Okay, but I really did want that sandwich.

Sorry, Pluribus. But somebody in the hive would know that the accent is on the last syllable of Guaraní.

Moses introducing the first sans-seraph font.

A controversial opinion I can’t shake is that a law firm should have a style guide. My 1st firm had one. (To be clear, it was bananas on a bicycle, but it existed.) Got to my 2d firm & asked for the style guide. Them: “Just ask the partner for their preferences.” Me: “Oh. So … chaos??!!”

Impeach.

I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time *the United States* decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot%E...

Grandma: “What can I get [9yo] for his birthday. I know he likes those *critters.” *by “critters” she means Pokemon.

Happy Soundgarden Induction Day to all who celebrate. 🤘🤘🤘 variety.com/2025/music/n...

What you have to appreciate, is that a lot of people are just really dense.

Did People Talking to Me in the Elevator Ruin the Workplace?

What if the sandwich case fails cuz they can’t figure out what a sandwich is? If that happens, my work on the internet will be done and I will ascend to the Lords of Kobol.

Ain’t no rule says a dog can’t play basketball.

Backyard trail cam caught this unusually large squirrel.

Me writing my AI evaluation: “I use AI everyday.” Me using AI at work: “Alexa play Radiohead.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Swim meet listening take: I wonder what it was like to be a middling rock drummer in 1969 and hearing John Bonham drumming on Good Times Bad (Zeppelins first album track 1) for the first time. Like, what is even going on? youtu.be/72-lEUalI9c?...

Hypothesis: Companies claiming layoffs are driven by newly discovered AI-related efficiencies are mostly using vague claims about AI as cover for layoffs driven by market conditions (or bad management).

“…of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying obsequious court to the people, commencing demagogues and ending tyrants.” —Federalist No. 1 (Hamilton)

The important thing is that, when a disagreement arises, there are clear dispute resolution procedures.

I dreamt last night that I had to speak at an academic conference, but had accidentally only packed a disco-era wedding tuxedo with a very frilly tuxedo shirt & impractically huge collars. I decided it was less embarrassing to present without a shirt, so that’s what I did. DMs open psychoanalysts.

Saw this masterpiece on F*cebook. Wish they had actually cut an entire Halloween album.

I have been trying to read some books on monetary policy. Weirdos really confusing the algorithm. “I see you purchased Prof. Blinder’s Monetary & Fiscal History of the United States. You may also like Skippy McGee’s How the Illuminati Made the Fed to Give the Free Masons Access to Adr*nachrome.”

“…The falcon cannot hear the falconer…” (And this rough beast ain’t slouching nowhere until it goes potty.)

No seriously, do NOT tread on this guy.

I do feel bad about *torturing this puppy. *And by torturing I mean feeding him and placing him in a quiet safe place to take a nap. Dog unfortunately making torture noises, not nap noises.

You could make a very compelling Humane Society commercial using only images of my pampered, well fed dog sitting in crate after a warm bath administered by a large doofus (yours truly). Big dumb humans are apparently quite mean what with their stupid “no fecal matter in fur” rule.

I think puppy learned a valuable lesson this morning: If you don’t want to take a bath in the sink, you shouldn’t poop the bed.

Checking in on kid at the Laufey concert. Can’t be too careful.

Up late making sure I properly bluebooked this Soul Asylum quote.

Puppy: Evolved to howl and howl till it gets what it wants. Human: Evolved to invent noise canceling headphones. Humans 1, puppy 0.

Uh. Would this “teaching” be in written form? Cuz I can’t say as I like their chances.

I think this new puppy should just go to the bathroom in a specific place at a predictable time. Who’s with me?

New puppy has discovered arch nemesis.

Thomas Endicott on nonsense in jurisprudence: “the first lesson of jurisprudence is not to dismiss obviously wrong or nonsensical claims …. Instead, it is worth asking what new emphasis or neglected insight a theorist is embellishing with absurdity. Nonsense in legal theory deserves lenience….” 1/

Was listening to Rage Against the Machine today when I picked my kid up from her orchestra thingy and she gets in the car and says, “Hm. B-minor. An underrated key.”

Well yes, Brooks Brothers, this style does not look like it requires a lot of effort.

I don’t need your woke sustainable methods to to extract potassium from K-feldspar! (Also, I’m not a doctor. I’m just a lawyer who is really good at Mario Kart. Also, I don’t think I’ve ever read an engineering article from Academia. Other than that, spot on recommendation.)

Sunset out the window of kid’s water polo practice is maybe overdoing it. I mean, water polo is great, but calm down.

Give a deer a rose bush and they’ll eat for a day. Teach your deer kids to sneak into my yard and eat my rose bushes and they’ll, uh, keep doing that. (It’s fine. I like the deer more than the flowers.)

Assistant deans, by contrast, are fine.

Spoiler alert: It’s beans.

Listen, it’s not the London School of Naming Buildings.

Me (out for a run in London): “Hilarious they have to paint all these ‘Look Right’ signs for very, very stupid tourists.” Me (10 mins & 2 near death experiences later): “On the other hand, many brilliant, creative people have trouble following instructions. Did Galileo follow instructions?!”

Is there a UK equivalent of the Legal Bluebook? Don’t want to know how BB deals with UK citations. Need a source for UK legal citations for UK courts / parties.

This is just to say that Let Down is my favorite Radiohead song, so I’m glad the youths have discovered it. Let me know if you need any more 30-year-old song recs, youths. pitchfork.com/news/radiohe...

As I walk through the airports today, I see these kids that are just overburdened with midi-chlorian challenges….

This guy would prefer not to be trod upon.

If you throw a sandwich at a cop, the cop gets to throw a sandwich at you. That’s just sandwich law. (I think this maybe should not be a felony tho. I’m just one of these anti-incarceration-for-sandwich-based-offenses radicals you’ve been hearing about.)

Important life lesson: If you’re gonna trespass, be cute.

To quote Viceroy Nute Gunray: Now there are two of them.