Monthly Archives: November 2006

Chinese children’s products

Check out this awesome coloring / vocabulary book for Chinese kids; it’s chock full of weapons. See also these great kids’ blocks, with labels that are supposed to teach English. If the errors on these things are consistent and pervasive, … Continue reading

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Let’s Draw! with Dave: Assignment #1

Sierpinski Casket. Go.

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The Man’s irrational crusade against Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

The Times has an essay about drinking in pregnancy, with the delightful title, “The Weighty Responsibility of Drinking for Two.” The main point is to question the Surgeon General’s stern warning that pregnant women shouldn’t drink any alcohol at all. … Continue reading

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Search results ~ Fame

On a related note, this post put me near the top of the Google results for “webster v. blue ship tea room inc.” Yes!

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Offhand revelations that change everything [lesson -- check these things]

A second-year student just offhand told me that the FYLRW grade doesn’t go into your GPA. For some reason, I’d assumed the opposite was the case (and, uh, hadn’t asked anyone about it). That changes everything for me. I would … Continue reading

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Amherst Student nostalgia

Every month a few people get to my blog by searching for “Taharqa Patterson.” This happens because I briefly mentioned the Amherst Student‘s coverage of his rape trial as an example of editorial ham-handedness in my piece of press criticism, … Continue reading

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It’s application season (for over-achievers)

. . . and the following cute distillation of the process appeared on the Daily Jolt, posted by –.hsd1.md.comcast.net under the heading, “stupid law school apps”: Have you ever been placed on academic or disciplinary probation, or loved someone? Have … Continue reading

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Elections backfill

I meant to say this back when the Dems won Virginia (effectively securing control of the Senate), but I was thrown off by the threatened recount. Anyway: I have disbanded the Imperial Senate.

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Illegal in Germany?

ORLOCAUST? YARLOCAUST! NO WAI!!!!1

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Contracts? More like… … …

The latest obstacle to my learning contracts is that when I’m reading cases, I only highlight the funny parts of cases instead of the important parts. “This court knows well that we are not talking of some insipid broth as … Continue reading

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