I hate my phone...it resets 30 minutes into a conference call... f#ck razrs.....

While it's not clear that the student didn't commit larceny or some destruction of property, the fact that this is being handled as a hate crime is ... incomprehensible ... to me.Student Arrested in Koran-in-Toilet Incid…

... that I lack words to describe my feelings about this. I will just say that Stephen Sondheim's musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, was a huge impact-or on my life, having seen it at a very early …

Researchers in the UK have all but debunked the theory that cell phone towers, or electronic interference, is making people physically ill. A recent study done by Britain's Health Protection Agency (HPA) said that they c…

Sign number one that I was in a Southern state: The restaurant hostesses always asked if I had a smoking preference.I'm back in D.C., safe and sound, but exhausted. I really wanted to take today off from work and probabl…

Harry Reid is ... not the brightest Senator (which is saying something) for a host of reasons, but this would surely cause more problems that it would solve. Further, students are brilliant and will circumvent any system…

...remixed to hell this summer. And yes, she is sampling Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' from 'Thriller':Update: Well before it was removed, it was Rihanna's new-ish single Don't Stop the Music.I'm almost concerned by the fa…

My undergraduate alma mater is eliminating varsity Lacrosse. Pfft. Offering varsity/scholarship teams in sports not often offered in the region in which it's located was a good way to increase diversity of the campus an…

So I'm finally getting around to reading the new provisions of the Solicitors' Code of Conduct 2007 which went effective on July 1. Their discrimination provision is unlike anything else here in the States for attorneys.…

Duke U. Says iPhones Are Messing Up Its Wireless NetworkDuke University administrators are big fans of the iPod. But their assessment of the iPhone, Apple's new attraction, is not as glowing: The cellphones seem to be wr…

Look, we're fine with Apple gloating about the security of OS X in their Mac vs. PC adverts. After all, we have yet to see a large-scale worm released into the Macintosh community. However, the fact that a worm hasn't be…

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'John Doe' Subpoenas Hit Another SnagJust weeks after a New Mexico judge told the Recording Industry Association of America it could not use “John Doe” subpoenas to identify a batch of campus song-swapping suspects, a Vi…

The Politico has created a star-chart / map to the blogosphere that's kind of nifty if you're into that type of thing: http://www.politico.com/blogosphere/

Sprint Cuts 1,000+ Customers For Excessive ComplainingJACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Hundreds of cell phone customers are being given the boot, accused of being too high maintenance. Sprint-Nextel is disconnecting more than 1,000…

... one of my peers made this pithy statement:"Never trust a Philosophy professor. Believe me. I was one. Most of these men and women think they are Moses/Plato/Foucault wrapped into one persona. But they live in such sp…

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If you're using the data connection, you won't receive calls. While most phones on AT&T's EDGE network will drop the data connection and notify you of the call (EDGE can't support both data and voice), the iPhone ju…