NYT: May It Please the Court

I'm fascinated by this (today) because combines several things that I love: art, words, law (especially the SCOTUS), and (influential) women.

http://kalman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/may-it-please-the-court/

O+O;

I wear my sunglasses...

at night (not really)

but apparently the temple tips have dried out over three years of constant use and are beyond brittle into breaking off in itty bitty pieces. :(

So now I'm back on the hunt for Ray Ban 3198 brown polarized sunglasses. Who knew that I was wearing a mens style? I just wanted something that wasn't sliding off the tip of my nose.

RB3198 014/83 55/18

ETA: The local optician has fixed the glasses by replacing the temple tips and also adjusting the length of the arms so that they'll actually rest properly. Apparently this particular style is no longer made and I'm not looking forward to the day where I have to get a new pair of glasses.

Random photos

( Giant photos of the book of doom, I mean: words. )

NYT: With Kindle, Can You Tell It’s Proust?

April 26, 2009
With Kindle, Can You Tell It’s Proust?
By JOANNE KAUFMAN

SARA NELSON, the former editor of Publishers Weekly, was at a dinner party recently when Ed Rollins, the Republican campaign consultant, arrived carrying a Kindle.

“And I just said, ‘Can I see it?’ ” said Ms. Nelson, also the author of “So Many Books, So Little Time.” “In this honeymoon period of Kindle — when a lot of people don’t have them — you can look to see what someone is reading, in the guise of looking at the hardware.” (For the record, Mr. Rollins’s Kindle was crammed with the day’s newspapers.)

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Meme: The Revolutionary Costume of Today

Snicked from fewthistle and kitnkabootle:

I've skipped the ten thousand mashups. Yes, there are a LOT of cast recordings here.

Rules:
1. Put your music library on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. You must write that song title as the answer to the question, no matter how silly it sounds! Most of the time they seem to work though, strangely enough.
4. Ok, go!
5. When you're done, tag 20 people in this note, and make sure to tag the person who sent you this. (Anyone who feels up to it).

( The Revolutionary Costume of Today )