Baseball Trivia: Nicknames

Identify these members of baseball's hall of fame by their nicknames:Whitey.  Pudge.  Yaz.  Sparky.  Yogi.  Dizzy.  Catfish.Too easy, right?  Edward "Whitey" Ford (aka "The Chairman of the Board").  Carlton "Pudge"…

“Of Pedagogical Epiphanies …”

Suffolk law professor Jeff Lipshaw (pictured) posted "Of Pedagogical Epiphanies and the "On Call" List - Will the Deontological Prevail Over the Consequential in Class Participation?" yesterday at the Legal…

New Laws in Texas

Many new laws take effect in Texas today (September 1).  Here are a few (paraphrasing; consult statute for actual language):Drivers and passengers, regardless of age and seat location, must wear…

FAR Forms — The First Distribution

The AALS is scheduled to release the "first distribution" of FAR forms tomorrow (Thursday).How many forms will be in the "first distribution"?Here's my guess:  943.How about you?(For those of you…

Lists

Lists, lists, lists.  Everywhere I turn I seem to find another list.  Here are five that have caught my eye in recent days.Best Colleges:   According to the folks at…

Flight Fright

So how was your weekend? Mine?  Pretty good.  Thanks for asking.But don't ask Link Christin, an adjunct law professor at William Mitchell.   He and 46 other passengers  were trapped in…

A Dog Of A Case?

Anwar Sadat was the former President of Egypt who shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1978 with Israel's Prime Minister Menachem Begin.One of the characters in this year's movie I…