Monthly Archives: October 2006

There’s a new(ish) blog called “Ugly Overload” which is dedicated to pictures of ugly animals, like this adorable proboscis monkey. The name suggests the site is meant as an antidote to the pups-and-kittens site Cute Overload, or perhaps a poison … Continue reading →

Neat discussion of the structure of law firms and the associate “advancement” track.

Last year The Boston Globe offered an illuminating comparison: when Bill Clinton was president, the House took 140 hours of sworn testimony into whether Mr. Clinton had used the White House Christmas list to identify possible Democratic donors. But in … Continue reading →

“Rogues and vagabonds, or dissolute persons who go about begging, common gamblers, persons who use juggling or unlawful games or plays, common drunkards, common night walkers, thieves, pilferers or pickpockets, traders in stolen property, lewd, wanton and lascivious persons, keepers … Continue reading →

Dear GOTTLIEB: AMHERST COLLEGE RELIGION PROFESSOR MARIA HEIM HOLDS PH.D. IN SANSKRIT AND INDIAN STUDIES FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

It’s Nobel season! Yay! I recently quizzed my brother about what Henry Kissinger and Yasser Arafat had in common; the answer is that both won (well, shared) the Nobel Peace Prize, Kissinger in ’73 for (what it later became clear … Continue reading →