Tonight has been spent in between world of imagination and the law. The latter is boring, and after several pages discussing what the words “genuine” and “material” mean in the sentence “whether there is a genuine issue as to any material fact” gets old and uninteresting pretty quickly. Which does make me wonder if law school is anywhere remotely close to the things that I want to accomplish or do with my life. I’m not getting any younger and I’d like to be a little more efficient with respect to how I spend the next several years of my life.
On a much more important note, I would like to point out that the word prelapsarian is really one of little use but great enjoyment when used. Break up the word and you’ll get what it means.
Characteristic of the time before the Fall of Man; innocent and unspoiled.
It just rolls off the tongue and one immediately understands the wonder and weight of the word. The utopic vision of the world before the Fall.
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Yes, I know that there are huge issues with sampling and causality, but still, this is a pretty fascinating chart. Although I was hoping that it’d do more to confirm my belief that Dan Brown is a moron and that only idiots actually like his books. I’m amused to find the lovely Bronte novel, Wuthering Heights in the 975-1050 range. (Take that, Bronte!) Though, the truth of the matter is that a lot of these classics were required reading when we were in high school, so I wonder what general effect it has on the results. All in all, though, I like the chart. I think it’s fun and provocative.
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I’ve realised that my imagination is beginning to suffer the side-effects of law school (read: the death of original thought). It’s true, though, original ideas are not, in fact, encouraged in law school. Original ideas have no room in the court room because you can’t cite it or use it as any authoritative foundation to your argument.
I’ll be rejecting that though. I bought myself a little handy journal and I’m going to be write for a month starting Monday the 29th of January. Between now and February 29th, I’ll write a story or a template per day. I’ll just write and get my thoughts out onto the paper. I’ll pour it all on and edit the hell out of it later. Otherwise, I’m pretty sure I’m going to go crazy thinking about the elements to determine whether one is deemed negligent or strictly liable. And with respect to the statute of frauds? I really can’t care less. And let’s not get started with easements.
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Obama won the South Carolina primary (amenroma, where are you?! why are you silent?!) and I’m really pleased. There was a huge turnout and that’s a great, great thing for our democracy. I’m looking forward to next week and November this year. If he keeps on inspiring, then the November turnout will be like none other. And, have I mentioned yet that he’s a great speaker? Check out his South Carolina speech.
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Neil Gaiman writes a blog! I love technology. I love his writing. I already own a copy of the absolutely witty and fabulous novel Good Omens, but I’m considering purchasing another copy for here to read…
Amazon shouldn’t allow me to have a “one-click” option. Rather, I suppose it’s quite profitable for them. Not so much for me, though.
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Asian markets down around 5% tonight which does not bode well for the US. Surprisingly, the Asian markets are hit signficantly harder than the European markets are. Any ideas? Oh, the time. It’s just about to open in Europe (this is written at 3am Monday morning EST, so it’s 3pm in Hong Kong, 4pm in Tokyo and the markets are probably just opening now in Europe). This time there’s no MLK day to save the US. The Fed will probably drop the rate down about five points this week, though the question is that now that the five point expectation is out there, will it actually do any good? Will it do more harm than good with respect to flaming inflation fears? That’s why the market is so unstable, and probably will be until Friday. The problem is that if the Fed now gives less that a five point cut, the markets will react worse.
It’s fascinating how as we hear about the Société Général craziness and how the lack of information from their end and their attempt to salvage the $7b loss effectively exacerbated the market concerns that were already there and unleashed the flood of nervousness and anxiety. And now we’re in this very unstable seeming boat…
I’ve mixed metaphors a bit too much tonight. Time to get back to Summary Judgment.