Friday, December 14, 2012

Dear Godiva Chocolates: No, you're actually not passionate about customer service.

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Dear Godiva: Here's what your website says about customer service : Customer Assistance We are as passionat...
Thursday, December 13, 2012

OK, that expensive book might not be a "must-read," but this one's really intriguing...

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See here .  The book'll be out on Amazon and Kindle in the not-too-distant-future.  I read it in one sitting and had a blast.

Expensive new book out (but I have an essay in it).

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See here .  This book came out of a wonderful set of conferences at the University of Edinburgh, and I owe my participation in the conferenc...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

My buddy Tim Canova just wrote a great piece about Treasury.

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See here .  Tim's one of my go-to guys about all things financial.

Ever want to be a movie producer?

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Here's your chance . 
Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Dear Law Firms: This re-post is a must-read for you.

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From law.com's Corporate Counsel site, Susan Hackett's piece, Ending the Holiday Tradition of Outside Counsel Rate-Increase Letters ...
Sunday, December 02, 2012

Yet more on Larry Mitchell's sunny op-ed on why law school is a good idea.

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On another blog ( Law School Survival Manual ), I've spent a bit of time ruminating over just what in Larry Mitchell's op-ed rubbed ...
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.