Happy Birthday to me.....

Another year, another chocolate cake with raspberry filling and mocha icing.  Yum.  Was awakened at 7:00 a.m. on the dot by a gift-bearing Boy, and much glee was expressed over my birthday gift:  a spanky new iPod nano in the refreshing shade of mint green.  AND the new ones have a volume lock function, which means that The Boy will be able to listen to the pod without me worrying about him jacking up the volume and deafening himself.  Of course, this means that I will have to share.  Hmmmm.....

Hublet's old school managed to drag itself from obscurity and straight into the crosshairs of both the ACLU and Michelle Malkin yesterday.  For such a small school, it certainly manages to deliver on the drama year after year after year.

In other news, this headline:

Law School Deanship Rescinded; Politics Blamed

Could probably serve as an all-purpose, fill-in-the-blank response appropriate for any academic decision-making moment.  [Insert position] Rescinded (or Filled, or Defunded, or Set On Fire); Politics Blamed.  Yep, that's pretty much a catchall.