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If I ever decide I want a car, I'll mention that I like to take public transit because it's good for the environment ( Read more... ) -
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One of our biggest online journal resources, Hein Online, is shit right now. We've donated or discarded nearly all of our journals because we can access them through this resource, and as of a couple of months ago suddenly we can't access half of the articles we're supposed to have access to through them because of deals with the publishers ( Read more... ) -
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Recent testing has revealed that both of the anti-seizure medications I'm on increase LDL levels and show other markers of increasing heart disease. Here's the link, if you're curious: http://tinyurl.com/ldhekhzRead more... ) -
It's a rash of posts. Amazing, right?
So one of my coworkers has a second job doing field work studying bugs, and since I'm interested, it's got me finding all sorts of nifty things about insects.
I need a place to store bug links now.
bugshutterbug.com (nifty bug pictures)
bugguide.net (what it says it is)
Phylo (a card game including flora, fauna, habitats, and more. it's totally ( Read more... ) -
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Can I just say that the word "niggardly" bugs me? I'm an English major who's excessively fond of her thesaurus, but I'd prefer that "niggardly" disappears from our language, based on the connotations for even those people who don't know the meaning of the word. To me, using that word is much like calling something "gay" or "retarded ( Read more... ) -
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I write the Sunday posts for the Ross-Blakley Law Library Blog. I'm trying to make a point of always posting something a little off the wall and hopefully kind of funny that's still law-related.
Since I'm constantly looking for ideas, I'm opening the board for suggestions (note that I need to stay fairly neutral politically), and I'm also making ( Read more... ) -
Bra Size Snobbery
I'm looking around on ModCloth (why are all their clothes too small? Must diet!*), and every time I read a review of someone who says they have a 27 inch waist and wear a 34A bra, I die a little inside ( Read more... ) -
How I feel about religion: A general perspective
Religion can be both very uplifting and very dangerous.
For some people it gives meaning to their lives, helps them through troubled times, provides a loving community who will celebrate the joys and comfort them through the sorrows. It teaches some people to be kinder to others, and teaches empathy.
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TIL
Today I Learned that Margaret Hamilton, the actress who played the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz, campaigned for children and animal rights. Sounds to me like her biography probably inspired Wicked. -
What I won't post on our company blog
It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's a...Superhero themed karoke bar?
Yes, a superhero themed karaoke bar, by a young ex-lawyer by the name of Andrew Lebwohl who is hoping to create a bar franchise that will grow from its opening in New Haven, Connecticut to other college towns. As interesting as that sounds (and as a nerdy singer, I definitely find ( Read more... )