When Pete Leeson submitted his manuscript for The Invisible Hook, there was a surprise proposal hidden for his girlfriend Ania in the dedication and preface of the book. This initiated a year-long conspiracy between Pete and the staff of Princeton University Press and we’re happy to report Pete proposed and Ania said yes!

And in response, the blogging world exercised their right to puntificate on pirates to wish the couple well. Here are some choice highlights:

The First

Princeton U.P. Author Proposes Marriage in Book Acknowledgements (Publishers Weekly)

The Romantics:

A Proposal by the Book (Chronicle of Higher Education)

an economist in love (Marbury blog)

Leeson’s Libertarian Love Story (FR33 Agents)

The Rum Punners

Yo Ho, Yo Ho, A Pirate’s Wife for Me (Think Free)

Yo, ho, ho and a bottle of love (Daily Princetonian)

Economist Uses Invisible Hook to Snag Wench (Reason)

The Invisible Hook Indeed (Chris Blattman’s blog)

The Fans

How I’m Going to Propose to My Future Wife (Fragmenta Digitalia)

Better than the Jumbotron (the rugbyologist)

Way too cool (bibliographic: my life in books)

Last, but not Least

Toronto, Philly and Atlanta also sent good wishes, too.