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Internet outage equals less spam?

Posted on January 31, 2008
Although I rarely post from work, because I know I'm not going to be on the internet for a few days, due in part to the season premiere of Lost and my weekend plans (and the Superbowl, of course), I thought I would chime in with this latest report that came across the CNN wire...

And after all this hype, now you can download music all you want?

Posted on January 29, 2008
I don't have time to write on this right now, but I saw this article the other day and wonder how in the world this happened. See From Today, Feel Free to Download Another 25 Million Songs - Legally. Interesting. I wonder how artists will make any money from this one...

Some strategery in light of the pending Super Tuesday

Posted on January 28, 2008
Here are some of my thoughts regarding the upcoming "super" primary event, esp. since Sen. Kennedy put the smackdown on Billary over the weekend. Some of my less humorous remarks are repeats from my entry last week; a little is new. The way I see things playing out at this point is that McCain is going to win the Republican primary...

Law clerks and internet dating

Posted on January 27, 2008
By coincidence and not by New Years resolution, I signed up for a three month long Match.com account earlier this month. I'll save my comments for intra-office clerk dating for another day. Here are my initial and brief thoughts, since I have to go into work to do some stuff and I am delaying that as much as I can today...

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Bought a diamond ring from 1994-2006? Get some money back

Posted on January 24, 2008
This was an interesting piece of news that seems to have flown under the radar. DeBeers is settling a lawsuit regarding their monopoly on the market. For all diamonds bought between January 1, 1994 and March 31, 2006, you are automatically eligible for a refund...

An interesting juxtaposition of headlines and a couple funny law blogs (or blawgs as it is)

Posted on January 24, 2008
While I certainly have interesting work-related things to write about to a limited degree, I will point out an interesting couple of headlines that appeared on Drudge the other day. In this order:What killed Heath?Jack Nicholson: 'I warned him'...What made that funny (to me) was it didn't seem too long ago that the headline was that Jack Nicholson was 'furious' about the late actor playing the role of the Joker...

The media's hate for the economy and how Tom Brady has decided to attack it

Posted on January 22, 2008
Just a quick note on how I am continually amazed at the level of negative press that is given about anything remotely related to the economy. It's borderline of a test to see how influential the current media market is, with the theory being that if by scaring people into thinking that a depression or recession is inevitable, it will actually happen...

A united democratic ticket?

Posted on January 21, 2008
Just a short thought I was discussing with some other clerks the other day. Given the near even split Senators Clinton and Obama are pulling from the Democratic caucuses, wouldn't it make sense for them to run on a joint ticket? I would think that if Clinton wins the nomination, she would give some thought to appointing Obama as VP (rather than say, her husband)...

Letters from beyond the grave and Crawford issues that are created

Posted on January 20, 2008
As much of the legal world and evidence students are aware, the U.S. Supreme Court in 2004 redefined the understanding of the confrontation clause of the Constitution. Since that decision, there have been probably thousands of cases dealing with the aftermath and even a blog that appears dedicated to it...

Regardless of this writers strike, Hollywood loses: Or, Why I am going to stop watching Heroes when it comes back on

Posted on January 15, 2008
Notwithstanding my efforts to contribute productively to the global discourse on more relevant topics, this entry is another jab at the goofy television industry. I saw an interesting article the other day that basically predicts that the result of this writers strike will have the same effect on Hollywood that the 1994 baseball strike had on baseball (or the lockout on hockey or the strike in basketball a couple years ago)...

Law school debt

Posted on January 14, 2008
I saw a thread on Above the law today about debt consolidation and thought I would talk about this a little since I'm in the thralls of paying back at least part of my massive debt. As far as where I stand personally on the debt spectrum, I'm probably less than most but more than some...

American Psycho recut trailer

Posted on January 13, 2008
I wrote about recut movie trailers a few months ago. I happened across one for American Psycho the other day that was pretty funny. See American Psycho: Romantic Comedy. If you haven't seen it, American Psycho is, shall we say, not quite a romantic comedy...

Finally, some fun travel plans

Posted on January 12, 2008
After four plus months of working as a clerk, my checkbook is finally starting to balance out again (despite gobs of money going toward student loans every month, but that's another entry for another time). And, as a result or merely by coincidence, I have a trip planned for every month over the next few months...

Dr. Phil is no doctor and other misconceptions

Posted on January 10, 2008
While I have no personal interest in the personal lives of the celebrities (other than one or two I may potentially date one day), it's hard to avoid the Britney Spears saga that permeates pop culture nowadays. I'll only comment on one segment of it, the fact that Mr...

Yale strikes back and evens up the score and other news

Posted on January 09, 2008
To be fair to my somewhat one-sided entry the other day, I will note that the New Hampshire independents took Senators Clinton and McCain to heart yesterday in their primary polls. So, the score, at least on the Democrat side, is tied at 1-1 between Harvard and Yale, with UNC still way behind the 8-ball...

