Law School Is Totally Like War!

Jarret Plonka, a first-year law student, wants us to know that writing exams is totally like going to war! And sharing class notes is wicked cool team building!

"Last law school exams today...I found it interesting that...many of us found ourselves quoting various lines from Henry V - you know, like...

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more,
Or close the wall up with our English dead!
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility;
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger:
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood.

Or this:

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. For he today that sheds his blood with me, Shall be my brother (snip)

For he today who sheds his blood with me shall be my brother indeed...I really like this "being part of a team" thing."


Boy, do I not miss the unbridled arrogance of undergrads. Jarrett, sweetie, next time just rent "Rudy".

Quien es mas craptastic?

Time to vote. Two artists. One song. If you can, pick the crappier version. If that is possible.

Bonus Neil.

Joan Jett - Ripped And Rocking

Joan Jett, 49 years old, ripped and still rocking. I never thought she would last, and I have said that every year for the last 20 years. I was a little bit wrong.

I Told You That Bitch Was Crazy

I don't think this will come as any surprise to my erudite and comically over-educated audience (you are few, but your are mighty mighty). Turns out that drunk men fight strangers, and drunk women fight their friends. Its true! It was in the Western News.

From the report by Samantha Wells, a scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry:


The higher aggression percentage among females was interesting, Wells says, although the term aggression refers to both verbal and physical acts. It was also difficult to tell whether incidents involved individuals as victims or perpetrators.

“What we think this might reflect is that women are more likely to be aggressive with people they know and the literature certainly suggests that men fight with strangers and sometimes in public places. Women fight with women they know and in people’s homes.”

And not eating before binge drinking turns out to be bad as well.

Here, read it for yourself. Drinking men fight strangers, women fight friends

Over at the student rag they have the alluring and lurid story of a bikini-clad Peta activist, a "sexy vegetarian" according to the article. And not one damn photo. Not even a link to pictures of the sexy vegetarian, or to a video of her shivering her caboose off in Mississauga. She is trying to get a message out, and these cub reporters are wantonly censoring her. Obviously this is the result of the scarf of political correctness that has been muffling campus papers since the infamous "Honey The Stripper" photo that appeared in the University of Calgary's Gauntlet. And the subsequent suspensions given to its editor-in-chief and news editor. Sad days indeed.

I had a point here somewhere...oh yeah, stay in school kids.

Monday Morning Whining

In the Sunday London Free Press, John Kyrk wrote a snappy little article about Sunday's Zeppelin concert and how it "raised lots of questions". Here is question #8:

#8." Will the concert be shown live on TV of the Internet? No. And there are no plans in the works even to make a DVD of the event, Jones told Sun Media. Speculation is, if the band has an off night, they won't want the world to ever see it. But, like life at Jurassic Park, Zep fans find a way. Any number of tech-savvy fans in the crowd likely will be holding up cell phones and streaming their video live to the web. Bottom line: Best of luck trolling the Net tomorrow at about 4 p.m. EST, 3 p.m. CST or 2 p.m. MST."

So raise the question John. What fool wouldn't record this show for a DVD or CD? Did you actually ask anyone, or even bother to think as you typed out this boilerplate?

Onto reality, from the BBC's Newsnight is the following clip, already edited, with swooping crane shots, crowd shots, seemingly ready for DVD. Those cellphones are getting better and better. I know I am being pissy, but sometimes I would like my newspapers to be worth the dollar I paid for them, and not just act as convenient fire starting material. KD did warn me not to read Sun News, so I have only myself to blame.

Led Zeppelin Black Dog Live at O2 Arena

And because you miss those 10-minute dances with Sally Sweetcheeks from your high school spring fling, here is Stairway to Heaven from the same concert. This time it really is a cellphone.

Update

Honshui brings up a good point from the comments section...how did "local man" Dwight Schmidlapt fare at the Zeppelin concert? Did you score, or crap out once again? Give us the scoop Sonny.