February 2011
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January 2011
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D.C. United: I'm All In This Season
I’m excited for D.C. United this upcoming season. Although they are rebuilding and coming off of a few horrible and uncharacteristic seasons in a row, I believe the club is finally headed in the right direction. I like the hiring of Ben Olsen as the manager and they have great young talent in Andy Najar, Chris Pontius, Dax McCarty, and draft pick Perry Kitchen.
I remember going to see...
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Bradley's Villa Move Could Last →
Glad to see Michael Bradley make it to the Premier League and I hope he lights it up for Aston Villa.
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Torres to Chelsea?
The possible transfer of Fernando Torres to Chelsea is starting to seem more likely by the day. Fox Soccer is reporting that Chelsea is going to up their offer and Liverpool are definitely listening. I wonder why Liverpool would decide to let him go now? I thought the whole point of signing Suarez was to keep him around and provide him with a strike partner of his caliber.
This could not be...
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D.C. Cheap Eats Visit #1 - Taqueria Distrito...
Last night I visited Taqueria Distrito Federal for my first stop on my D.C. Cheap Eats tour and was not disappointed. I knew when I walked into the Columbia Heights restaurant that good food was being made there. Two servers greeted me with a menu and I saw two older Mexican ladies in the back cooking behind a service counter. The restaurant seating area just seemed like an extension of their...
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America's #1 New Sandwich (and it's from D.C.!) →
renanborelli:
It takes some chutzpa to reinvent what Endless Simmer has already called the best drunk food in America, but chef Kyle Bailey is not afraid. Named for its alleged creator, Luther Vandross, the original Luther sandwich consists of a bacon cheeseburger wedged between two halves of a…
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Westlaw > LexisNexis
Westlaw was down for a couple of hours earlier today and I was forced to use Lexis for a little while. I know this is a polarizing subject for law school students but I don’t understand why people prefer Lexis. One of the biggest advantages of Westlaw is the ability to download the actual reporter image. Also, in my opinion it is much faster and does not have all the unnecessary frills...
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Currently Listening To . . .
JJ - Into The Light by tacking
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Spading a monstrous Patent article in the library for the next ten days or so. Inputting parallel cites to the U.S.P.Q. = tedious.
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“The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation exemplifies hypertrophy in the...”
– Richard A. Posner, The Bluebook Blues, 120 Yale L.J. 850, 851 (2011).
BLASPHEMY! How will we admit students to journal or distract 1Ls from focusing on their doctrinal classes?
Find more information about this article at The Volokh Conspiracy.
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WatchHighlights from the aforementioned match between Manchester United and Blackpool today.
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“Whatever happens….man utd have heart of lions…never write us...”
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Rio Ferdinand, Manchester United center back, tweeting after MUFC roared back from 2 goals down to beat Blackpool 3-2 earlier today.
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New Belgium Brewing Is Coming to the DMV →
New Belgium Brewing, makers of Fat Tire, announced they will be expanding into D.C., MD, & VA starting this September. Fat Tire is one of my favorite beers and I could not be more excited.
Thanks to @chaddukes for the tip.
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RT @atlblog: Yeah, these law student emails are hilarious. EM RT @izzystwitta: @AdamDuerr omg lmao! RT @atlblog http://bit.ly/eRIqT4
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Here are two statements that I received from my...
Ha-ha, it’s funny because it’s true.
allievlawschool:
1. Fall semester grades will be posted later this afternoon. 2. The school has grief counselors on hand.
I urge you to consider the causal link (as I consider drinking a bottle of wine before I check my grades.)
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Justice Kagan's Recusal Issue Could Be Bigger Than...
I was taking Constitutional Law during Justice Kagan’s confirmation process and remember distinctly having a conversation with one of my classmates about Kagan’s recusal issue. Our discussion, however, was very broad and less novel as the one recently expressed by my Constitutional Law Professor Stephen Vladeck in a blog post titled “On Counting to Five (Without Justice...
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I seriously underestimated Legal Ethics and it’s ability to make my Tax class seem enthralling.
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The Knowledge Eater: Scalia, you crazy. →
theknowledgeeater:
I wanted to review our reading of District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) for Con Law and couldn’t help but think, Scalia, why do you contradict yourself?
Scalia preaches so often about textualism but then will suddenly find exceptions to reading the Constitution as it was written back in…
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My 5 Favorite Movies of 2010
1. INCEPTION
2. TRUE GRIT
3. THE SOCIAL NETWORK
4. CYRUS
5. HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
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Are Tottenham's Title Hopes Over After the MUFC...
philosofooty:
By Darshan Joshi, writing in Kuala Lumpur
A tilt at the title isn’t usually discredited in January, not least when the team that has meandered to the top of the standings have themselves dropped eighteen points over the course of 21 games (almost a point per game), but for one North London side, last night could have passed as Death’s sojourn to White Hart Lane.
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Watch
“Alright Tommy, this is seasons one through five of The Wire. I need you to watch all of this by tomorrow. It’s going to teach you everything you need to know about business, money, and power.”
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Kindle, iPad, & Law Reviews
A recent short post on The Volokh Conspiracy noted that the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy recently announced a Kindle edition. I think this could be a brilliant idea if it is done right. Specifically: (1) the reader looking for more information or doing research should be able to quickly link from the text to the footnotes; (2) the table of contents should be hyperlinked; (3) the...
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Cristiano Ronaldo tells Mario Balotelli to "talk... →
As a Manchester United fan it pains me every time I see Ronaldo wearing his Real Madrid kit but it’s hard to root against a player with so much skill, speed, and vision. Although he can be a showboat and is known for the occasional dive (http://bit.ly/Wo3TM), he has always seemed to respect his peers and never talk bigger than his game. Mario Balotelli, however, is the exact opposite. ...
The Sriracha Cookbook →
A couple of years ago I had a great meal in Philly at The Continental. It was a cheesesteak egg roll which was basically a deep-fried cheesesteak. The best part about it was the sriracha ketchup on the side. Now there is a cookbook centered around my favorite condiment. I need to get a hold of this.
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My Top 5 Albums of 2010
Music helps me to relax, focus, get pumped up, etc. The following five albums were my favorite albums that were released in 2010 for various different reasons.
#1) The Roots - How I Got Over
This album was by far my favorite and most-played album of the year. Mostly known for its single “Dear God 2.0” featuring the Monsters of Folk, How I Got Over offers track after track of...
“In this sad game of blame ping-pong between the right and left, it is...”
– J. Burke Miller, Law Student, Baltimore, Maryland … Great quote made by my good friend Burke today re the recent Tucson shootings. I couldn’t have said it better myself. No, seriously I couldn’t. You can follow Burke on Twitter at @jburkemiller.
“If you tell me the logic and screw-up the arithmetic you’ll be fine.” Tax prof #lawschool
Kanye West & Jay-Z’s single “H.A.M.” from their forthcoming album Watch the Throne - http://t.co/ubqYQNJ
Is #verizon carrying the iPhone going to screw all current users due to massive data traffic increase?
DNA exonerates innocent man jailed in TX since ‘79 w/ help from admirable DA Watkins - http://bit.ly/fsTatY #law
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