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No more Times Select! and other things
Sep. 18th, 2007 09:12 amAs of midnight tonight, there will be no more Times Select. For those unfamiliar with this, for the last couple of years the New York Times has required payment for access to parts of its website and archives (unless you were a home subscriber as well). No Maureen Dowd, no Bob Herbert, no access to a lot of stuff without forking over $50 a year. No more!
~joyously tosses newsprint in the air~
I had a call from the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. I co-authored an article on U.S. Supreme Court cases for one of their books, and now they want me to present on the subject at one of their programs. It'll be in January, given twice, once in Chicago and once in Springfield. The timing is right: it doesn't interfere with my usual January gig at the Trial Advocacy Program. I'm excited.
Last night there was a conjunction of two, no three, of my favorite things: books, Venice and Miss Manners. Judith Martin and Eric Denker (the art historian, though billed on the cover as cicerone) have written a book, No Vulgar Hotel: The Desire and Pursuit of Venice, and they were at a local bookstore last night promoting it. Lucky people - they (along with Miss Manners' molecular biologist husband, who also cooks, and a variety of friends) go to Venice three or four times a year. The bookstore has a small café with a liquor license, so I had a glass of prosecco to honor the occasion. Here's a lovely little article from The New Yorker. The book is delightful, and Martin and Denker were both charming, but I would expect no less from Miss Manners and friend.
~joyously tosses newsprint in the air~
I had a call from the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. I co-authored an article on U.S. Supreme Court cases for one of their books, and now they want me to present on the subject at one of their programs. It'll be in January, given twice, once in Chicago and once in Springfield. The timing is right: it doesn't interfere with my usual January gig at the Trial Advocacy Program. I'm excited.
Last night there was a conjunction of two, no three, of my favorite things: books, Venice and Miss Manners. Judith Martin and Eric Denker (the art historian, though billed on the cover as cicerone) have written a book, No Vulgar Hotel: The Desire and Pursuit of Venice, and they were at a local bookstore last night promoting it. Lucky people - they (along with Miss Manners' molecular biologist husband, who also cooks, and a variety of friends) go to Venice three or four times a year. The bookstore has a small café with a liquor license, so I had a glass of prosecco to honor the occasion. Here's a lovely little article from The New Yorker. The book is delightful, and Martin and Denker were both charming, but I would expect no less from Miss Manners and friend.
