I have recently been introduced to the concept of "Sweet Potato Fries." Am trying to recreate my own oven-baked version as I type. They smell good, but they'd probably be better if deep fried :)

Why is it that I always expect more from law students? An NPR story about female law students suing for online defamation. Evidently, some students posted ( Read more... )

Maybe it's declasse to be a lurker, but I have to admit it can be completely enjoyable. Par example, I like to read Bill Tammeus' Faith Matters blog. Bill used to write the starbeams column in the KC Star years ago (which were funny observations about KC/US/World news stories) and has stayed on as a religion columnist. His blog touches on ( Read more... )

One expects the least of the denizens of talk radio and its listeners (Yes, admitting you listen to Howard Stern, Don Imus or Rush Limbaugh causes others to downgrade their perceptions of your intelligence and taste by several points.) However, it is certainly their right to say (and listeners to listen) to whatever they want. But to reiterate, ( Read more... )

The NYTimes had an article about a voluntary "civility" code of conduct for bloggers to take some of the opprobrium (and death threats!) out of the blogosphere. Sniping at each other online behind a pseudonym is so damn easy. You can even cite your sources (bible verses, etc) to give some "academic polish" to your otherwise ill-mannered screed. ( Read more... )

I have a new friend. He is a hornbook. I call him Erwin. Forgive my familiarity, Prof. C, but "Chemerinsky" is kind of hard to say and harder to spell. I think we're going to be spending a lot of time together.
(Shout out to Tami W who introduced us!)

Have been reading the article on splog proliferation in this month's Wired (M's contribution ( Read more... )

A cleaning saga of epic proportions.
Placed behind the cut for your reading convenience.
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NYTimes warns interns about the dangers of blogging about the job. Good to know. I'm already bound by PR rules, including client confidentiality. So all references to workish stuff will be the most general in nature.

From the New York Times Magazine on the dangers of the blogosphere .

Did you know blogs about law school are a whole subgenre referred to as "blawgs"?