OK–I LIED–I’m running late and gotta split so I can catch my train. Next time I hit a computer, will post on stare decisis, the Annunciation, and the futile quest for a “genuine” experience. And whatever else I run across. Read more

TOMORROW: I’m going to New York, and then New Haven. Back Monday. But before I leave, I’ll post some questions/comments about Lawrence Solum’s conclusion to his argument for really really strong stare decisis (= adherence to precedent, even at the expense of fidelity to text, protection of rights, all that fun stuff). I’ll also post links to some cool pictures of the Annunciation. Read more

DEPARTMENT OF NOT QUITE: InstaPundit posts a vast treatise on WMDs in Iraq without even acknowledging the biggest, most obvious question–Where are they now? Read more

MORE CHEAPO WEDDING STUFF: Ginger Stampley adds more observations. Dappled Things adds an important point: “Having seen more than my fair share of annulment cases, I would add another reason to Eve’s list: the long, costly, high-profile preparations for a Princess-Di wedding significantly reduce the couple’s ability to postpone or call off the wedding, even if they see substantive reasons for doing so. ‘Calling off the wedding really wasn’t an option, Father, since my parents had spent so much money... Read more

ZIMBABWE–STUFF YOU CAN DO: Newsrack is the go-to place for this stuff. Thomas Nephew has compiled email addresses so you can protest the arrest of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. He has lots more stuff too–a student protester’s diary, a grim little quip from Robert Mugabe, and more–here. Read more

Now I’ll have to break the news That I have no mind to lose All the girls are in love with me I’m a blogwatch lobotomy…. Lileks: Review of the restored “Metropolis.” I must see this movie. Link via Tepper I think. Iraq, furriners, and capitalism–interesting piece from the LA Times. I got it from Body and Soul, though I don’t think it’s as grim as she paints it. Chief Wiggles is (or says he is, insert usual disclaimer about... Read more

THE COMEDIANS is really good. Greene hammers things home just a little too hard, a little too obviously, and it lacks the stellar passages at the beginning and end of Brighton Rock (though it also lacks Brighton Rock‘s slack middle section); but there’s a lot about this book I like. I stuck it on the reading list just because it’s Graham Greene + Haiti, thus = very interesting to me. It’s hard to explain why–especially without going into detail about... Read more

TYPICAL ME. I got trapped in my apartment on Sunday. Yup. Stuck in there futilely pulling on the doorknob, completely in the dark as to what had gone wrong. Shamed said that if he knew anyone this would happen to, it would be me; I had a hard time seeing the humor in it all, because I was, you know, stuck in my apartment with no estimate on how soon I’d get out. But eventually the very helpful maintenance people... Read more

I’M AN INDIVIDUAL, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. Wiggy site with photos of people (mostly in Rotterdam) who’ve carved out identities for themselves by adhering to a subcultural dress code. Via AgendaBender. Read more

WEDDING ON A BUDGET: Yay!!! Ignore the silly slam on Miss Manners–this is a good and necessary piece, via Dappled Things. The “wedding industry” sucks, sucks, sucks. Ginger Stampley agrees. The belief in the wedding as an immense pricey party a) keeps couples away from the altar (either because they really are saving up for the Big Day, or because he or she wants to use that as an excuse to keep from getting engaged for reals–I see a lot... Read more