Simon Stern
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posting the full ToC for those who'd like to see it
November 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
posting the full ToC for those who'd like to see it
Miller, D.A., heart of, broken by a cardiologist [see index]
November 7, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Miller, D.A., heart of, broken by a cardiologist [see index]
I demand one of those immediate appeal injunc stop do-over things!!
November 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I demand one of those immediate appeal injunc stop do-over things!!
shouldn't that be - The Ovaltine Office?
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
shouldn't that be - The Ovaltine Office?
sorry, my bad attempt at humor ... all 3 were known for writing in the first person, inhabiting the persona of someone who is semi-illitrit
November 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
sorry, my bad attempt at humor ... all 3 were known for writing in the first person, inhabiting the persona of someone who is semi-illitrit
I think they are using "much less" to mean "not even" -- a long-attested usage going back to George Ade, Anita Loos, and Ring Lardner
November 4, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I think they are using "much less" to mean "not even" -- a long-attested usage going back to George Ade, Anita Loos, and Ring Lardner
A bad dude was ol' Ozymandias
He wasn't exactly the dandiest
The statue he built
Crumbled into the silt
With a few stones to cover his sandy ass
He wasn't exactly the dandiest
The statue he built
Crumbled into the silt
With a few stones to cover his sandy ass
October 31, 2025 at 3:31 AM
A bad dude was ol' Ozymandias
He wasn't exactly the dandiest
The statue he built
Crumbled into the silt
With a few stones to cover his sandy ass
He wasn't exactly the dandiest
The statue he built
Crumbled into the silt
With a few stones to cover his sandy ass
not to mention the cost of curtilage!
October 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
not to mention the cost of curtilage!
Reposted by Simon Stern
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The New Old Style - Nebraska Press
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu
October 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Preorder here!
By implication he responds to her statement that she has acted "to the best of [her] ability" but it's interesting that the judge doesn't comment more directly on that part. That is to say -- maybe she did act to the best of her ability, and if so, what does that say about her ability?
September 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
By implication he responds to her statement that she has acted "to the best of [her] ability" but it's interesting that the judge doesn't comment more directly on that part. That is to say -- maybe she did act to the best of her ability, and if so, what does that say about her ability?
"[I]t strains credulity to think the RIF was 'uncertain[]' or 'a mere possibility' as the defendants repeatedly represented to this Court. ... The defendants' obfuscation ... has wasted precious judicial time and would readily support contempt proceedings."
September 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
"[I]t strains credulity to think the RIF was 'uncertain[]' or 'a mere possibility' as the defendants repeatedly represented to this Court. ... The defendants' obfuscation ... has wasted precious judicial time and would readily support contempt proceedings."