Category Archives: Housekeeping

As many of you know, I got married last week. Tonight, Mrs. Inertia and I are flying to Spain for our honeymoon. Readers with sightseeing or restaurant tips are encouraged to leave their  suggestions in the comments section.

I scheduled a few posts to run while we’re gone. But regular blogging won’t resume until April 12.

Until then — courage.

I’m getting married this weekend. So for the next few days, I’ll have other, better things to do than blog. My thanks to all who have sent their good wishes. It means a lot.

Regular blogging will resume on Monday.

-Mgmt.

These were the most popular posts at Inertia Wins this year. If you’re a new reader, by all means, have a look.

1. Regulation of the Day 138: Dwile Flonking
2. What’s at Stake for Entrepreneurs?
3. Regulation of the Day 71: Waistlines
4. TSA Roundup
5. Regulation of the Day 94: Plastic Shopping Bags
6. Regulation of the Day 91: Horse Floaters
7. Regulation of the Day 135: Mustache Nets
8. 140 New Regulations in Florida
9. Regulation of the Day 15: The Color of Stitches
10. Regulation of the Day 84: The Size of Holes in Swiss Cheese

I will be out of town the rest of the week to spend some quality time with family and friends. Normal blogging will resume on Monday.

Thanks.

-Mgmt.

I’m leaving town for a few days to escape the DC heat. Back in action on Monday.

In the meantime, feel free to peruse the blogroll on the right side of the page. There are links to some fine writers who cover a variety of topics.

I will be without regular internet access for the next few days.

Back in action on Wednesday.

I leave you with yet another blow to terrorists’ reputation as being mostly competent; be not afraid of them.

Yesterday I put up a few papers I’ve written. You can read them by clicking on the “Papers” tab above, or by clicking here.

Baseball fans might enjoy my take on steroids and home runs. I argue that while steroids do have an impact, it is a lot smaller than most people think it is.

History buffs might like my paper on the economics of Ancient Greek religion.

The other two currently up are about trade and institutional change.

Poke around and see if any of them look interesting. I’ll be adding more later.

I just installed a feed of my recent Twitter posts. You can see it in the right sidebar. I signed up for Twitter yesterday, basically as a way to get more eyeballs reading my articles and blog posts. But that makes for a bland Twitter account — especially for Twitter users who already read this blog.

So I’m thinking of better ways to use this Twitter thing. I’m still going to use it to link to posts that I want people to read — but not every single post. I’ll also link to my articles as they come out. But here are a few ideas I have for additional Twitter content:

-Links to good articles and columns I find while reading the news of the day.

-Re-tweeting other people’s Twitter posts that are particularly pithy. Not only is this good Twitter etiquette, but there’s a lot of good stuff out there worth reading.

-Quick remarks about dumb policies and breaking news. I don’t always have time to write a whole blog post or op-ed on an issue, but I can usually write one sentence and get my point across.

If you have any other ideas or advice, please let me know. I’m new to Twitter, and still experimenting. If I find that the service is not particularly useful, or it’s too difficult to strike a balance between promotion and content, I’ll cancel my account. But I’m enjoying it for now. Any help is appreciated. Basically, I’m asking what you’d like to see. And if you’re on Twitter, you can follow me at @RegoftheDay. Thanks!

-Mgmt.