Fresh Entertainment

A recent issue of Field & Stream offers this charming Reader Tip: For a really convenient waxworm dispenser when I’m ice fishing, I keep them in a Tic Tac container. The case probably holds about 30 waxworms. Plus, it’s easy to open and shake out one worm at a time without having to take off [...]

Tell me about yourself

The Fall term may be winding down (I teach my last class on Monday), but there is no slackening of activity at the law school. After the Thanksgiving break, while the students run the gauntlet of final exams, we will play host to several very promising faculty candidates. Now, thanks to Jeffrey Harrison, I’ve got [...]

My feeling exactly

(From xkcd)

FAIL

For those, like Tom, who don’t enjoy the cutesiness of LOLCATS, I recommend The FAIL Blog. Here’s a sample:

Flowers fade away and rooms get rearranged

I’ve been getting our garden in order, with vital assistance and encouragement from young Alfie. I’m very pleased with how it is turning out, and looking forward to tasting the fruits (and vegetables) of our labors.

This explains why I feel like crap

For the past few weeks, I’ve been astounded by the sheer volume of pollen everywhere, like a yellow blizzard that doesn’t melt away. I thought perhaps that my perspective was skewed after three years in relatively pollen-free San Francisco. But, it turns out that Greensboro really does have it worse than nearly everywhere else.

Happy Bicycle Day!

It was 65 years ago today, that Dr. Hoffman taught the world to play. Incidentally, Dr. Hoffman is still alive, and turned 102 earlier this year.

The truth shall set you free

Leonard Fein’s column in The Forward today caught my attention, not because of its substantive focus (the Clinton campaign’s ridiculous attempts to excuse Hillary Clinton’s fictional account of her Bosnia excursion as “misspeaking” or “mistaken remembrance”) but because of its opening paragraph: Harvard’s motto is “Veritas” — truth. The motto of Brandeis is “Truth Unto [...]

Cold, dead hands

Charlton Heston, whose memorable roles included Moses, Ben Hur, Michaelangelo, and NRA shill, has gone to the eternal chariot race in the sky. His gun is now ripe for the plucking.

The Spaghetti Growers of Ticino, Switzerland

Just in the nick of time, I was reminded of this classic April Fools prank.