Man buys car. Man agrees to pay car in 12 monthly installments, becoming immediately liable for the entire balance should he ever miss a payment. Man misses two consecutive payments and is sued for those payments; he loses and a judgment for those payments is enforced. Man misses his next payment. Lienholder sues, but abandons the case when he ( Read more... )

Uh.. ok.

http://nationalreview.com/comment/salerno200511071004.asp

Sat., Nov. 12., 12:00pm - The Game Preserve This will be the first of a series of unofficial L5R storyline tournaments, set in the sleepy, Imperially governed city of Sakimura. Each tournament will advance the story of the city, with the winners and top finishers getting to help determine how events resolve. While the storylines will be ( Read more... )

Radio discussion of "Dead at the Box Office" - http://chicagopublicradio.org/audio_library/hb_oct04.asp

Yo dude, turn your phone on!

Check it.

If you spend a lot of time at your computer and listen to progressive or trance, check it out. Even if everyone else in the library looks at you funny when you bob up and down in your seat.

I've been stressing about a memo I wrote a couple of weeks ago for Legal Research & Writing; the purpose was to analyze an Illinois self-defense statute and three binding precedents and determine whether our (fictitious) client would be able to avoid a murder/manslaughter conviction. Since the class is only graded on a pass/fail basis I'd been ( Read more... )

It looks like there is going to be a Lotus edition L5R tourney at the GP in Bloomington in the next few weeks. Drop me a note if you're interested, and let me know whether you'd prefer constructed or booster draft.

There should be some Lotus bugged promo cards for the winner(s).

Bestselling writers Neil Gaiman and Susanna Clarke talk with Salon about fairies, folk tales and fighting the tyranny of realism.

http://salon.com/books/int/2005/10/08/gaiman_clarke/index.html