[ILUG] Breakins attempted - advice please

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Steve McConville (mcconville.steve at gmail.com):

> > I'm curious about what your theory is, in prefacing your post with that
> > request.
> 
> I'm just guessing but...
> 
> Ward, A., & Brenner, L. (2006). Accentuate the negative: The positive
> effects of negative acknowledgment. Psychological Science, 17(11),
> 959-962.
> 
> There's a summary at
> http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/2007/02/when_its_positive_to_make_a_ne.php

Interesting paper, albeit more about self-deprecating opening statements
to presentations, than about "Because you're such considerate people, 
kindly be good enough to avoid going out of your way to flambee me
personally" ones.