Tag: Human Stupidity

  • 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…

  • “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…

  • 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.)

  • 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…

  • Brain Fail

    Source: Serious Eats