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Spam keeps getting more clever - "final verification of email account" is as real as the african lottery

Posted on March 14, 2008
Most of my spam gets filtered away without a second glance except to see the ridiculousness of the subject lines. In this case, I've seen one that is pretty clever (and relatively new), but obviously fake. As with any other spam emails that ask for your username and password, use your common sense and delete it...

Kentucky tries to stop anonymity on the internet: good luck enforcing that one

Posted on March 11, 2008
Notwithstanding the unlikelihood that this sort of bill would ever pass a state legislature and be signed into law, lawmakers in Kentucky attempted to throw a punch at virtual bullies by requiring "anyone who contributes to a website to register their real name, address and e-mail address with that site...

Once again a celebrity death emphasizes the need for estate planning

Posted on March 10, 2008
It's no wonder that estate planning/wills/trusts is such a lucrative practice for lawyers interested in it. While I can't speak to Australian law, I would think that its premises regarding "unborn heirs" is consistently the same as in New York or any other state for that matter...

Why Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, and Virginia are, almost atypically, the key to this election - some final thoughts about the 2008 election

Posted on March 09, 2008
Let's talk about numbers. It takes 270 points to win the presidential election. Bigger states have more points, but in the end, it's just a numbers game. So who has the easiest road to get to 270? My research, explained below, suggests that Obama can easily get to 270 against McCain, whereas Clinton can, but it will certainly be a harder battle, in over a dozen states, and if the Dems still want to try and duke out Florida and Michigan, the money is probably going to become a bigger issue in the next couple months...

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Finally this election nonsense will be over (hopefully)

Posted on March 04, 2008
I was joking with one of the other clerks that maybe tomorrow the news will have something other to talk about besides who will win the primaries. The response? Perhaps, but then the next few months will be speculation about who will be the VP and who should win between the R's and the D's...

Some facts you need to know about NY and a top 10 list of interviewing tips

Posted on March 04, 2008
Apparently, some of the questions asked during the interview prior to the NY bar swearing in ceremony are quite unceremonious. The best one I heard about started off with the interviewer asking whether they understood that the NY court system is opposite that of nearly everywhere else, mainly because the trial court is the "supreme court" and has "justices" whereas the highest court is the "court of appeals" and has "judges...

Chinese takeout at the airport: A safe bet except at DFW

Posted on March 03, 2008
After a brief hiatus to the middle part of the country, I have returned reinvigorated to the east coast for the remainder of the six months I have left in my clerkship (entry about that to come later this week). There is much to write about, however, I will need to gather my thoughts for dramatic effect and more cohesive commentary...

Attorney frustration

Posted on February 26, 2008
Sometimes, and without tipping any cards or hands, I read some of these attorney briefs and wonder what are these people thinking? Granted, while some, if not a majority of the briefs we receive are written very well, every so often we get some that make me wonder how these attorneys can, with a straight face, argue that Case X says Y (when it clearly says Z)...

Myspace friend request violates protective order

Posted on February 24, 2008
This was a pretty neat news snippet I saw the other day. In an interesting case that is sure to cause Family Courts around the country to start giving this issue some thought, a New York judge recently decided that a Myspace "friend request" could violate a TRO or temporary restraining/protection order...

Frozen in Time Prank

Posted on February 24, 2008
I heard about this the other day and the prank, if that's really what you can call it, is visually impressive. Basically a large group of 200+ people walked into Grand Central Station and decided to "freeze" themselves in place for five minutes. As you can see by the videos, the effect is pretty neat...

Opinions left and right

Posted on February 22, 2008
I've been pretty busy working on several things lately. One I worked on recently even got mentioned in a major metropolitan newspaper, so that was a feather in the cap, so to speak. I still am gathering my thoughts now that I'm over the six month hump, so maybe I'll have time next week to pontificate about that...

Fun with Photoshop: Clinton/Obama photo contrast on Drudge today

Posted on February 20, 2008
Since part of my pre-law career path familiarized myself with the intricacies of Photoshop, I was somewhat surprised to see how the photo journalists who are editing their various candidate photos have continued to push a less than neutral agenda to the internet public and, through a simple edit, turned what was probably an ordinary photo of Clinton into something that looks like something out of the American Idol rejection pile...

Phillies Pitcher Punk'd: Ashton Kutcher files suit for copyright infringement

Posted on February 18, 2008
The internet news report tells of a horseplay practical joke that is sure to raise legal eyebrows involving copyrighted materials, trademark infringement, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Apparently, spring training has reached a fever pitch for the Phillies pitching staff as the right handers have aligned against the southpaws and orchestrated an elaborate prank against Phillies pitcher Kyle Kendrick...

A review of news reveals who the news currently favors: Obama v. McCain

Posted on February 17, 2008
A week ago, I said I would keep track of news headlines from the major news organizations and see if there is any sort of pattern which could prove my hypothesis whether the media is in fact biased, and if so, for whom? My answer, at least as it is based on my notes of the headlines (pasted below), is that most of the major news organizations are prone to write with pro-Democrat headlines and, in part because the momentum is on Obama's side right now, are either pro-Obama or against-Hillary...

All this call for change - aren't the candidates capable of doing this now as senators?

