There are still several hours in the tax year. It may be too late to emulate my brother and acquire that extra two-legged tax deduction, but it’s not too late to make charitable donations online via Network for Good.
We particular favor Ashoka, Daily Bread Food Bank of Miami, EPIC, Human Rights First (formerly the Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights), and the University of Miami H.O.P.E. program (student public interest programs), but there are so many good causes to choose from.
BlogAfrica has a ten question news quiz on Africa in 2005. Fortunately, they’re much easier graders than I am: 60% is a passing score — and I just squeaked in.
Via Concurring Opinions, this marvelous piece of refried boilerplate from the AALS Section on Contracts:
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This web site is a forum for the exchange of information and points of view. Opinions expressed here are not necessarily those of the Section on Contracts or of the Association of American Law Schools, which when you think about it are really only reified abstractions that have no independent existence and therefore cant really have any “opinions” about anything at all, so were not sure why we have to say this. All statements herein are the sole responsibility of the authors, except for any that are inaccurate, irresponsible, tasteless, or actionable, which are solely the responsibility of student editorial assistants who are working as independent contractors and for whom we will accept absolutely no responsibility whatsoever. There are no warranties, either express or implied, for the use of this site. Nothing on this site should be taken as legal advice, since only an idiot would take free legal advice on an important issue from the casual musings of a law professor instead of paying a practicing lawyer who actually knows the law of the jurisdiction you’re in. Any disputes arising as a result of your use of this site shall be decided by arbitration under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce in Japan, unless you happen to be somewhere in or near Japan, in which case it shall be decided in Belgium. Your reading of this provision signifies your assent to all its terms.
Perhaps this is a good time to refer readers to my own personal web site disclaimer? (Reprinted below for your convenience.)
They claim that no one can play Strange Attractors without laughing at least once. I believe it.
This game uses only one control, the space bar, which turns gravity on when you press it. Weird, silly fun.
My boys have their first male cousin: Max Fitzgerald Froomkin. Born last night, the large economy size.
Both Dan and Paige are doing well.
The debate over blog wonkery reminded me of a joke my dad told me, probably back in the good old days of the Nixon administration.
Q: Whats the difference between Democrats and Republicans when it comes to research?
A: Democrats believe in research. They go out and commission the best experts they can find to advise them, then read the results. But when the results dont agree with their plans, they just file the report. And then they go do what they were going to do anyway.
Republicans dont believe in research. They skip straight to the last step.
Jotwell Blenderlaw