Each year the American Association for the Advancement of Science runs the most absurdly awesome competition ever created: Dance Your PhD. Yep, you read that right. Doctoral candidates in the sciences work tirelessly for years on cutting edge projects that will add something original to their field and then they think…huh, I wonder what this…
Sexing A Dinosaur
ZOMG. Get your mind out of the gutter. We would never write about dinosaur sexxxytime. We are not that kind of blog. Well, except that one time. At band camp. No. What we are talking about is exciting news in the field of paleontology: finally, scientists believe they can accurately differentiate between male and female…
The Worst Valentine’s Day Gifts
Perhaps your partner is just as bitter as you and would love these gifts for their irony, absurdity or just plain awfulness. If not, perhaps you should consider chocolate. Or better yet, mock this fake “holiday” for all it’s worth and just be nice to your stupid partner all bloody year long. We know. That…
Perfect Plans For Pi Day
Fine, whatever, yes, this is pretty arbitrary, or dare we say…irrational. Heh. But still, it’s kinda cool when numbers and dates collide, right? Like in the eighties when it was 8am on the 8th of August, ’88? Anywho, we were thinking about how the arbitrary and Hallmark-y nature of Valentine’s Day makes it totally suck…
On-Campus Interviews: a Bitter Lawyer Lowdown
With on-campus interviews starting this week at most law schools, we go soft and pull out the bitter highlights of our advice for law students.
Five Absurd Mugshots, Just In Time For Halloween
Ahhh, the sweet smell of schadenfreude. Let’s face it, we’ve probably all worn a stupid costume or two in our time, but yours probably wasn’t immortalized in a mugshot. (Yes, yes, fine, we did originally write this for Halloween, but c’mon – it’s funny all year around.) 1.This fairy may have wished those wings were real.…
5 Awesomely Scientific Halloween Costumes
These people do not screw around when it comes to dinosaur costumes. In case you were wondering, this one is a Spinosaurus. Proving that solar panels are always a bright idea. Costume merchants: if we see a sexy Ada Lovelace costume on the internet, we will hunt you down. Ada is not that kind of…
The Alabama Hammer Will Legal Your Brains Out
Move over Law Hawk. Wait, don’t actually. Do more commercials. We love you. But we digress, there is a new contender for our pretend title of “Best Ever Legal Advertising Strategy.” The Alabama Hammer. If you squint it totally rhymes. The Alabama Hammer will also hunt down the big bucks for you. Oh yeah, a…
5 MOAR Ridiculous Law Firm Commercials
Inspired by the flaming sledgehammer of legal advertising, Casino Law, we thought it was time for another installment of ridiculous law firm commercials. 1. Trolman, Glaser & Lichtman have actually already won this category in the past with their “Machete” commercial. But, their other commercial is a close second: 2. Florida-based Nation Law Firm decided they…
Your Dog Really Can Tell When You Are Happy
Science finally confirms what dog owners have always believed: dogs can tell the difference between happy and angry human faces. While there is a fairly strong scientific consensus that many species of animals express emotions similar to our own, this is the first study able to show that animals really can discern emotions across species – leaving…
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