Posted on February 14, 2008
The other night on one of the channels, I heard Former Speaker Newt Gingrich remark that any of the three candidates could walk the walk right now in Congress in their positions as Senators. Of course, since Obama and Clinton are far junior to McCain, he implied that really only McCain could gain from this, and in reality, probably had more to lose by trying...

Jericho returns tonight

Posted on February 12, 2008
Although the writers strike has left me watching very few shows, one that will be watched by me (live tonight, and in most other cases, probably on the internet because 10 is past my bedtime) is Jericho. As I pointed out last year, this show has some interesting points, and since I've invested so much time into so far, I figure why not go for eight more episodes and see how it ends...

How quickly the news reports

Posted on February 12, 2008
As I mentioned a few days ago, I'm saving my results based on my online news reporting article until Sunday. In checking out tonight's headlines, however, I saw that the VA polls closed at 7. Since it's a little after 7 now, I figured that it would take a few minutes (at least) before a "winner" could be reported...

Price of stamps going up again? Don't run out and buy liberty stamps just yet

Posted on February 11, 2008
Once again, the price of stamps is going up, which will cause a lot of grumbling at the 1 cent stamp line, but is really not that big a deal (not that I'm not complaining about it). See Stamps to Cost a Penny More. It hasn't even been a year since they went up to 41 cents...

Media momentum and all eyes are on Clinton

Posted on February 10, 2008
I don't think it's any secret that the media is pretty biased (or at least my perception of them is pretty biased). Since I'm always trying to stay informed, I've been struggling lately with the media, much to the point that I'm about ready to disconnect my cable and rely solely on the internet and online television media (for the few remaining shows I watch anymore)...

Chinese democracy? Maybe in 2009 - athletes conform, or else

Posted on February 10, 2008
Just a quick note since I'm in the middle of finishing up a major brief reading session and needed a quick internet fix. I'll save my comments for the 2008 Beijing Olympics for when they get closer, but I saw on the Drudge wire that the Chinese government has required athletes not to comment about the Chinese society while they are over there...

ebay seller fees

Posted on February 10, 2008
Because I really only have time to use ebay in the summer (and starting even earlier this year because my pmbr and barbri books have nearly gathered enough dust in my room), I haven't had time to digest the change of fees/feedback process that CNN has been reporting about...

Supreme Court candidates

Posted on February 09, 2008
I saw on WSJ online that there is already talk about the new makeup of the Supreme Court depending on who the next president is. See McCain and the Supreme Court. See also The Supreme Court and Public Opinion: Will They Soon Diverge, if a Democrat is Elected...

First Pete, then Repeat - Or When the steam of a campaign pot started boiling way earlier than expected

Posted on February 08, 2008
I saw just now that the media tide against Clinton has turned even further as now the Washington Post agrees with my earlier prediction that the Republican machine will fare far better against Hillary than against Obama. See George F. Will, Democrats Living Dangerously: Early Voting Insanity and a GOP Gift...

Nebraska Supreme Court weighs in on death penalty - so long old sparky

Posted on February 08, 2008
The Supreme Court of Nebraska, in an convoluted state constitutional grounds argument, has given the United States Supreme Court some more secondary sources to churn through in their current death penalty case. See Nebraska Court Bans the Electric Chair...

ABC's Eli Stone thoughts - this show sucks and don't waste your time

Posted on February 07, 2008
I haven't seen more than 15 minutes of this show Eli Stone, but that is plenty enough to say that I can't really keep watching it - the premise is okay, barely, but I just can't suspend disbelief that a first year associate would be allowed to say anything in a meeting, let alone speak over a senior associate during a settlement negotiation...

New car gets 300 mpg...for $30,000

Posted on February 07, 2008
There are several things that I saw on the news today - this little piece is the most interesting and I can save the others to discuss either after Lost or sometime over the weekend. On the radio this morning, I heard that a car is slated to come out next year that gets a whopping 300 MPG for a little more than a luxury sedan cost of $30,000...

As predicted, Super Tuesday results in a super disappointment depending on who you talk to

Posted on February 06, 2008
I see that the Washington Times has picked up on a comment that was discussed briefly a few weeks ago in response to my post about a theoretically united Democratic ticket consisting of Obama-Clinton or Clinton-Obama. See Hillary the Lesser Threat to McCain...

All this election coverage reminds me of one of the greatest Simpson's quotes ever

Posted on February 05, 2008
As Marty McFly said in Back to the Future, "this is an oldie but a goodie." The incessant election coverage tonight reminded me of a great Simpsons quote (from Treehouse of Horror VII):Homer: America, take a good look at your beloved candidates. They're nothing but hideous space reptiles...

Superbowl nearly a super disappointment

Posted on February 04, 2008
A couple thoughts and then I have to work on an opinion. Well, for 56 minutes or so, last night's game was quite possibly the most boring one ever. And, in a span of about 50 seconds, the Giants relegated the Patriots to a footnote in football history and left Miami as the only truly undefeated team in football history...

LSAT correlation with law school performance and legal work = zero

Posted on February 04, 2008
One of my friends from high school has decided that law school may be worth the effort, despite my suggestions that he give it considerable consideration. Nevertheless, he told me a bit about his LSAT experience this past weekend, which brought up some humorous memories...

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