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January 04, 2005
Giddy with anticipation
Well, not really. The first of my textbooks for the upcoming semester arrived in the mail today, the Bainbridge et al. Business Associations. It's a little skinnier than I expected. Is that an indication of a lack of case law governing corporations, and by extension, does that mean corporations are above the law?
I was also a tad disappointed there wasn't a wine-tasting guide enclosed, although most of Bainbridge's recommendations are a bit out of my price range since I can't count on the discount at the old job anymore (it is a little disturbing how many people are still at the liquor store I worked at 4 years ago.)
Upon checking Bainbridge on Wine I think he missed a gem in the law student oriented under $15 category for New Year's Eve bubbly, Mountain Dome, a nice Brut from Washington for $10-13. Plus, there are gnomes on the label which is good because gnomes make the best illusionists due to their high dexterity.
The rest of the books will arrive over the next few days. Prof Civ Lit, formerly Prof Evid, emailed the first reading assignment yesterday. I might have to drive to the law school to get one of the texts this week, although I'd like to I wait until the first day of school to get it. Considering he called on me 4 days in a row in Evidence, I should probably go get it beforehand. I have been told he pulls back from his Civ Pro/Evidence demeanor a bit in the more specialized classes, though, so maybe I'll be alright waiting until Monday to buy the book.
Posted by Half-Cocked at January 4, 2005 09:39 PM
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Well, I haven't seen the book, but I found a version on sale on e-bay stating that it was approximately 1.5" thick.
My "Corporations" book was at least 3" thick if not thicker.
WORST CLASS EVER...
Posted by: Kevin at January 5, 2005 08:57 AM
I would have given you my BA book, if only to rid my apartment of any remnant of Bainbridge. Given his political tendencies I cannot imagine he'd have decent taste in wine. Maybe he overlooks excess tanins (sp?) the way he ignores the fascists in the GOP?
Seriously though- is there any better representation of today's GOP than a curmudgeonly, out of shape, wine drinking, BMW loving blowhard who wants to make sure no one else can have sex unless it's to make babies? He claims to be pro-life, but taking into account his rotundity, one wonders if he does not wish to eat the babies.
Posted by: musclehead at January 7, 2005 02:30 PM
Justin, I'm surprised you didn't have an elaborate ceremony that ended with you burning the Bainbridge book.
What really shocked me was that he didn't stop talking about French wines during the Freedom Fries period. He's still pretty California-centric, though, which means you'll get a lot of reviews of overpriced mostly-average Cabernets while ignoring all the good French, Spanish and Italian wine that is actually more affordable.
Posted by: Steve at January 9, 2005 02:35 AM