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Ancient IBM ad showing the mythical slide rule my dad always talked about. Via Incredimazing.

Like me, Owen Jarvis is a musician who went to law school. Unlike me, he’s made a fantastic (and fantastically viral) video documenting the experience. 

Jarvis wrote this song during exams for his first year of law school. The lyrics are pretty typical bitching and moaning, but with the sketches (also by Jarvis) and some clever turns, he’s perfectly distilled the cliché angst of your average 1L.

I have to say that I enjoyed law school immensely, and I think the work load is usually overstated (e.g., I had to walk 9 miles in the snow, and write 100 footnotes in a dark, frozen room). But this video had me laughing.

Hat tip: my fellow UH-er, 3L Luke Gilman.

I have nothing else to say. Links are here and here.

mrshl’s links for December 18th through December 20th:

• Ask E.T.: Megan Jaegerman’s brilliant news graphics - Edward Tufte, the renowned information design guru shares some of his favorite works from one of his favoriate designers. In a word: awesome.
• “Don’t Tase Me, Bro” tops ‘07 memorable quote list - I’m not sure I remember any OTHER quote from ‘07. But there’s a good list here.
• Remember The Milk - Services / Remember The Milk for Gmail - I have rarely used Remember the Milk, even though it’s probably the best online to-do list. This Firefox extension seamlessly integrates RTM with Gmail. And that’s pretty cool, because unlike Outlook, Gmail never had a built-in to do list. Until now.
• Texas defends new $5-per-visitor strip club fee | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle - Texas finds yet another way to avoid imposing an income tax on its citizens.
• Summize - Discover reviews and blogs on millions of products - A new site that works like Metacritic but for more than just music and games. It includes gadgets and home electronics.

TackyChristmasYards is a blog chronicling terrible excesses in the already questionable realm of holiday lighting.

Naturally, this site pointing out the specks in their neighbors’ eyes, has a huge plank in its own. Check out the huge eyesore of an ad that dominates TCY’s header.

I learned of this video courtesy of Slate.com’s recap of the year’s best singles. I’m not sure anyone in the world does better a cappella guitar solos.

No word on whether President Lisa Simpson was upset about her adult self being excluded from the list.

Sexiest Ladies of The Simpsons

Here’s a short list of quotes from Republicans criticizing Clinton’s Bosnian intervention. Naturally, well known Republicans like Trent Lott and Tom Delay were vocally opposed to Clinton’s plan because they didn’t like the open-ended nature of the commitment. Hmmmm.

My favorite quote?

"If we are going to commit American troops, we must be certain they have a clear mission, an achievable goal and an exit strategy."

–Karen Hughes, speaking on behalf of George W Bush, who was then Governor of Texas.

mrshl’s links for December 13th through December 14th:

• Drop.io: Simple, Private Storage & Sharing - The latest site for sharing files allows you to set up temporary collaboration sites. Anyone you invite can download and UPLOAD files to a secure, private space. Good for docs, media, and other files.
• Outlook + Twitter = OutTwit. - Use Outlook as your Twitter front end.
• the human calendar® - Reminds me of the Brady Bunch®.
• Slate writers and editors dissect the Mitchell report. - - Slate Magazine - Excellent group discussion of Baseball’s shining scandal.
• US States Renamed for Countries with Similar GDP - The US economy is as big as these other 50 countries COMBINED. In other news, China can fit all of America into its back pocket.
• Sellout Songs | washingtonpost.com - The Moby Equation tells us that Dylan’s “Blowing in the Wind” in a commercial is a travesty. But “Takin’ Care of Business,” well, that’s to be expected. Dennis Hopper AND Steppenwolf hawking an investment bank? Totally not covered.
• Garage Mahal - By Witold Rybczynski - Slate Magazine - Architects turn their attention to the problem of parking.
• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - The Official Blog - Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran - Who knew the dude had a blog? The comments are apparently quite genuine.

Via Coudal Partners.