Who Put The Bob?

Blawg Review #44 is All About Bob (Coffield, that is). Great job bob, and as I told Blawg Review's editor in email this a.m., half the fun of Mondays these days is being introduced to BR's hosts.

Of BLADR, BEUT, And Eye Of Newt

As someone with a bit of a soft spot for Shakespeare myself, it'd be a shame not to point you toward Diane Levin and Blawg Review #43. Among many other things, she notes Geoff Sharp's search for linguistic identity (and as he says, "a prize awaits").

$58.00 Liquid Plumber

This is why I keep buying Target stock: because walking out of there with just one item would violate the physical laws of the known universe. Think of it as passive upselling. (As opposed to the aggressive-to-the-point-of-unrelenting variety, e.g., the kind awaiting those who order a Time Life music compilation.)

Superboat Sunday

The Tall Ship Lady Washington, a.k.a. the HMS Interceptor in Pirates of the Carribean, is in town. This is a very big deal if you're under 10 (and perhaps if you're over — particularly if you're a Trekkie).

Mmmm, Pornography and Civil Procedure

I'll be John Wall's guest on The M Show this week, will update with the link once it's up.

[Update:] Here's part 1 of the show, and part 2.

[Update, 2/20:] The text of the introduction to Google's response to the DoJ motion (as well as a link to the full response, PDF) is available at the Google Blog. A primary point:

[T]he Government's presentation falls woefully short of demonstrating that the requested information will lead to admissible evidence. This burden is unquestionably the Government's. Rather than meet it, the Government concedes that Google's search queries and URLs are not evidence to be used at trial at all. Instead, the Government says, the data will be "useful" to its purported expert in developing some theory to support the Government's notion that a law banning materials that are harmful to minors on the Internet will be more effective than a technology filter in eliminating it.