > place like National Geographic; see: > http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/american-festivals/idiotarod-photos/ > > Searching the YouTube for Idiotarod videos should prove to be > quite rewarding (depending upon your sense of humor) as well > as suggesting good/useful/fun strategies for sabotaging other > participants in the Idiotarod! ;-) > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=33026 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-33026-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > --- 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=33029 or send a blank email to leave-33029-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
