Nailed It

Sally Field (as "Rep. Rudd") in Legally Blonde 2: "Never underestimate a woman with a French manicure and a Harvard law degree." Heh.*

A Netscape movie reviewer fears further sequels: "Please tell me this won't turn into a series like the 'Crocodile Dundee' movies, where she keeps doing the same shtick in different cities. I can see it now: 'Legally Blonde 3: The Blonde Apple' ... 'Legally Blonde 4: The Blonde Rose of Texas' ... "

*I can "heh" because

while my keratinized epithelial cells

routinely are Francophiles—sorry Halley—

I didn't go to Hahvahd.

Revolutions, 2003

This e-greeting from "Everyone at Reed Smith (UK)" tickled the heck out of me (the "no hard feelings" part). But then, I'm easily entertained.

More Coverage Of The Batzel Decision

AP writer Juliana Barbassa, "Sites win blogger ruling:"

Other cases have said commercial service providers on the Internet are not responsible for information posted by a third party. And this decision says non-commercial Web site hosts are only liable when they post information that a reasonable person would have known wasn't meant to be published.

The decision is a relief for bloggers and other online publishers.

Good quotes from Jeralyn Merritt—who writes the excellent Talk Left blog— too, check it out.

Q&A with Ed Stoner about Gratz and Grutter

Ed Stoner, the head of my firm's higher education practice group, participated this afternoon in a live Web chat/colloquy hosted by the Chronicle of Higher Education, on the subject of the Michigan affirmative action decisions. Ed fielded a variety of questions from university representatives, students and others around the world about how the U.S. Supreme Court's reasoning and conclusions may affect issues such as faculty hiring, scholarships, recruitment, and much more. I know I'm tooting a colleague's horn here, but this is a wide-ranging exploration of issues you may not yet have thought of or seen addressed in the coverage about the cases. I found it very informative, and I recommend it. Ed wraps up with a reminder that he will have more along these lines at an upcoming seminar:

I will be talking about this on August 13 when Reed Smith does its complimentary Higher Education Law all day seminar in Warrendale, just north of Pittsburgh. If you'd like to attend, it is open to all higher ed administrators. You may find out more by e-mailing spetrakis@reedsmith.com or visiting our website.

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Artifactual

On deck for the day: an outing with the summer associates to El Cholo and the Natural History Museum, which now through September is home to "[t]he largest exhibition of Inca treasures ever assembled in the United States." (Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas)