Saturday, July 24, 2010

Two great "reads" in today's Wall Street Journal

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One story about my buddy Randy Barnett ( here ) and one about what we should learn from Shirley Sherrod's story ( here ).
Wednesday, July 21, 2010

I am addicted to "Old Spice Man" and the parodies of his commercials.

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I love Old Spice Man (see him here ).  I also love the parodies of the Old Spice commercials (see here ).
Monday, July 19, 2010

To all "we didn't really land on the moon" doubters

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Mythbusters busted your myth (see here http://www.yourdiscovery.com/web/shows/mythbusters-nasa/ ).
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Friday, July 16, 2010

We're number 11 (and not in the Spinal Tap sense....) (click on this heading for the Spinal Tap reference)

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See here .  And, no, I'm not endorsing any online degree programs.  I don't know anything about that site.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Bravo to my cousin Tobi!

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See this article ( here ), discussing Tobi's Sky and Water Meditation exhibit.  For more on Tobi, see here .  For more on my cousin Nes...
Saturday, July 10, 2010

Which Weapon of Choice video is better?

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This new Kia commercial (see here ) is great, but then, so's Fatboy Slim's original music video with Christopher Walken (see here )...

I want my commas back.

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For years, I've been one of those truly obnoxious people pointing out grammatical errors and typos in signs.  Sometimes, I've even s...
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Sunday, July 04, 2010

Why I love the Luxor Las Vegas

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I had a gathering for some friends this week, and I talked with Felix Rappaport about how to make the event really memorable.  Felix introd...
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Have you no sense of decency, Mr. Farrakhan?

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I was not surprised but saddened by the latest venom spewing from Louis Farrakhan (see here ).  He ignores the long history of Jews being de...
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Saturday, June 26, 2010

Another sign I love.

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Hat tip to Cathy Glaze for spotting it.

Kudos to two hotels with great customer service.

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I've been impressed with the exceptional level of customer service at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis and the the Omni Bayfront in Corpus...
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Friday, June 25, 2010

Every now and then, one of my research areas crops up in other blogs.

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See here .  Hat tip to original post ( here ) at Legal Ethics Forum . Oh, and that whole thing about when conflicts counsel should or shou...

Best sign at a conference. Ever.

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(Seen while walking through a hotel on the way to another conference.)  That is one enthusiastic registration desk....

More shameless self-promotion.

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See here .
Thursday, June 24, 2010

Told you so (Skilling conviction overturned).

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See here .  Opinion is here .  My prior post is here .
Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Do law school grades mean anything?

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This morning's New York Times has a front-page article ( here ) about law schools raising their curves to make their students more attr...
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Joe Nocera on the difference between two corporate cultures

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See here .  This is a great illustration of why cultures can create crises or do their darnedest to prevent them.

Good commencement speeches...

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Over at the New York Times ( here ).  My favorite? Mike Moncrief Mayor, Fort Worth, Tex. Texas Christian University Never be afraid ...

For teachers everywhere....

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(If you can't see the whole thing, click on the cartoon.)  Hat tip to comics.com .
Friday, June 18, 2010

Update on prior post: and a hat tip to Bankruptcy Law Network

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Thanks to Russ DeMott for this great post ( here ).  I like Russ's bankruptcy posts so much that I'm going to add him to my iGoogle...