The class has slowly deteriorated… Jill is harsh. Professor Y: “Those you in the class with kids! What if your kid was 15 and wanted to marry a 48-year-old guitar teacher. What would you do?” Jill: “All girls boarding school!” Professor Y: “Where they beat them?& ...

A 1994 Chevy Suburban driven by Dennis Johnson, 47, of Snohomish, was traveling northbound on Highway 303 near Ridgetop Blvd when it crossed the meridian into the southbound lanes into oncoming traffic. That’s when it collided head-on with a 2001 Hyandai Accent driven by a 22-year-old pregnant Breme ...

The title of this post is the headline of , which effectively reviews the robust legal and policy debates over whether restitution orders should be a big part of federal child porn sentencing proceedings.  Here are excerpts: this new AP piece The issue of criminal restitution in child porn ...

The law school building contains brilliant people, but has the aesthetic appeal of a leaky basement. This is why so many of us sneak over to the business school, which has windows and a full-service Starbucks. Behold: Usually the view is great, but today’s snowstorm makes the usual view of Downtown ...

 Federal Minister Penny Wong had no problem last week releasing a copy of New Department of Climate Change analysis of the Opposition climate change policy, in a succinct two pages, and drawing attention in a media release to the fact the policy would increase emissions by 13%. Its probabl ...

Note: Best Week Ever (BWE) is a summary of the prior week. So how does a three school week feel? This sums it up: I had two oral arguments on Monday. My moot court section has an odd number of students, so I volunteered to argue off-brief. It was slightly awkward waltzing in and arguing [...]

These are the songs that made me shimmy and shake these past two weeks: “Take it In” – Hot chip “Imma Be” – Black Eyed Peas “Something is not right with me” – Cold War Kids “Video Phone” – Beyonce ft. Lady Gaga “Why don’t you love me?” – Beyonce “Squeeze me” – Kraak & Smaak ft. Ben Westbeech “T ...

It is 5pm. I don’t want to go out, but I have to. I already RSVPed for the Outlaw happy hour and told people I would be there, so my presence is mandatory in that “don’t be flighty” sort of way. I shower and have a sing-a-long with the dogs. After I perform Hot Chip’s “take it in” [...]

Dennis Hopper is reportedly dying of prostate cancer. But friends say that he is holding onto life until he can do just one more thing – divorce his wife. The star of Easy Rider and other Hollywood hits once lavished his wife, Victoria Duffy, with expensive gifts, including a ranch, artwork, and exp ...

Getting the dogs to stay still with Nathan was a pain, but here was the best we could do: The “couch with dogs” photograph is now mandatory for all of my guests. You’re on notice. See also: Sneaking into my bed The dorm rooms Bemidji Revisited Choices