I'm an attorney working the intersection of art and law.
My heroes are Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Isabella Blow, Eudora Welty, Patti Smith and Hermione Granger.
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Excellent Lifehacker article reminds us that the Internet is not a public place and Constitutional rules don’t always apply:
“Remember this when you speak on the internet. While Reddit or Twitter may feel like the new “public square,” they aren’t. This means your speech is not constitutionally protected unless specified in the terms of use for that service, and those can change at the whim of the service or platform provider.”
When in doubt, make kale chips.
This seems like a good motto to have.
(via thatkindofwoman)
On the 161st anniversary of Moby-Dick by Herman Melville…
Once upon a time, when contracts were written out by hand…
M. Wells Dinette, Queens NY
Now open at MOMA PS1 is M. Wells Dinette, a cafeteria-style restaurant by Hugue Dufour & Sarah Obraitis. I unfortunately didn’t get a chance to visit M. Wells Diner before it closed, so I’m excited to see them back on the scene. -Steven Huyhn, Senior Men’s Merchant
Salvador Dalí’s Melting Clock clock. Buy it online here.
Today’s entry was inspired by a brilliant WTF art historical spotting at a mall by the ever-wonderful Hasan Niyazi at 3 Pipe Problem. The following objects are among my favorite Surrealist works of art. Enjoy!
Salvador…
Feeling a need to candily tape a politician dismissing 47 percent of your fellow citizens as slackers and moochers at a $50K a plate dinner? Well, as The Berkman Center’s Citizen Media Law Project (and my alma mater) points out, you might want to brush up on Federal and State Wiretap laws first.
This is an excellent analysis and just really good reading for law geeks and other interested parties.
Vonnegut’s “How to write with style”.
Series ran by International Paper and included in Spin, January 1986. Pages 20,21.Oooh, I’ve read transcriptions of this but never before seen the original.
You can’t sleep your way to the top or even to the middle, and there is no such thing as a free lunch. You have to do it yourself, so you might as well get started.
As the article says: “Ambulance chasing only gets you so far. Hitching a ride, metaphorically speaking, on rockets funded by private corporations seeking fortunes beyond Earth’s atmosphere is where it’s at for eager legal pioneers.”
Take the [Victorian Novel] with you everywhere, that’s what. Bank line-ups, buses, bathrooms, those precious 8 minutes while the pasta boils — you know what to do! A few pages here, a few pages there, and next thing you know, you’re 500 pages in, with only another 200 to go
- From “How To Read a Victorian Novel,” which I do from time to time (and have a degree in btw) and so should you.
