Yellow Ledbetter Exposed

For those Xers who have lived all these long years without being able to understand one of the more popular songs of our time, relief has come. We now know what Eddie was singing. Listen and enjoy.

yojoe

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$125 free money!!! Attorney fired??? Zounds!!! A BAR/BRI Class Action update.

I took the Bar/Bri Bar Review course, as do far too many attorneys-to-be. Simply put, it costs far too much for what amounts to mere force-fed rote memorization of masses of answers to multiple choice questions.
As you likely know, there’s a settlement out there negotiated between the firm representing the class, McGuireWoods, and [...]

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Avandia, Incompetent Lawyers, and the New Science: Medicine (and the Law?) makes strides thanks to Google

Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal reported on the alarming news about the diabetes drug Avandia, which places users at a 43% increased risk of suffering a heart attack. I have a close relative on the drug, so it’s of immediate concern to me. More about the Avandia news here.
Dr. Steven Nissen of the Cleveland [...]

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Brief blogging hiatus: 360 Elite Review forecast

Just a quick note: I’ve been out finishing teaching my law school class, hearing the students’ presentations, and family vacationing. The 360 Elite review is in preparation and y’all can expect it post-haste.
Lime

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The Dark Knight: A Not-so-Funny Joker

The Joker in the new film The Dark Knight is not the fun-loving comical version portrayed by Jack Nicholson. Just from his looks, one can tell that this will be a very different character. The Joker will be played by Heath Ledger.

The Joker, in all his glory (aka, Heath Ledger)
Also making an [...]

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May 07 Xbox 360 Dashboard Update Confirmed: 0200 PST on Wednesday, 9 May

After a long and baited breath, the goods: Xbox Live’s Major Nelson has confirmed that the Dashboard update rolls out 0200 PST on Wednesday, 9 May.  That’s tomorrow.  Crackberry-like constant access with the family, friends, and non-gaming world is finally here.  (Egads!)
The Xbox Press Release is here.
My previous post re the update is here.
HL

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Psychoanalyizing Personal Space in Virtual Worlds

Fascinating video over at NPR’s Bryant Park Project. Apparently the rules of personal space apply equally in virtual worlds like Second Life. First we have motions toward taxing “virtual property” in virtual worlds, and now we have psychologists devoting at least some of their (very likely taxpayer funded) time to studying the dynamics [...]

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Looking for the Sheet Music for Windows Vista?

A cocked eyebrow and incredulous expression would be the appropriate response to that question, and before you can say “ludicrous queriosity, Batman!,” here’s the goods:

April 24th, 2007, Microsoft in Australia filed a trademark application for the above Windows Vista startup tune (same as the U.S tune we all have little choice but to tolerate, know [...]

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Global warming = super-allergies? U.S.Dept of Ag thinks so.

Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal reports on scientific studies suggesting strongly that the increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere results in hardier, larger, and more potent allergens from allergy-inducing vegetation. For the 35 million people in the U.S. that suffer nasal allergies, none of this is good news.

Giant Ragweed

Dr. Lewis Ziska of the [...]

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Yojoe’s Book Review: World War Z

The book is World War Z. The story is about how the human race almost came to meet its demise.

If Tom Clancy were to do a book about zombies, it would be much like this. This book, however, was penned by the son of Mel Brooks, the man behind Spaceballs–and the heritage is sometimes apparent.

The [...]

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Xbox 360 Elite Review forthcoming…

 
 
 

 
Work has prevented a more timely post, but this past Sunday, the 29th, I did in fact cave to my more frivolous urges, stand in line at about 10:00 AM, in order to purchase one of these babies at 11:00 AM at the local Gamestop. Review forthcoming. I realize there’s much brouhaha about [...]

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GYM GYM WEIGHTSOLUTION! (Break it down!)

When I lived in Japan, one of the thrills of the weekend (cheap thrills, to be sure) was to go to the local Japanese video arcade and see the throngs of Japanese teens dancing “Padda Padda,” as I recall the game was called, or as we call it here, “Dance Dance Revolution.” [...]

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SCOTUS turns down Hamdan and Khadr Cert petitions

[UPDATE: 29 June 07, SCOTUS reconsidered and reversed itself, granting cert in the Hamdan case. Story HERE.]
Have been busy at work and unable to post, but the news keeps coming.
If you haven’t seen, SCOTUS this past Monday turned down both the Hamdan and Khadr certiorari petitions (Hamdan v. Gates/Khadr v. Bush (06-1169)). [...]

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Joan Ba-who?

On 28 April 2007, John Mellencamp performed for recovering servicemembers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Allegedly missing from the show was Joan Baez, who clams she was disinvited by Army officials. Without addressing the politics of having an avowed anti-war activist and member of a delegation that visitied [...]

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