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Is our Children Learning?
"Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?" -- W. in Florence, S.C., Jan. 11, 2000
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UA Football Player Shot: Can He Play?
An Alabama football player, Brandon Deaderick, was shot last night in an attempted robbery. He's expected to fully recover, and he was released from DCH medical center today.Football fans are freaking...
View ArticleSenioritis
I've just been relaxing and enjoying this -- the last senior year of my life -- senior year of everything. It's very likely that I'll never, ever be in school again, so why not enjoy it while it's...
View ArticleAutographing
Patrick Fisher is a Facebook friend who helped out a lot on the grammar book, which comes out September 29th. In return for his help, I promised a signed copy of the book. He just sent me this Facebook...
View ArticleOh, Emails
Favorite mass email of the day, from a guy who lost the power cord to his computer:"Bring it to me and I'll teach you ALL the Rush lyrics I know."Tempting to you?
View ArticleFacebook-Friending Professors
As my friend Bud, who has a blog about FSU football with a huge following over at Tomahawk Nation, observed recently: "Blogging isn't hard, but being consistent is." Very true. As I work on my...
View ArticleSCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas at the Law School
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas came to the law school to speak the other day. He lead two sessions: one in the morning geared towards the 1Ls, and one in the afternoon for everyone else. I...
View ArticleStudents Sniff Something New
I'm working at The Crimson White, UA's student newspaper, and when we stay late (usually) we get loopy and funny things happened.Last night we were trying to come up with a headline for a story about...
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Posting More
I've been told I need to update more, and I'm making a commitment to do that now. So here's an update.The semester has been really great. I went to Las Vegas to visit a friend and his family, and that...
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Fun With Word Verification
Facebook has been making me type in word verifications to send messages lately, and I'm amused by how strange the combinations are. It's always two words that don't go together at all. Some examples...
View ArticleExams and Root Canals
Has anyone had a root canal? I had to have one a few weeks ago, and while it wasn't painful during the procedure (they gave me so much Novocaine my face was numb up to my eyes), it hurt very badly...
View ArticleAlabama Election Law
My biggest exam this semester is dead law -- technically titled Decedents' Estates -- and it's about wills and trusts. The other big exam I have is in Alabama Election Law.I know this is a long shot,...
View ArticleDeep Fried Babies
A few weeks ago a girl in the newsroom said something so funny I almost fell out of my chair laughing. We were talking about how southern people will deep fry just about anything, and she said:My...
View Article"There was no reflection on this habit, no idea that God deserved better than...
Quote of the day:Now there was no antidote to the stock phrases I had been hearing over the years that had begun to pain me whenever they were uttered. 'The Lord has really laid a burden on my heart...
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Shout Out
This is so flattering, and I'm so thankful to Aaron Latham and Jeb Richter for doing it. The law school put a little bio on the homepage with links to my blog and the Amazon page for the book. How nice...
View ArticleTide Fans
My friend Barron at The New Republic pulled up this article by Howell Raines for me, about legendary Coach Bear Bryant (which goes nicely with this article by Jason Zengerle, addressing racial...
View ArticleDeath to Dead Law
Dead law is dead. Thank goodness. The exam was today, and I honestly feel like there was nothing else I could have done to prepare. My friend Bud and I pulled an all-nighter, which I think was his...
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