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Oggling people of the same race together

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:04:53 -0400

On the one hand, it reinforces a distinct identity and people like to feel different. On the other hand, it reinforces a distinct identity where it isn’t all that distinct. The overarching negative is that other people are imposing an identity on you, where we all would like to be in control of how other people perceive us.

13. In what ways, if any, does having served as a state legislator influence your work as a judge?

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:33:56 -0400

“… it reinforced my reluctance to read much into legislative history, given the myriad reasons why legislators vote for a bill… . Along that line, my legislative experience has made me cautious about superimposing the court’s will for that of the people expressed through their duly elected representatives and executive.” - Circuit Judge Paul J. Kelly, Jr.

That seems mostly to point at a problem. Where there’s an ambiguity in the statute and legislative history is meaningless, we can’t ascertain the will of the people.

Dexter v. American Psycho

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:13:00 -0400

American Psycho seems to be a kind of farcical critique on society and what it turns us into whereas Dexter is about some dude that’s got this terrible attribute (he’s a serial killer) because of some random event when he was a kid and how he copes with it, and the consequences that flow from it. The serial killer thing can be extreme, but you could see it as a metaphor for any number of defects that a human being might have that would make someone feel “different” and that has negative practical consequences for those close to you.

American Psycho

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:56:59 -0400

I watched this movie a couple days ago. The ending (spoiler alert) was potentially a cop out. Here we’ve got some guy that’s a product of American materialistic neurosis, taken to the extreme, and they’ve created this plausible plot where the natural reaction is for this person to serially massacre people. But then, you’ve got this ending where they leave open whether or not he ever really did it at all or whether it was just all in his head. I get it, I suppose, that it ultimately doesn’t matter whether or not he did it, just that its plausible that he might, and maybe this uncertainty sets up the final existential monologue at the end (“this confession means nothing”) which was pretty decent I thought, but I couldn’t help but feel disappointed that this may have been all just one big dream that essentially puts him right where he was at the start of the movie.

Lil’ Wayne’s in a universe of his own. He’s like the fourth dimension of hip hop....

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:02:53 -0500

Lil’ Wayne’s in a universe of his own. He’s like the fourth dimension of hip hop. “Law is mind without reason. ……………..I’ll return,” Lil Wayne told fans on his Twitter page this morning.

He can certainly speak punjabi

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:28:00 -0500

He can certainly speak punjabi

Like walking on egg shells, but they got there eventually

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:13:00 -0500

Like walking on egg shells, but they got there eventually

“Lets say B gives A the money and then says, ‘but I’m going to sue you to get it...

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:21:40 -0500

“Lets say B gives A the money and then says, ‘but I’m going to sue you to get it back,’ then what?”

“Who would do that?”

“I don’t know… B?”

Pontification

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:46:14 -0500

It seems like all the “aha!” moments I have these days relate to time. I suppose it should be obvious, but we only live for a finite amount of time. I used to place a lot of importance on being smart, but after getting my ass whooped by people who I am by and large as smart as, I think what’s probably more important is how you use your time. There will always be a deadline and the ultimate deadline is our own mortality.

hehe

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:14:52 -0500

“Since I have for years taught the survey course on evidence at various of our local law schools and at continuing legal education programs, this is a matter to which I have given some thought,” wrote Chief Judge Young… . Judge Young identified three approaches: Inadvertent disclosure never forfeits the privilege, it always does, and it sometimes does.

I’ve seen this a few times, where a court will announce a new legal standard or rule or...

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:19:00 -0500

I’ve seen this a few times, where a court will announce a new legal standard or rule or something, but then be like, “well, because the defendant failed to raise an issue relevant to this new standard we’re not going to humor her claim.” Like, what’s up with that?

The Ice of Boston

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:03:56 -0500

I often feel like I don’t relate to white people, or anyone for that matter. But, listening to Ice of Boston by the Dismemberment Plan, I think, “that could be me.”

"After we warm up before a game, I gotta take a dump. It’s a huge benefit to release that gas you..."

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:03:16 -0500

“After we warm up before a game, I gotta take a dump. It’s a huge benefit to release that gas you don’t need. The facilities are beautiful. We’re spoiled. If I get a good one, I know I’m gonna score two touchdowns.”

- Leon Washington, running back for the New York Jets via Poplicks.com (via smalter)

Smalter once asked me before an exam whether I had taken a dump. At the time I thought it was because we were out of toilet paper and he wanted me to go get more, but now I wonder if maybe he was sharing with me his secret to success.

http://www.zara.com/

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:03:01 -0500

http://www.zara.com/:

worst.

site.

ever.

I blend in with the hood, i’m camouflage

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:26:54 -0500

I blend in with the hood, i’m camouflage

“Urination is an excretory function traditionally shielded by great privacy” I’m...

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:25:00 -0500

“Urination is an excretory function traditionally shielded by great privacy”

I’m pretty sure people arguing against random drug testing in schools aren’t griping about having to be monitored while they pee, but I suppose you have to cover all bases as a judge.

“They don’t compromise their brand,” Dash said admiringly.

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:49:13 -0500

“They don’t compromise their brand,” Dash said admiringly.

Woods Taking ‘Indefinite Break’ From Golf

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:47:22 -0500

Woods Taking ‘Indefinite Break’ From Golf:

Hehe, that’s pretty funny. Few people are afforded the opportunity to quit their job to get their personal life in order. For us normal folk, we have to do all of this at the same time. Its like being rich and famous also makes you sad and pathetic.

azizisbored: Dave Sitek and I are working on a mixtape...

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:38:54 -0500

azizisbored:

Dave Sitek and I are working on a mixtape together. That’s all we’re saying for now, but if everything we have in mind comes together, I can promise three things:

1. Y’all ain’t ready.

2. Motherfuckers need to know.

3. Get yo’ shit.

Ok, you can read a little more info at Pitchfork…

woah, that’s the dude from TV on the Radio producing this

“I make no finding about the subjective good faith of the SLC members, both of whom are...

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:15:00 -0500

“I make no finding about the subjective good faith of the SLC members, both of whom are distinguished academics at one of this nation’s most prestigious institutions of higher learning.” - Delaware Vice Chancellor Strine

This statement seems to suggest that being a distinguished academic at a prestigious institution carries with it a presumption of subjective good faith and it comes from a pretty influential judge. Sometimes I think that people who are intensely focused on their profession pour all of their energy into it to redeem themselves of their otherwise flawed social selves. This would flip that presumption, particularly where the good faith in question, as in this case, is due to the “thickness’ of the social and institutional connections.”