Number One: Know your own Terms of Service. Number Two: Don’t fuck with me. Number Three: When shopping for a Ventrilo server, think twice about Darkstar, LLC. Bonus Number Four: Learn how to spell “do.”

Dear The Internets, Please be advised that, although the Large Hadron Collider will be powered up on Wednesday, no high-​​​​energy colli­sions are scheduled until November. It really upsets me to see people, including the news media reporting tomorrow’s initial power-​​​​up as “the most complex scien­tific exper­iment ever under­taken” (from the first link) when in fact it is not. The claims that the LHC will destroy the world are pure lunacy. But please, all you crazies out there, if you’re going to get all het up about the end of the world, it is very important that you get your dates straight. [ . . . ]

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That’s the noise I just made when I realized all the stuff I need to do. In no particular order: Explain my position on the death penalty (including my analysis of Kennedy v. Louisiana) Post my analysis of District of Columbia v. Heller Finish my critique of “gay culture” Write a formal review of Gattaca (I can’t believe I haven’t done this yet!) Write big memo for Job #1 Write big memo for Job #2 Update my resume (Why does this always take so much work?) Apply for Federal judicial clerkship Continue research on Sundae Specials Start research on the impact of gay marriage on the spousal priv­i­leges Finish [ . . . ]

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This is a gross post. I do not often get sick. In fact, in the past 3 years, I have been sick exactly 3 times. Fortunately, they have all come at the least inop­portune times — during various breaks. I got sick two Christmases ago, and then again last Christmas, and now I’m sick again during summer break. All three times have been really insanely awful sinus infec­tions. I’m not the sort of person who gets sinus infec­tions with every cold. No, I only get sinus infec­tions when I get something–we’re talking about foreign bodies here–stuck up my nose. I don’t go around putting things up there delib­er­ately. [ . . . ]

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