In a move that is sure to do wonders for my productivity here at Semantic Drift, I have decided to join the team over at Legal Geekery. You’ll never see a more wretched hive of scum and villainy, if by “scum and villainy” you mean “law students and writing” and by “wretched hive” you mean [...]
The Catholic Church has decided to bring back one if its most baffling and unneccesary traditions. A handy definition: “An indulgence is the extra-sacramental remission of the temporal punishment due, in God’s justice, to sin that has been forgiven, which remission is granted by the Church in the exercise of the power of the keys, [...]
Just because I have other things to do (like my Professional Responsibility reading) doesn’t mean I don’t have time to waste on the internet. Our world may be a giant hologram What? Filed Under [science ] superuseless superpowers Things like being impervious to the 13th bullet fired at you (and not the first 12) or [...]
How did I spend New Year’s Eve? I drank beer. I watched Justice League cartoons. I read Vonnegut. I fired a shotgun into the air. Not a bad way to send out 2008, symbolically speaking. Here’s some digital detritus: Town Asks Kung Fu Monks for Tourism Blessings” “Mr. Dou found a savior 1,200 miles away, [...]