Wednesday, January 19, 2005

Around the 'Net

James Lileks is boycotting Bath and Body Works for discontinuing Eucalyptus Spearmint. I'm thisclose to doing the same if they yank one more of my favorite scents. All it takes is another source for Body Butter. Maybe online from The Body Shop?

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Slashdot indicates that Google has found a way to stop comment spam. Yay!

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You know it's a slow news day when . . .

Woman Recognized as 10th Oldest in Iowa Dies.

Have fun with parody headlines in the comments.

Of course, nothing spices up slow news days like a good sex toy editorial.

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Matthew Yglesias points out that yesterday's flap about Harvard's Lawrence Summer's speech - which posited that genetic differences between men and women could be one reason there are fewer women in science - is a red herring. It has nothing to do with Harvard's affirmative action plan. I agree it's a red herring. But it doesn't negate my point: why not call him out on that, and on any and all flaws in the science he's using, rather than stifiling all debate on the subject? For my full rant go here.

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And, finally, the legal blogging:

Justice Rehnquist denies Michael Newdow's request for an injunction against the inaugeral prayers.



If you are a non-lawyer type and ever wonder what a law school exam looks like, go to this post on the Legal Underground by a Torts Professor Bill Childs. It's got links to his exam this year. I'm steering clear beyond this post - just skimming it brings on flashbacks.



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