March 2009
14 posts
The Onion: I Was Going to Succumb To Cancer, But... →
Rogue Wave — Kicking The Heart Out
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Peter Arnell →
He’s the marketing mogul who designed the DKNY and other iconic logos, but recently produced the execrable Pepsi and Tropicana redesigns. Tropicana reverted the their old design last month. Both of these looked badly derivative of the web 2.0 aesthetic to me. I am satisfied to discover that the man responsible for these atrocities is kind of a crazy person as well as “unencumbered...
Real Lawyers, Fake Lawyering
Mock trial tournaments on the college level never seem to occur in the world’s least scenic destinations. We’ve competed in Houston, Texas; Des Moines and Loras, Iowa; Memphis, Tennessee, among others. Mock trial requires volunteer judges, who are usually practicing lawyers. As a result, mock trial activity is positively correlated to lawyer free time. Perhaps the presence of...
“Let’s All Get Sancti-Fried”
– the slogan for Miss Polly’s Soul City Cafe on Beale Street in Memphis, where the mock trial team had dinner. Chicken n’ waffles!
Undo Send
Gmail’s Undo Send feature allows you to take back a message up to five seconds after you hit “Send.” It works within the expectations we already have for sending emails, and it recognizes the importance email has accrued as a mode of communication. I wish this had existed when I accidentally addressed my recommendation letter request to a different professor than the one I was...
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“I’m on a one-woman mission to talk people out of law school.”
– A Boston University Law School graduate, in this interview.
The First 100 Days of the Obama Administration →
As observed by The Onion.
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Thesis
Starting to have nightmares about thesis symposium. Might be the Nyquil. Still, this is a clear sign that I’ve got a lot of work to do. Even my subconscious recognizes that there’s a problem!
“Fake it ‘til you make it.”