BK Marcus is an amateur political economist with no formal education in the subject.
He works from Charlottesville, Virginia, as an editorial consultant for the Ludwig von Mises Institute.
He is no longer a house husband, nor a faculty spouse, but he is still a dilettante and a layabout, at least in spirit.
"It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a 'dismal science.' But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance."
Benjamin Tucker Marcus
October 2008
July 30th, 2008 by 
bkmarcus
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage."
– The Dhammapada: Path of the Dharma
Here is today's word from A.Word.A.Day:
And here is an example of an ancient boustrophedon:
July 31st, 2008 at 3:11 am
Interesting, but... [shudders] why would anyone do that? I don't see any practical benefit aside from intentional obfuscation.
July 31st, 2008 at 8:50 pm
The dictionary alteration probably would've come out cleaner as a .png