It seems that people really get fired up about silly little water bottles. There's been an unusual raft of comments left defending the sweet little Nalgene bottle. Let’s be clear, people. Nalgene bottles might be the perfect thing for camping and assorted other outdoor activities. The devotion slathered on them by mere law school (and undergraduate) students who – as...

This article* got me thinking. If you were to become a great public figure, what would you leave behind that people would point to as illustrative of your early thought? I think for most of us, it's all electronic. But there's something to be said about the personality embodied in the physical. It's somehow a lot more intimate than the...

Learned Foot (of open and notorious) wants to know what law school is really like. i want to compile a list of how the law school culture is in as many ABA approved law schools as possible. i believe that prospective first years would benefit from such a publication. i want submissions from regular students, not from any school-sponsored groups...

In the comments to my last post, Lane asks What do people use to read RSS feeds? And is it really better to read a blog's text stripped of all visual appeal? Well, those are two really big questions. Fortunately, there's an entire list of syndicated news readers. I really couldn't say authoritatively which are most popular, but I'm rather...

Uncharacteristically, I am about to give linking advice for your blog, rather than law school advice. Hopefully, it shan't be too painful. If you have a new blog, then you must publicize it. Email establish bloggers about your new blog. Try to have actual posts on your blog before you do this, because otherwise there is nothing to read. Make...

It has recently come to my attention that everyone is getting married (quite scary, really). I'll have to chalk up this phenomenon to summer associate salaries. After a few weeks of this massive cash influx (with a little outflow devoted to large-screen televisions, video games, and stereos), it seems that most of the boys have found a little room in...

Yes, I've been taking a bit of a blog vacation (yet still kicking my feet around in the dirt with Plainsman at drink me). Just a quick advisory -- if you're planning to take the August administration of the MPRE, you should register now before you miss the deadline (which is July 1). After that the $52 fee doubles! You...