(Yes, I know it’s the 31st. I have limited internet access tomorrow and am posting early.) All right, nerds, I’m bored. I’ve had to cut down my blog posts here, at least temporarily, because of all my coursework this semester. So, I’m officiating our first De-Lurking Day! I know there are a ton of you [...]
Archive for August, 2010
Official De-Lurking Day!
Posted in Coffee, Tea, Me on August 31, 2010 | 14 Comments »
Guest Post: Common Issues in Entertainment Law
Posted in Legalese on August 30, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The following is a guest post by Alexis Bonari. Working in the entertainment industry can be tricky, so it’s never a bad idea to brush up. The following is something of an overview for two of the most often discussed topics in this field. Accounting (Royalties): Any artist signed to a label, with a commercially [...]
Foster Kamer: “It’s a Muslim World; America’s Just Living In It.”
Posted in Islam/Culture on August 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I love Foster Kamer. Hat tip to Jessica Lin, my old high school buddy and currently 3L at Boston University, for introducing me to this Village Voice columnist a while back. Click here for his column, but here’s the pertinent graphic.
Business Casual Superstar #294: Giving Miss India a Business Casual Makeover!
Posted in Business Casual Superstar, tagged Celebrity Style on August 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Remember when Megan challenged me to make over one of the outfits from the Miss Universe costume pageant thing? Remember some of the absolutely hideous things those otherwise pretty girls wore? Sure, you do! Your minds are like steel traps, after all. I’m back at it this week at the Working Wardrobe, and this time, [...]
Business Casual Superstar #293: Inspired by Robin Scherbatsky, Fanmixes Included! (“How I Met Your Mother”)
Posted in Business Casual Superstar, tagged Celebrity Style on August 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
You all know Barney Stinson’s catch phrase on How I Met Your Mother by now: “SUIT UP!” And that’s exactly the advice I followed today when I put together my post at Heave, which includes fandom!secrets involving my deep-seated fear of relationships and commitment and thinly veiled disdain for marriage, not one but TWO fanmixes, [...]
Real Talk.
Posted in Coffee, Tea, Me, Site - About on August 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
All right, nerds. Let’s get down to it. I’ve been kind of MIA. I know it, you know it. Your mother would even know it, but computers scare her because she thinks she’ll fall prey to viruses and sex predators. It’s still a fact: I haven’t been here. Law school just started, and we’re hitting [...]
So Andy and I start 3L on Monday…
Posted in Comics, Law Skool on August 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
So on Monday, August 23, your beloved Hoomster and her LawSkoolBFF, who is not beloved but more turd-like in his ways, will be returning to law school. We’ll be 3Ls, you guys, which means we won’t give a crap about anything. Except we barely gave a crap about anything in spring of 1L, so whatever. [...]
UN Calls Pakistan Floods “Worst Crisis Of The Decade”
Posted in Islam/Culture, Op-eds on August 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
That’s right: the floods in Pakistan are worse than the Haitian earthquake, the American storm Katrina, and the Indonesian tsunami. The flood has caused 1700 deaths, and more than 14,000,000 people are displaced and homeless. 6,000,000 are at dire risk of dysentery, and with scarce resources and limited manpower, and very little access to the [...]
Business Casual Superstar #292: Giving Miss Georgia a Business Casual Makeover
Posted in Business Casual Superstar, tagged Celebrity Style on August 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
So my dear pal Megan posed a challenge yesterday on Facebook that I couldn’t make over the costumes that the Miss Universe girls were wearing into something not hideous. You know what, Megan? CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. :D If I had really tried to stay true to Miss Georgia’s outfit, I would have gone with a dress, [...]
Business Casual Superstar #291: An Outfit AND Fanmix (!!!) Inspired by Lily Aldrin (“How I Met Your Mother”)
Posted in Business Casual Superstar, tagged Celebrity Style on August 18, 2010 | 4 Comments »
That’s right! Today, not only do you get an outfit inspired by the adorable Lily Aldrin on How I Met Your Mother, but you also get a fanmix! Fanmixes, in fandom!speak, are mixed CDs (with cover art) that are based on a character or a couple or a TV show or movie or book. They’re [...]
