Saturday, November 10, 2012

Happy 237th birthday to the Marine Corps!

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Happy birthday to my beloved Corps .  Semper fidelis .
Wednesday, November 07, 2012

Some advice to our elected officials, now that the election's over.

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First, some superb advice from Jack Ayer's niece ( here ).  Jack's one of the smartest people I know, and he's a heck of a good...
Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Thanks, Rebel Yell, for a very nice write-up.

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See here .  Shout-out to Sergei Shapoval and his professional partner, Ania Tarnowska .
Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Cool video of the space shuttle Endeavour reaching its display place in L.A.

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See here .  But I'm still ticked off that Houston didn't get one of the shuttles.
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Why the deanship at the Boyd School of Law is a plum deanship--and why I'm not a candidate.

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We have just posted our ad inviting nominations and applications for the deanship here at Boyd Law (see here for ad).  I am having a marvel...
Sunday, October 14, 2012

After reading about today's extreme skydiving event....

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When I heard that Felix Baumgartner actually completed his jump ( here ), all I could think was that the dude has some serious thrill issues...
Thursday, October 11, 2012

For those of my friends and colleagues going to the Faculty Recruitment Conference this week:

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A must-read .
Wednesday, October 03, 2012

It's not just anonymity that provides a cover for cowardice.

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I thought that yesterday's WSJ piece, Why We Are So Rude Online , was particularly apt.  It's easy to treat online communications a...
Sunday, September 30, 2012

Two new must-reads dealing with corporate law.

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I'm recommending two articles, both because I appreciate their points of view and because I respect the authors. The first one is by J...
Tuesday, September 25, 2012

A wonderful essay on why loving what you do makes work so easy.

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It's by James B. Stewart , and it's in today's special Dealbook section in the New York Times ( here ).  Although I'm not a...
Sunday, September 23, 2012

When funny videos on the billable hour pop up, the death of the billable hour approacheth.

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See here .  Hat tip to The Legal Whiteboard blog. The death of the billable hour may be far away, and--for some types of work--may never ...

Still love it--every time.

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Quad "Script Ohio" ( here ).  I just love seeing the alumni march in the band.
Saturday, September 22, 2012

Love it.

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This commercial rocks on so many levels.
Thursday, August 30, 2012

JFK at Rice, 50 years ago.

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Here .  Go, Rice, and go, NASA. 
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Monday, August 27, 2012

I am addicted to lawprofblawg.

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And here's a perfect example of why I'm so addicted to it.
Saturday, August 18, 2012

Dear RNC and DNC:

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STOP IT.  Stop calling us at home.  We mean it.  It does you no good to call us, because there is literally nothing that you will say in you...
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Thursday, August 02, 2012

Missing the point about out-of-control fees and expenses.

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See this story about a court disallowing some over-the-top expenses ( here ), especially the last three paragraphs.  Hat tip to Prof. Jessic...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

R.I.P., Sally Ride.

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What an amazing person you were.  We are all better off for your contributions.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012

It's nice to be recognized: UNLV (Boyd) Law is 45th in most-cited study.

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See here .  Hat tip to TaxProf Blog.
Sunday, July 01, 2012

Very bad customer service.

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Why I will never order from Premier Audio Video again: What I received:  Premier Audio Video - Amazon Marketplace s6qy3vv3gkc85t7@ma...
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