Nerdbomb: Organizing

I was just listening to Planet Money and heard a little nugget of radio magic.  A logistics expert was saying that he's lined up his toiletries in the bathroom in the order he uses them, and the reporter audibly groans (around 17:20).  Does that not qualify as magic to you? Open your heart to public radio!

Planet Money: Our Messy, Inefficient Economy

Triumph of the Poindexters

Solved: "You speak of a preference curve expressing a trade-off between good boy and bad boy traits. (By the way, I recommend the term “indifference curve”, both because it is technically more precise, and because it makes you sound sexy and unavailable.) Yet you do not specify your budget constraint. You act as if you can have a thoughtful boyfriend or a sexy boyfriend, but not both. I wonder why you think this is true. Perhaps you should hang around with economists more."

And solved: "On stage, he can keep a packed auditorium totally spellbound with his dilatory talks that weave together Fleetwood Mac, Fermat’s Theorem, and contemporary design. Over a health-food meal for two, it’s even more seductive. Friends have a phrase for the bachelor maestro’s pixie-dust magic: They call it having “Malcolm powder” sprinkled in your eyes. "

The Undercover Economist: Dear Economist: Solve my good boy, bad boy dilemma

The Daily Beast: The Love Guru