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Weekend Edition: 9-5

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Col. Andrea Thompson, a Harrisburg native, is now senior intelligence officer to Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, and is blogging about her experience. (HT Joel.)

Interweb Stuff I Liked This Week

Why Gen-Y Johnny Can’t Read Nonverbal Cues (Via.)

Bookish Linkage

I love the message to book banners in […]

Weekend Edition: 8-29

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The Progressive, a magazine I’ve subscribed to off and on for more than 20 years, is in dire need of funds. You can make a tax-deductibe donation here. While you’re at it, go ahead and subscribe.

Blog Headline of the Week

Man firing at dragonflies shoots buddy in the head.

Interweb Stuff I […]

Friday Follies 1.11

Epitomizing the saw, “can’t take a joke,” woman sues her daughter-in-law, a professional comedian, for spreading false, defamatory and racist lies with in-law jokes. (Via.)

On the other hand, lawyer jokes “are OK” if you’re worried about getting sued. (Via.)

A good corollary to don’t drink and drive: don’t get tanked and tweet.

We […]

Weekend Edition: 8-22

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Reporter Bob Mercer (one of the best) has started a “South Dakota Government blog” called Pure Pierre Politics. It has been accordingly added to the blogroll. (HT PP.)

A blog to which I contributed this year — Notable Books — has received a nomination for Best Literary Blog for Book Blogger Appreciation Week. […]

Friday Follies 1.10

I’m sorry, but putting a library book in “a back room where it is held under lock and key and can be seen only by appointment,” is the equivalent of banning it.

Hmmm, for some odd reason both law professors and well known lawyers seem somewhat taken aback by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s […]