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Archives for January 19, 2010

Can one “rock out” to John Denver?

In a post that perhaps my siblings but not my father can appreciate (since they complained that I don’t have enough pictures here), a man was cited for rocking out to John Denver.  From Lowering the Bar: According to the report, Officer Ryan Williams pounded on the man’s door and, while doing so, “recognized the songs […]

Orthogonal: or “SCOTUS learns a new word.”

Orthogonal.  As in:  Professor Richard Friedman’s direction became orthogonal during his oral arguments before the Supreme Court last week. The newest word to enter the Supreme Court lexicon made its appearance when the before mentioned professor stated: “I think that issue is entirely orthogonal to the issue here.” If you think a sesquipedalian is going […]