I’m celebrating a big birthday this year. For the kids’ birthdays, Lisa has been making neat cakes from the Coolest Birthday Cakes website such as a schoolbus cake, a Curious George cake and a Very Hungry Caterpillar cake. (See my…

I’m backlogged as usual, but reading through the August 2007 issue of VegNews, I saw that Christine Garcia of the Animal Law Office was named one of the 25 most fascinating vegetarians by VegNews. I’m a little unclear on the…

Oh come on, not again. The NYT once again is trying to suggest that blogging kills bloggers. See the last time this topic came up. Hey NYT, I venture to say that working for the NY Times is, per capita,…

Maybe I’m just a killjoy, but I don’t think that bloggers’ April Fools jokes are funny. I feel like we as bloggers have to work really hard to develop credibility, and the whole point of an April Fools joke is…

If you are interested in the topic of law professor lateraling, you’ve probably already seen Paul Secunda’s series at Concurring Opinions. That series is worth checking out to see all of the comments. However, for your convenience, Paul has glued…

After seeing this set, I bet you’ll be ready to join the peace movement too. Sorry that Lisa didn’t edit out the more revealing bathtub shots and the duplicates. Some bonus pictures of Dina.

Today I received the following correspondence: __ March 4, 2008 Via Regular and Certified Mail Eric Goldman Ericgoldman.org Santa Clara University School of Law 500 El Camino Real Santa Clara, CA 95053 Via E-Mail Eric Goldman Ericgoldman.org egoldman@gmail.com Re: WBG…

Apologies for the beaming dad subtext of this post. It’s been hard to get a nice photo of both kids at once, and impossible to get a good one of all three of us. For now, this is the best…

From the NYT: There appears to be a downward shift in the demand curve for hunting. In 1975, there were over 19M+ hunters; in 2006, only 12.5M. This decrease might reflect widespread changes in consumer preferences, but some states are…

Yesterday, the provost organized a “meet-and-greet” lunch for about a dozen faculty members. Her idea was to create an informal space for faculty to discuss issues with her. As an icebreaker, she asked each attendee to introduce themselves and to…