The Art of Manliness Weekly Roundup: Law Review Edition
February 23, 2008
In addition to authoring this blog, I’m also attending law school. I’m on the law review at my school and part of my duties consist of checking and editing citations for articles that have been submitted for publication. It’s the most tedious, mind numbing activity I’ve ever done in my life. What makes it worse is legal professors can be lazy, and I mean really lazy, with their research. Take the article I’m working on now. The author cites a fact and what does she give me to support it? Just the name of the author. I also have one here where the author quotes a book. Yet instead of giving an exact pagepoint, the author just cites the entire book.
This is going to be a long weekend.
Let’s look at some links.
Gentlemen, 5 Easy Steps to Living Long and Well (@ ny times) The title says it all. Check it out.
The answer to the toughest interview question (@ brazen carrerist) This is a helpful resource on how to answer the question that pops up in most job interviews “How much money do you want?”
9 Tips to Clean Your Mental Palette (@ scott h. young) Feeling like your brain is fried? Check this article out on how to clear it so you can get more productive.
Investing in Yourself: Mental and Spiritual Health (@ the simple dollar) Want to get your life together? Spend some time investing in your mental and spiritual health. Trent at The Simple Dollar offers some suggestions on you can. Personally, I try to carve out time for prayer and scripture study. I haven’t been very good about it lately. When I’m really things together, I try to make time for meditation. Even if you’re not religious, finding time to mediate and ponder on your life can do wonders for clearing your head and helping you feel more together.
How to Play Well With Others: At Work (@ newly corporate) Success in the corporate world depends on how well you get along with others. This article from Newly Corporate offers some tips on how to do better at it.
I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.
Tina Russell
first time commenter, also a new reader. Please keep it up and good luck on your “homework”
Hey, thanks for linking to my blog. I love reading the Art of Manliness. I think your headlines and layout are terrific. A side benefit of the art of manliness is the art of presenting fun content.
Penelope
Hey there,
Long time poster, first time reader (that joke always sounds better on AM-Sports radio)
Great blog. Very nice niche.
However, gotta give you a bit of a warning as a practicing lawyer for the past ten years (crap, how did that happen). A lot of what happens in Court is a lot of machismo - i.e. “my briefs are larger than yours…” I’m sure you’re seeing a lot of that already in law school. The trick to a good settlement in Court is getting away from your “manly” instinct of wanting to throttle your loudmouth adversary into oblivion, and to try to jedi mind-trick them into agreeing with you even if its against their better judgment.
At the end of the day, manly is what manly does….
Keep on postin’ the great stuff - I’ll be reading…
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From a fellow law student, former soldier, and straight razor shaving manly man….I salute your site.
The blog is all about the thoughts of law professor Glenn Reynolds, as well as links to articles that he finds interesting. In Glenn Reynolds About page, he says “…my chief interest is in the intersection between advanced technologies and individual liberty.”