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Friday evening marginalia

As continuing work on one of the most significant S.D. Supreme Court briefs I’ve done in years (or ever) has kept my attention all week, here’s a few recent odds and ends as I settle in to watch UM-UND hockey on the tube:

Among the things falling victim to work was an intended post on […]

Snowy Saturday marginalia

As I sit listening to and watching the snow/sleet, I keep thinking how nice a retirement condo in Kona would be. Still, there is something to be said about a snowy day, a real wood fireplace and some magazines and a book sitting next to your coffee cup. Those distractions lead to a threefer:

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Mostly bookish catch up marginalia

OMG, is Opus gay ?!?!? ( Via .) Although it only slightly reduces the withdrawal pain, Not The Daily Show sheds light on the core issue in the television writer’s strike. There’s also, of course, a Colbert retort . Whether it’s further evidence for my illiterati status or that I should discontinue by NYT […]

Belated bookish marginalia

I intended to post most of this over the weekend but, proving once again that sometimes procrastination is for the best, the first two items are from today.

Amazon announces its long-awaited Kindle, “a wireless, portable reading device with instant access to more than 90,000 books, blogs, magazines, and newspapers.” List price? $399.00. Me? I’ll […]

Word of the year?

Oxford University Press USA, the publishers of the New Oxford American Dictionary has announced its word of the year: locavore. Either I am not green enough or trendy enough as I’ve never heard of the word. Locavores are those who try to buy locally grown ingredients and foot products.

Perhaps proving once again the failings […]