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Weekend Edition: 4-30

Bulletin Board

The South Dakota Humanities Council has announced the lineup for the 2011 South Dakota Festival of Books. The Festival is October 7-9 in Deadwood.

Bookish Linkage

The South Humanities Council is working with Penguin Books to produce a special edition of this year’s One Book South Dakota, The Journey of Crazy Horse: A […]

Friday Follies 3.10

Shortest (and best????) deposition ever?

A homeless woman has been charged with a felony theft for allegedly lying about her address to get her son into a better school. (via)

People who sued themselves.

A Mississippi county judge has been suspended for 90 days after telling a woman he would “fix” the fine he gave […]

Weekend Edition: 4-23

Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes

What cannabis actually does to your brain (“That’s right – smoking a joint creates the effect of temporary brain damage.”)

The Science of Why We Don’t Believe Science (“…we have other important goals besides accuracy—including identity affirmation and protecting one’s sense of self—and often those make us highly […]

Weekend Edition: 4-16

Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes

9 Things The Rich Don’t Want You To Know About Taxes (“As millions of Americans prepare to file their annual taxes, they do so in an environment of media-perpetuated tax myths.”) (via)

Bookish Linkage

It’s nice to see I’m not the only one who doesn’t get the fascination with […]

Weekend Edition: 4-9

Bulletin Board

Tomorrow is the start of National Library Week and, therefore, South Dakota Library Week. Among other things, the local library is arranging a Blind Date with a Book.

Frozen Four Notes

Attending my third Frozen Four in nine years. This year I’m sitting less than 10 feet from Barry Melrose and the rest […]