It's The Don't Blame Me Tango

Step #1: The Link to the Article Says This


Step #2: The Headline of the Article Says This


Step #3: The First Paragraph of the Article Says This


Viola! You've shirked responsibility with the Don't Blame Me Tango.

I Hear the Chicken Dance Is Next

I was unaware that Pope Benedict XVI had the authority to abolish limbo, but apparently he does.

Without limbo, how will the remarkably flexible show off in public?

The Cell Phone Charger Fairy Emptied Her Bag

You can see a lot on the New York City subway.

Sometimes you see a rat.
Sometimes you see a person on less than their best behavior.
Sometimes you just see a tangled pile of 50 cell phone chargers.

Truth is Stranger Than Photoshop

It boggles the mind that a US Senator running for re-election — especially one accused of using an ethnic slur at a campaign event — would advertise an "Ethnic Rally" on his re-election website.

WIRED's Color-coded Mortality Alert System

This September 11^th, Wired has unveiled a color-coded alert system based on mortality data.

Core Truths

I spent the summer as a judicial intern in the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse. I really couldn't have had a better time, and I now feel much more confident that I can competently approach problems in a lawyerly manner.

As I wind up my summer at the Court, I find a quote attributed to Senator Moynihan rolling around in my mind:

The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society.

The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.

Dear John & Patty Ramsey,

Sorry for really, really, really not believing you.

This case will do to cast doubt onto clouds of suspicion in the same way that Kitty Genovese cast doubt on the idea that someone else will call the police.

Update (8/28): I'll take my boiled crow with a nice bearnaise sauce, if you please.

Cameraphone in the Law Library

They could have called it Admiralty Law or Maritime Law, but they had a different title in mind.

What Heat?

Forecasters seem to think that New York City will fail to eclipse its hottest recorded temperature today (they seem to think La Guardia Airport will reach 102 degrees but go no higher). The bar was set at 106 degrees on July 9, 1936.

For what it's worth, the hottest recorded surface temperature on this planet is 136.4 (or 135.9, depending on whom you ask) degrees, measured at Al Àziziyah, Libya on Sept. 13, 1922.

So Thaaaaaat's What Rear Admirals Do

It's all starting to make sense now.