NEW BLOGS ON THE BLOGROLL

I have added some new blogs to the sidebar.   This takes a lot of doing and is generally an exercise in frustration and swearing on my part.  But I didn't want to deprive you all of these great blogs:

1) Sidebar -- This blog details the everyday dramas of a young female associate at a mid-sized American law firm.  Will it turn out that she wrote a brief citing a case that had  been reversed, as claimed by her opposing counsel?  Will her secretary stop putting her outgoing mail in the wrong envelope? Oh the horror -- I get heart palpitations just thinking about some of these situations!

2) Scribble Pad -- Take a cyber trip to India (oh how I've longed to visit!) by visiting M. at Scribble Pad.  In particular, I recommend her series on Feminism in Indian Culture.

3) Never Say Never to Your Traveling Self -- This is Hadhifa Sofia's blog, which is devoted in large part to chronicling her continuing spiritual journey as an agnostic former-Muslim who is now heavily involved in Unitarian Universalism.  There is so much good writing here on such a difficult topic that it's hard to know where to begin.  I was particularly struck by the following paragraph from this post which touches on the importance of not being so liberal that you don't stand for anything:

There is an advantage to having grown up a minority: a black muslim girl-child of converts, who ate tofu and homeschooled and wore hijab from the time she was two years old. I learned that it was all right to be the only person like myself in a room or in a building. I learned to take what I could from the mainstream, and leave the rest. To be uncomfortable. To be offended. To be told I was wrong on a regular basis. To be laughed at. To be ignored. To be thought strange. To be left out. To be told I supported terrorism. To be praised for my “courage.” To be approached with questions by complete strangers any time I walked out my front door. To prefer no representation over misrepresentation. This was my life growing up - it was a good life - and I can say that I have never been offended by a UU talking about Jesus. UUs who talk about Jesus are exciting to me because they are talking about something. They are talking about emotions, history and transformation. Anyone who talks about these things in any theological context with respect towards others is someone I want to listen to.

4) The Reaction - a "liberal-to-moderate" Canadian blog with lotsa good coverage of such topics as the recent Canadian election, the Iran situation, and the fact that French philosophers apparently do not have chest hair. (They are a fellow Koufax nominee, along with this blog, in the category of "More Deserving of Wider Recognition.")

5) Cute Overload -  This is a must-visit everyday.  Regardless of whether you are young, old, male female, a stay-at-home mom, a former naval commander, or a tough-as-nails litigator, this site will have you squealing, "Cuuuuuuuuuuuuuute!" (I also wonder whether one of our very own commenters has been posing on this site?  Chipmunk, is that you on Jan. 27?!?!?)

UPDATE -- After I posted this, I realized that I have about five MORE blogs I want to add.  So stay tuned for more . . .

Comments

[chipmunk]

So, a case has been over-ruled. Unless it's a Supreme Court case, you can probably find many others for the same proposition. Now, tell me when she has to write a brief arguing that a sentence within the guidelines range is unreasonable and I might then have more sympathy.

[chipmunk]

Not me on Cuteoverload, but I like the picture.

[The Happy Feminist]

I once had my opponent base their entire Supreme Court brief on an out-of-state appellate opinion that had been overruled. It didn't necessarily kill their argument but boy, did I have some sadistic fun with that.

[m.]

thank you :)

[h sofia]

thanks, HF. I've really enjoyed your blog, too. So much action going on here! It's almost like a message board!

[fireymind]

With each cuteoverload image I revealed to my daughter, I was rewarded with a high-pitch sqeeeeeeeeeal! Her big bro walked in and assented to cuteness with an occasional "ooooooooh." I maintained my reserved-guy facade until I picked the kitten images, and then I experience total heart-meltage. Cuuuuuute!

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