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At the New Yorker today — very funny. Thanks to Joe Malchow for the pointer.

I’m usually not wild about attempts at wit in headlines — so many are cliche, or otherwise fall flat — but this one struck me as quite good. From Drew Combs (The Am Law Daily): Where There’s a Will: Estate Planning Group Bolts Weil for McDermott In move that spells the end for Weil, Gotshal […]

Fox 411 reports: Everything Britney Spears wanted to know about sex, she learned from her mom. And at a very young age. “I was 12 years old,” Spears tells OUT magazine about when she asked about the birds and the bees. “I was confused and disgusted.” Well, duh. Who wouldn’t be disgusted by the birds […]

To become a member of a circuit Bar, I just had to affirm “that I will demean myself as an attorney.” But at least I have to demean myself “uprightly and according to law.”

Over at Concurring Opinions, G.W. lawprof Dan Solove has some fun with the Playmobil airline screening playset. UPDATE: 21st century Gadsen Flag(H/T Jacob Hornberger via Facebook)

Interesting race in Connecticut. One candidate’s adult life has been spent in a profession in which testosterone-infused alpha male types engage in well-choreographed bombast for the benefit of the credulous masses. And the other has spent her career in professional wrestling.

Over at Balkinization, Mark Graber has an amusing guide to Supreme Court histories written by Supreme Court Justices and wannabees.

Froom the comments section on Nate Silver’s 538 blog, where he notes a 1 in 4 chance of the GOP taking the Senate: October is known for its surprises, but I would not be surprised if the electorate became more informed about the facts, and the distortions prevalent on both Network and Cable TV, and […]

This is a few months old, but still pretty funny: from The Onion. Thanks to reader John Ellis for the link.

I bet if I had some Adderall, I would have finished this manuscript revision hours ago, or anyway, would stay up all night in a state of ecstatic concentration and get it done :( Citing the drug’s extensive contributions to almost every field of academia, Harvard conferred an honorary doctoral degree upon a 30-day supply […]

A friend of mine who works in the intelligence community brought this jewel to my attention.  In January 1944, the Office of Strategic Services created a secret document entitled “Simple Sabotage Field Manual” (available here as a free audio book) to assist operatives in disrupting the Axis war effort.  It contains the expected stuff about […]

That’s the funny Radio-Free-Asia-compiled one, not the not funny North Korean Television one: Two men are talking on a Pyongyang subway train: “How are you, comrade?” “Fine, how are you doing?” “Comrade, by any chance, do you work for the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party?” “No, I don’t.” “Have you worked for the Central […]

With Justice Stevens having announced his retirement, all eyes now turn to President Obama’s purported short list: Elena Kagan, Merrick Garland, and Diane Wood. Obama will have a tough choice, as he is picking from three very different candidates. No matter who he picks, his selection is likely to break down some major barriers. First, […]