Human Stupidity

Possibly the only observable infinite…

Insult on Top of Injury

Like so many others, Sarah and I studied for the bar via BAR/BRI, though we used the iPod home study course because Chicago’s academic year ran halfway through the BAR/BRI Texas course. So, we got our iPods, diligently studied, and hopefully passed the Texas bar. Then we sent our iPods back for refunds of our […]

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“Car Free” Days a Wash, At Best

Hilarious. People try to be environmentally friendly by completely and randomly interfering with other people’s lives, and they unsurprisingly make a hash of things: Only in Seattle could an event touted as a way to help the environment get washed out during what is supposed to be the driest time of the year. Car-free days

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Spam of the Day

Subject: “Aliens Abducted By Michael Jackson” Sometimes, I admit, spammers actually amuse me. (In case you’re wondering, though, the body of the message was incoherent gibberish.)

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Journalism =/= Mathematics

As a math major, law school grad, and economic policy wonk, I’m not sure which aspect of this stupidity by the New York Times horrifies me most. Is it: that people think we do tax at those rates, that some people think we should, that no editor caught the logical flaws before publication, or that

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