Peter Leeson of George Mason University, who already was my favorite economist for writing about, among other things, the economics of piracy, has gone an snatched a few more cool points by proposing marriage to his girlfriend (she said yes) in the acknowledgments section of his book The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates.

Pirates and economics may not be sexy subjects for a book, but
economists tend to see things and do things a bit differently. So it
made sense for Peter Leeson, an economist at George Mason University,
to propose to his girlfriend in the preface of his forthcoming book, The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates. He presented the finished book (and a ring) to her on Friday—and she said yes. 

Leeson’s publisher, Princeton University Press, made arrangements
for the author to receive the first copy of the book’s printing.
Everyone at the press kept the proposal a secret and even went to the
trouble of extracting that section of the book—which read, “Ania, I
love you; will you marry me?”—from the advance galleys that were mailed
out to the press.

        -Lynn Adriani, Publisher's Weekly

My only question is this: what isn't sexy about pirates and economics?

*Hat tip to Tyler Cowen of Marginal Revolution