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DRIVING IN BUENOS AIRES . . . I've
Posted on June 23, 2010DRIVING IN BUENOS AIRES . . . I've rented cars in Mexico, Uruguay, and Costa Rica. In Argentina, I said no. If I ever change my mind about driving in Argentina, I'll take a look at this post first: "The...
WHAT TO DO WITH THE REST OF YOUR
Posted on June 22, 2010WHAT TO DO WITH THE REST OF YOUR SUMMER . . . You could read a biography of Marcus Aurelius, keeping in mind that "Stoicism Is Just So Yesterday." (Link from Arts & Letters Daily.)
The Weekly Law School Roundup #230
Posted on June 20, 2010It's the weekly list of good posts from the past week by law students, some current or almost current, some recently-graduated-- Jobs Being foolishly quixotic about jobs for lawyers. [KatieLuper.com] Mystery A tale of intrigue and Similac. [Thanks, But No...
THE WEEKLY LAW SCHOOL ROUNDUP .
Posted on June 16, 2010THE WEEKLY LAW SCHOOL ROUNDUP . . . You'll find Weekly Law School Roundup #229 at Thanks, But No Thanks. The next installment will appear here soon.
WHAT YOU'LL FIND IN THIS WEBLOG'S
Posted on June 11, 2010WHAT YOU'LL FIND IN THIS WEBLOG'S ARCHIVES . . . Here are just a few of the items that once appeared at the top of this weblog, but which now appear only in its archives: A simple formula for escaping...
CONUNDRUM: SYNONYMS FOR "TWEET"
Posted on June 10, 2010CONUNDRUM: SYNONYMS FOR "TWEET" . . . At the New York Times, they've made a decision: they're not using the word "tweet." In a memo to staff, a Times editor suggests alternatives, e.g., "write." From The Awl.
CREATE YOUR OWN LITERARY iPAD APP
Posted on June 10, 2010CREATE YOUR OWN LITERARY iPAD APP . . . Or maybe not. Says Scott Lindenbaum of Electric Literature-- It takes hundreds of hours, with a typical development team, you could be paying hundreds of dollars an hour per developer. It...
The Weekly Law School Roundup #228
Posted on June 06, 2010A list of good posts from the past week by law students, some current or almost current, some recently-graduated-- Advice For law students, continued. [law school ninja] Awkwardness At work, version one. [Legal Ease] Awkwardness At work, version two. [J...
FROM THE ARCHIVES . . . "The Collected
Posted on June 04, 2010FROM THE ARCHIVES . . . "The Collected Four-Part Examination of the Lawyer's Briefcase, One of an Ongoing Series of Essays on 'Things Important to Every Lawyer.'"
THE WEEKLY LAW SCHOOL ROUNDUP .
Posted on June 01, 2010THE WEEKLY LAW SCHOOL ROUNDUP . . . You'll find Weekly Law School Roundup #227 at Thanks, But No Thanks. The next installment will appear here soon.
The Weekly Law School Roundup #226
Posted on May 23, 2010Here's your weekly list of good posts from the past week by law students, some current or almost current, some recently-graduated-- Blawging How to do it. [Legally Questionable Content] Mix Lump of proto-attorneys. [law:/dev/null] Harvard A Christmas wish...
THE WEEKLY LAW SCHOOL ROUNDUP .
Posted on May 20, 2010THE WEEKLY LAW SCHOOL ROUNDUP . . . You'll find Weekly Law School Roundup #225 at Thanks, But No Thanks. The next installment will appear here soon.
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH . . . On this
Posted on May 17, 2010FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH . . . On this week's New York Times Book Review Podcast, lawyer-novelist Scott Turow had this to say about how the practice of law has changed in the past twenty-five years-- I still think being...
A RETURN TO MEXICO CITY? . . .
Posted on May 13, 2010A RETURN TO MEXICO CITY? . . . Here's the Mexican flag flying at the National Palace in Mexico City--- In the past few years, I've been to Mexico City twice -- and blogged about both trips. For those in...
UMBERTO ECO AT iTUNES U . . . On
Posted on May 12, 2010UMBERTO ECO AT iTUNES U . . . On the way to the office this morning, I listened to Umberto Eco's lecture "How I Write." Anyone who thinks about fictional technique will find it enjoyable, as will fans of Eco's...
