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I hadn't seen the ad, nor heard of GoldieBlox, but I like the idea. You're right about the machine, though. I wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't pointed it out, but now that you have, it sort of bugs me. It's like that paper that feels like it it's teetering between an A and an A-, but there's just something a little off, and you go back, read again, and realize the only reason the thesis connects is because you know the subject really well, upon which discovery you give the paper a B+.
Ruby Goldberg
Everybody's seen the GoldieBlox commercial with the three little girls and the Rube Goldberg device, right? It's a good ad. But it's not a great ad, because the machine has at least two flaws in it. A Rube Goldberg machine is a kind of data visualization; it makes mechanics visible to the naked...
there's an interesting auto-correct on my Fb page today. "Vanilli" I think it's supposed to be 'evidently'
spelling be, yo
Get a load of this (click through to read article): My first instinct was to snicker and move on. But then it occurred to me that if the hapless texter in question had written "gonna" instead of "gunna," we wouldn't be reading about it in the papers. How interesting that we arrived at "go...
I'm really torn on all of the meaning of this. Because I'm not sure the problem is violent language per se, but rather the use of violent and *threatening* language.
we aim, we shoot, we shop at Target
It was a Russian friend's birthday the other day, and I bid her, "Tear it up, birthday girl!" She laughed, thanked me, and marveled at "the violent expressiveness of American good wishes" (citing "break a leg" as her favorite example). Meanwhile, in response to criticism of the Palin crosshairs...
I feel pretty much the same way. And I do love that I can stay in contact with my family in ways that I just couldn't before. My sisters, cousin, and their respective partners and families do things together all the time, but they are mostly just hanging out sorts of things that don't warrant phone calls or letters. It makes a difference to know that they all got together and watched Iron Man, or that my brother-in-law scored a goal in a soccer match, or that they all got together and spent 10 hours making tamales. And it's nice to have someone send sympathy when I have a cold...
in defense of facebook (the did-I-just-write-that? edition)
The last time I fell off the blog, Shhhhh told me to start posting again or she'd kick my ass -- and of course I did, because she's scary when she gets like that. She's just written me with a similar threat, and since I had something percolating in mind anyway, I figure I'd best not cross her....
This is why, if I can't prove it, I don't go there. Not entirely satisfying, though.
neither a borrower nor a lender be
One of my favorite students (henceforth OOMFS) stopped by the other day to say hello. As always, I was glad to see her. In the process of catching up, she told me about a horrifying experience since we last talked, of being accused of plagiarizing the first paper she wrote for a professor. I k...
I can see the lawyerly distinction, even though it's repugnant to me. And I'm glad to know I was right about the exception... which I doubtless got from a tv show (or possibly listening to NPR).
Lawyer ethics FAIL on my part (and also, why people hate lawyers)
Okay, so I was completely wrong about something I was tweeting about earlier, so I have to clarify. My original tweet: was asked in interview this morning whether she'd betray a client's confidence or let innocent man be put to death. Yay law?!? (The idea was you're a defense counsel whose clien...
Sounds like fun! Glad you're enjoying it :-)
In which I ignore politics, memorials, and arguments around the blogosphere to give you a boring update on my crazy week
Which, of course, turned out not to be THAT crazy once it got underway. Got the topic proposal in; survived the externship. I always forget that actually working somewhere is not usually as exhausting and stressful as interviewing to get there in the first place! The externship class was...painf...
LOL
Most amusing interview moment
So, my resume (2 pp.) states that I have X number of publications/presentations, and then I have a (2 pp.) addendum that lists the actual details (it's my way of cheating and pretending that I'm not distributing a 4-page resume. See, it's an addendum! You can throw it away if you want!). I've h...
I was getting ready to get rid of cable, so I hope they show it online!
I cannot WAIT to see this show now
Okay, so there's a commercial at the beginning - sorry, I can't do anything about that - but I just saw this commercial and now I am DYING to see this show. This was hysterical! (At least, to this former prof it was.) Enjoy! Video Recaps | Full Episodes | Webisodes
Cool! And a friend who teaches at Grad U law school (she was at Grad U for her undergrad) went to Big Name Law School, then did some circuit court clerking, which got her into the most prestigious firm in Grad U city. Why did she work there? Because she saw giving 5-7 years to clerking and working as the fastest way to get experience AND pay off the student loans -- which she did in that time. And we're talking about approx $100k!
Interview season (attack of the footnotes!)
So, I've been burbling about this on Twitter, and I've kind of talked about it here, but fall interviewing season begins next week. This information will be redundant for some of you, but the deal is, each fall, law schools bring[1] employers on campus to interview second-year students (2Ls). Th...
RBOComments...
yes. I totally understand the need to do this -- including the dehydration/low blood sugar end of the day. OTOH, I like shopping with a couple of my friends because we are good at looking without spending, and my friends always make me stop and eat/drink, so I don't turn into migraine girl! But they are two different activities for different purposes, I think.
Have you started looking at good consignment shops? I have a friend who is a thrift store/consignment shop monster, and whenever I go with her, even to the Goodwill, I find fantastic suits and office wear (although frequently for small people), sometimes never worn, sometimes incredibly expensive (when new) suits from bygone eras when women were built a little differently (and expensive designer-y things seem to fit me best). Plus...cheap and also ecologically sound!
RBOC: Shopping edition
I often think that it's a good idea to go shopping by oneself. This was confirmed today when, within 15 minutes of arriving at the mall, I witnessed one toddler meltdown (a little boy was screaming at the top of his lungs that he HAD to take his shoes off, which mom wouldn't allow. I felt bad -...
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