Tropical Storm Ana is still far away and doesn't currently look like anything to panic about. The current forecast has a lot of uncertainty, mostly doesn't call for strengthening, and there are signs of shear (that's good). But it means we've entered the 'watch the forecast' season.
Only in Miami? UM Employees get a plastic surgery discount:
The Division of Plastic Surgery is offering Latisse, the FDA-approved eyelash grower, for $125 each, or two for $200. Also, facials are $45, and microdermabrasion treatments are $60 for UM employees. This offer is good through Friday, October 30.
I bet they're short of customers due to the Great Recession.
I’ve written my Torts class a note about my class policies and about how to read and study law. I’m reprinting it here because it may be of interest to other people about to start law school. I’m hiding it below the fold because it’s longer than the average blog posting, and I doubt many others will be interested.
Law students thinking of buying their textbooks online might want to consider this way of doing a bit of social activism at the same time:
California College Democrats launched Textbooks for Change, an innovative program that leverages the Amazon Associates Program, and thousands of student textbook purchases, into cash for California's Courage Campaign and their ongoing efforts to repeal Prop 8. By simply using the link on Textbooks for Change as the portal to Amazon and buying textbooks through the online merchant, approximately 7% of the purchase price goes to support ongoing efforts for marriage equality in California.
Of course, this only works if you support marriage equality….
I am on a jury duty again today. Posting will resume when possible.
Dan's first HuffPo column went online today, Our Fuzzy President Is About To Come Into Focus.
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