The Weekly Law School Roundup #224
Posted on May 09, 2010It's the weekly list of good posts from the past week by law students, some current or almost current, some recently-graduated-- Contest Popular law-student weblogs. [i don't wear skinny jeans] Bucks What it costs to be a lawyer. [Wild (North)...
THE WEEKLY LAW SCHOOL ROUNDUP .
Posted on May 04, 2010THE WEEKLY LAW SCHOOL ROUNDUP . . . You'll find Weekly Law School Roundup #223 at Thanks, But No Thanks. The next installment will appear here soon.
INNOCENT . . . At Confessions of
Posted on May 01, 2010INNOCENT . . . At Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind, Sarah Weinman writes about the "media blitz" leading up to Innocent, Scott Turow's sequel to Presumed Innocent. Weinman links to some profiles and includes some material from her B&N Review...
NEW FICTION . . . I have a new
Posted on April 29, 2010NEW FICTION . . . I have a new story up at Staccato Fiction. Title: "The Accident." Theme: The unreliability of childhood memories. In trying to make this story as unpretentious as possible, I believe I failed to follow many...
WHY JOHNNY CAN'T CAMP . . . Earlier
Posted on April 28, 2010WHY JOHNNY CAN'T CAMP . . . Earlier this week, in a column titled "What I've learned as an Eagle Scout," writer David Anderson urged parents to get their boys involved in Scouting: "it will get them away from the...
STEVE ALMOND, INTERVIEWED . . .
Posted on April 26, 2010STEVE ALMOND, INTERVIEWED . . . at Smokelong Quarterly about his new book, This Won't Take But a Minute, Honey -- Q: Your new book is two books in one, like a reversible rain coat! is small, light, slips in...
The Weekly Law School Roundup #222
Posted on April 25, 2010Here's your weekly list (a long one this week) of good posts by law students, some current or almost current, some recently-graduated-- Speech Facebook: groups and counter-groups. [Virgin in the Volcano] Blogs When you don't need fact-checkers. [My Legal Fiction]...
WEEKEND READING . . . Two humorous
Posted on April 23, 2010WEEKEND READING . . . Two humorous blog posts-- "iPhone Applications I'd Actually Pay For," by Michael J. Solender at not from here, are you?-- 4.Wal-Merica - A sophisticated GPS mapping tool that provides directions only in relationship to the...
WRITING CLINIC: STYLE . . . Here's
Posted on April 22, 2010WRITING CLINIC: STYLE . . . Here's Updike's definition of a writer's style-- Style as I understand it is nothing less than the writer's habits of mind--it is not a kind of paint applied afterwards, but the very germ of...
MARK TWAIN, RIP . . . Maud Newton
Posted on April 21, 2010MARK TWAIN, RIP . . . Maud Newton reminds us today of "a hundred years without Mark Twain"-- My beloved Mark Twain, who died a hundred years ago today, entered the world and left with Halley?s Comet. His essays have...
THE WEEKLY LAW SCHOOL ROUNDUP .
Posted on April 21, 2010THE WEEKLY LAW SCHOOL ROUNDUP . . . It's the Weekly Law School Roundup #221 from Thanks, But No Thanks. The next installment will appear here soon.
DOES WIKIPEDIA SUCK? . . . Says
Posted on April 20, 2010DOES WIKIPEDIA SUCK? . . . Says the author of this article, "Instead of telling my students that Wikipedia is not always an appropriate source, I let them discover it for themselves by integrating a simple exercise into a writing...
REVOLUTION . . . Malcolm Gladwell
Posted on April 19, 2010REVOLUTION . . . Malcolm Gladwell has cut himself off from the blogosphere-- I?d like to think that on balance any innovation, at the end of the day, is usually a net good. But that doesn?t mean there aren?t significant...
IT SEEMS SO LONG AGO . . Here's
Posted on April 19, 2010IT SEEMS SO LONG AGO . . Here's a post from 2004, following a night spent drinking with Christopher Hitchens: "A Detour for Shameless Name-Dropping."
RECENT PUBLICATIONS . . . I have
Posted on April 16, 2010RECENT PUBLICATIONS . . . I have some new fiction up--"Victims of the Imagination" at Wigleaf and "How to Write Damn Good Flash Fiction" in Right Hand Pointing's 2010 Humor Issue.
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