Thursday, December 30, 2010

Yep. I was a chump.

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See here .  This TaxProf Blog post points out how much creative accounting folderol goes into reporting employment stats of law schools to ...
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Yet another good bankruptcy blog.

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See here .  It's going on my Google home page, along with those other bankruptcy blogs ( here ). Update:  Two more interesting bankrup...
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

A tale of two customer service approaches.

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In today's Business Day section of the New York Times, there's one story about how Disney is able to reduce the frustration level o...
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Thursday, December 23, 2010

Shame on you, Pat Buchanan.

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I always hesitate to read Pat Buchanan's columns, because I know that I'll end up with a eye-twitch from his invective.  On the othe...

Beware the unintended consequences of bad incentives.

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What do these stories have in common?  From the Wall Street Journal (written by Liz Rappaport and Michael Rapoport--distant relations at be...
Wednesday, December 22, 2010

And, for you computer geeks out there, something my cousin Nathaniel found:

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Here .

OK, I might be biased, but...

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Here's my vote for the best university holiday card ever:  here .  Happy holidays to all, and GO, OWLS!
Monday, December 20, 2010

New bankruptcy blog in Nevada.

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See the link here .  I know Brian, and I'm really impressed with his work.  This blog should be great. And if you want some other good...
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Sunday, December 12, 2010

Best lesson taken from Madoff fiasco.

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See Michael Kubin 's opinion piece in the New York Times ( here ).
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Thursday, December 09, 2010

Shout-out to Greg Duhl for some of his latest articles.

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Greg Duhl gave me a heads-up about two of his latest articles, Divided Loyalties: The Attorney's Role in Bankruptcy Reaffirmations (av...
Saturday, December 04, 2010

Customer service warning for ballroom dancers: AVOID "www.dancerschoiceonline.com"

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I ordered three pairs of shoes in mid-November.  On 11/18, the company informed me that one of the three pairs was out of stock, and that my...
Sunday, November 28, 2010

Radisson at LAX: best of times, worst of times (apologies to Dickens)

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So I really like the California Star Ball --it's a fun competition with very generous scholarship money.  I also like the front desk sta...
Friday, November 26, 2010

A fresh take on voting on Dancing With The Stars

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I love DWTS , and I always have.  (I was able to go to a semi-final one year, thanks to my buddy Arnold Peter , who represents BBC America ,...
Sunday, November 21, 2010

My newest guilty pleasure.

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This blog:  here .
Thursday, November 18, 2010

More evidence that law firms are looking at alternative ways of billing clients.

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See here .
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Best insurance agent--ever.

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Recently, I had to make an insurance claim, and our agent, Perry Olson , did an exceptional job of dealing with some sticky issues of custom...

Happy 235th birthday, Marines!

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How many organizations do you know where you can count on the steadfastness of an entire group?  Where every member is trained to think of ...
Monday, November 01, 2010

Rice University: still a bargain.

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See here and here .
Sunday, October 31, 2010

Stop it. Stop demonizing the other side.

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It's a few days until Election Day, and I'm already cranky:  every time our home phone rings (a sure sign that the caller doesn'...
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Saturday, October 30, 2010

The New Yorker: GREAT magazine; HORRIBLE web customer service.

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I keep trying to fix a login problem at The New Yorker's website.  The site now keeps putting me into infinite loop.  I love the article...