I've really been wanting some sort of legal reference to Snoop Dogg and all the rage about shizzle-speak. Southern Appeal has kindly translated part of the blog into Snoop speak using the Shizzolator. Bonus points to the first use of shizzle-speak in a law review article!...

The front page of Slate today features The Economics of Spanking and The Many Varieties of Sodomy. Shortly below that is the headline for this week's diary feature - "We live in a pornocracy—everything has to be on a screen to be truly experienced." Is there something going on at Slate that I don't know about? Such silliness amuses me...

Those crazy folks at Berkeley's J-school have finally produced their weblog: bIPlog. I originally wrote about the venture here. They've done a fine job of summarizing recent intellectual property news, but have miles to go on the thought-provoking commentary front (What happened to the 750 word story assignments?). I think I would be happier if they just accepted providing fodder...

The first time the Fox News reporter said tonight that Alabama was close to the Maryland border, I thought either I misheard her or she was speaking too quickly and she got confused. Or at least I hoped that was the case. Unfortunately, she repeated the same statement an hour later! Alabama is close to Maryland like Massachusetts is close...

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's the use of the word "seen" in headlines. Why use this ridiculous addition when it can just as easily be omitted? Add the phrase "are said" to the list, too. I can understand the need to express hesitation or doubt. That's what "might" or "may be" are for. "Is seen" just sounds...

Berkeley's J-school will have students creating an intellectual property weblog in the fall. There's some interesting stuff to be considered here, like websites that want to prevent linking to anything but their homepage [deep linking], copyright, or even libel. Anyways, I can't see that journalists, even with a cursory introduction to intellectual property, will really get it right. Collecting mainstream...