So much to write about, but for now I'll focus on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's recent sperm donor opinion

Posted on January 08, 2008
One of my friends pointed this article out to me and I thought it was an interesting piece. See Sperm Donor Wins Child Support Battle. Pennsylvania apparently splits their decisions up very oddly, but eventually I was able to find the case online. The majority opinion for Ferguson v...

Best online airline flight search services

Posted on January 06, 2008
This is more of an entry for myself since I can never find these online flight things when I need them. Now to just get frequent flyer miles on my credit card for free.I have used most of the major airline search services and have never had problems with any of them...

Another example of poor writing

Posted on January 05, 2008
Just a quick note that I saw on the AP wire that Tom Brady won the NFL's MVP for this year. And, typical of Yahoo's crappy news service headline writers, the headline on Yahoo reads "Brady Not a Unanimous MVP." And from reading the article, you can't even tell what actually happened...

Late night gives up on doing reruns

Posted on January 05, 2008
I see from CNN that the striking writers are mad that the late night talk show hosts have decided to roll the dice and go back on the air. See Strikers hit Leno with criticism for punchlines. Apparently these late night hosts (probably with some prodding from their bosses and sponsors) have remembered the simple maxim "you don't get paid if you don't work...

Harvard Law 1, Yale Law 0 (UNC Law 0.5)

Posted on January 04, 2008
As evidenced by every major news organization, Sen. Obama led the charge out of the primary gates. See, e.g., CNN's recap of the 2008 Iowa caucus results. So, score one for the Crimson. And, as I predicted almost a year ago, Sen. Clinton's steam has started to run out before the race has even started...

The Hawkeye State: One of these lawyers are going to win

Posted on January 03, 2008
Well, considering that Senators Obama, Clinton, Edwards, and Biden are all lawyers, the only thing for sure that we'll know tomorrow is that the Democratic frontrunner, at least as claimed by a few Iowans, will be a lawyer. Yay law! (I don't think Gov...

Something to think about in 2008: Farmer economics

Posted on January 01, 2008
Happy new year. For the first time since 1999, I decided to take the new year off. Ever since the Y2K new year, I've been coming to the belief (on the morning of January 1) that New Years Eve is like amateur hour anyway, particularly since the bars are packed with a lot of people out who rarely, if ever normally go out...

The RIAA forgets about fair use and decides that digital is the devil

Posted on December 30, 2007
In another affront to its core audience, the RIAA has decided that it wants to try and crack the ten most famous lawsuits of 2007 list by suing people who have copied legally purchased songs for personal use. Today, as the Patriots rest from a so-far perfect season and the Cowboys are beginning to question whether they can win the NFC, the Drudge Report has given me a much more interesting thing to write about: Recording industry says illegal to transfer music from CD onto computer...

Abortion, Equal Protection and When and If Raich and the Commerce Clause take abortion out of the scope of Congress's enumerated powers

Posted on December 30, 2007
Although I try to stay out of weighing in on such matters, there was a passage about Justice Ginsburg in The Nine that has got me thinking. Basically, Toobin writes that Ginsburg was selected in part because of how she approached the entire Roe debate from an equal protection standpoint...

Calling the Clerk who worked on the Sean Connery lawsuit

Posted on December 27, 2007
Unfortunately, this sort of thing hasn't made it to my desk yet, and I doubt it will. Nonetheless, it's pretty entertaining: Judge to Sean Connery, Neighbors: Stop Suing. And, if all you're looking for is the court opinion (dated December 7, 2007, by the way and the news story just broke today, so take that for what it's worth): Sultan v...

Some thoughts for 2008

Posted on December 26, 2007
As is often the case at the end of a year, one contemplates the past and looks toward the future. These "looks" are better known as "resolutions."Since my main goal in 2007 was to pass the bar (and in 2005 and 2006 to put myself in a position to pass), I can now look toward 2008 to make new goals...

Lost season 4 trailer, a nice present for the holidays

Posted on December 25, 2007
I saw that Lost Season 4 is definitely going to start on January 31, so I'm glad that my show hasn't fallen victim to the writer's strike. In either case, TV.com has the 2 minute trailer on their front page: TV.com & Extended Lost season-four trailer hits web...

Happy holidays (or winter interval as it is)

Posted on December 21, 2007
I get to spend a few days off from the crazy world of law, which will be good since I can hardly believe that I've already been working for almost four months. So, in the words of Krusty the Clown: "Have a Merry Christmas, a Happy Chanukah, a Krazy Kwanzaa, a Tip Top Tet, and a solemn, eventful Ramadan...

The separation of facts from reality

Posted on December 18, 2007
As I've alluded to several times (I think) over the past few months, I cannot discuss the substance of most of my work for the court (and obviously the merits of a case are out of the question). It's the nature of the profession I suppose. Because some of my work deals with criminal matters (as much of appellate work covers I would say), I find it much easier to think about facts in theory than in reality...

The bump to $180k

Posted on December 17, 2007
The firm of Williams & Connolly has bumped its first year associate pay to $180,000. This, obviously, is "well above market," as ATL reports. See Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: Williams & Connolly to $180k. See also Skaddenfreude's earlier report from March about last year's W&C bump...

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