Monday, August 07, 2006
Yes, Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco (10:28 PM) - Here is a selection pulled from a commercial that the good folks at the Lucky Strike cigarette company put on the air in the year 1950. Why? Don’t matter why. You’ll hear Georgia Carroll, and then Julie Conway and Sully…
Pardon? (03:14 PM) - One of the first big pieces I wrote on Dartblog was “Zut Alors!” in which I recounted a friendly sparring match with Thierry Vankerk-Hoven, the French consul to New England. I had been invited to have a fireside chat with…
“Everyone knows that Ruth’s Chris, while open for dinner, is not open for lunch.” (12:39 PM) - Judge Pendleton Gaines, in the Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County, rules on motion to compel acceptance of lunch invitation. It is hilarious. Via Eugene Volokh….
“Hey, free Saab” (11:38 AM) - Near as I can tell, every Dartmouth girl is required to own an iPod, a laptop, and a black jacket from the North Face company. I know this because every day—or at least every post-party day, meaning Thursday, Friday, Saturday,…
Muslim Fun Day Flops (10:33 AM) - This is a throwaway, but it seems certain that someone out there would like to know about it: A Muslims-only day at Britain’s biggest theme park has been axed after a huge bookings flop. Organisers Islamic Leisure had hoped to…
Takings Referenda on State Ballots (08:19 AM) - This free Wall Street Journal article, by Christopher Cooper, is a good one. (For one, it refers in the headline to the Supreme Court’s decision in Kelo as an “edict”. And it does seem to be that, more than a…
Reuters Pushes Yet Another Doctored Photograph (07:46 AM) - Jeff Harrell, the man you wish would just stop working and write on his blog all day long, writes on his blog: “I think this is the second example yet found of a photo taken by Adnan Hajj that was…
Duke Lacrosse: Prosecutor Wildly Exaggerated Evidence (07:41 AM) - The local paper, the News & Observer, reviews all the discovery and makes a not-very-stunning announcement: Mike Nifong doesn’t have much of a case, and he exaggerated the evidence to begin with….