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Thursday, December 31, 2009

Calling all Mac users--any idea what this means?

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I've gotten these files before. Can't get rid of them; don't know what causes them. But when I brought this problem to the App...
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For those writers with spelling "issues"

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See this . Hat tip to my buddy Scott Chase for sending it to me.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009

A true leadership opportunity for our government.

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As we've all recognized, the system failed (see this editorial from today's New York Times , here ). Here's what I think should...
Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Watch Jeff & Priscila on this LVAC webpage.

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Jeff Monroe (our personal trainer) and his wife, Priscila Monroe, are two of our favorite people. If you're ever just feeling blue, j...

A tale of two customer service philosophies

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On the " best of times, worst of times " list, Apple Care has to stand out as one of the best examples of good customer service, ...

Why someone should nominate me for the Disney board of directors, part n

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See here . Seriously--shouldn't I get a chance to do some good for shareholders, at a company I actually love?

And now, some common sense from one of my heroes

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This op-ed today ( here ) from Clark Kent Ervin . Here's what we're not realizing: there probably were some procedures in place fo...

Some common sense about cybertalk

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See here . Great editorial!
Thursday, December 24, 2009

Wow. Check out this great investigative reporting by Gretchen Morgenson and Louise Story.

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See here . One of my law students has been working on a case involving these allegations. Fascinating. Update: Thanks to my guru, Jack Ay...
Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Classic exam bloopers (and a rant)

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I'm working my way through grading my PR exams, and one blooper (well, two, actually; but they were actually the same blooper) cracked m...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Guilty pleasure: I Can Has Cheezburger

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I'm totally addicted to ICanHasCheezburger.com . And this picture just takes the cake:
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Dear Government of the State of Nevada: here are some revenue-raising ideas

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Dear Government of the State of Nevada: As Nevada slips ever further into a budget deficit, and the Governor seeks proposals for up to 10% c...
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Monday, December 21, 2009

R.I.P., Joe Hunter Reynolds

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The world lost a truly great human this week: Joe Hunter Reynolds (see obituary here ). Even this obituary doesn't do Joe justice. Hi...
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Thursday, December 17, 2009

I told you that judges and lawyers care about good writing....

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See here . Bravo, Judge Kressel! And a hat tip to one of my best friends (who's going to be unnamed in this post) for pointing this noti...
Wednesday, December 09, 2009

State governmental math

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Because Nevada was running a deficit on, oh, day 2 of our fiscal year, the governor has come up with a new plan to deal with a potential $53...
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Sunday, December 06, 2009

My hair guru rocks again!

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Check out this clip ( here )--congrats, Sara et al.!

Check out this band!

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The Sunny Era ( here )--the band ROCKS!
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

My buddy David Friedman connects the dots...

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Over at Prawfsblog ( here ). In addition to admiring David's good sense (and his sense of humor), I like where he's going with thi...
Sunday, November 22, 2009

Legal Profession Blog is, of course, right again.

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See the various posts about the new, flawed SuperLawyers rankings here and here .

A plague on both their houses.

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I'm officially disgusted with both political parties at this point. I've been a Democrat most of my life, and it's fair to say ...
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