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Entries from June 2008

10 (million) things I hate about Bar/Bri and bar reviewing

July 26th, 2008 · 3 Comments

This post is inspired by another similarly situated law graduate’s rant about the various stupid things people in our practice questions do on a regular basis. Probably not so funny for people not studying for the bar, but hilarious to my friends and me.
Onward to my own list, which shall enlighten you in various unexpected [...]

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Tags: Law · School

Fed court to FCC: One second of Janet’s nipple not worth half a mil

July 21st, 2008 · No Comments

So today the FCC got the smack down on a large fine they imposed on CBS after the infamous “wardrobe malfunction” of the 2004 Superbowl. (I’m reviewing administrative law right now, so that’s my excuse for taking a few minutes to make this post).
Basically, a federal court decided that the FCC, a federal agency authorized [...]

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Tags: Broadcasting · Con Law · Free Speech · Law · School · Sports

Movie review: The Dark Knight

July 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Go. See. This. Now. You’ll even get a bonus! Trailer for the Watchmen, yeehaw.
Here are my top ten favorite moments from The Dark Knight and some thoughts on why people can’t handle how much it rules. Spoilers! DUH.

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Tags: Movies · Reviews

Out for two weeks or so

July 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Time for locked down bar study mode. I doubt I’ll be posting anything for a couple weeks. I do have a Batman ARG post in the works that may pop up. 
In the mean time, I command you to do two things. Go see The Dark Knight, and learn this dance.
Ciao!

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Skydiving woo!

July 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Getting ready to land, originally uploaded by Medopine.

On Sunday I went skydiving. My friends got a group together so I said what the heck. I’m not cool with heights normally. It was pretty awesome though. So here I am getting ready to land the parachute. Well actually the tandem instructor is landing it. I’m just [...]

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