Osler's Razor

Some of you have been asking about the picture of me that accompanies the blog. In the photo, I am not in my normal workaday clothes-- rather, I was dressed up for a law school commencement. The sash, you will notice, is the ermine color associated with the law degree at such events; the gold "M" obviously is for "Mark," my first name. With such an outfit, I often sport a monocle, so as to read the names of graduates, and a top hat is also appropriate.

I'm kind of cranky. For practice court this afternoon, I had the minitrial of Blutarsky v. Wormer, and "You Know Who" (I can't use his name because he is becoming angry and possibly litigious) played the plaintiff. The whole "What am I? A zit!" demonstration as part of the direct examination was good, though.

I'm begining to think that I might want to change the tagline for the Razor. That whole business about drivel and haiku is getting kind of stale. How about one of the following? I value your opinion.

1) "#1 in Celebrity News"
2) "Your source for complaints about Practice Court!"
3) "Bloviating about meaningless events since 2006"
4) "From Waco to Malibu"
5) "Pedagogy as pathology"
6) "Now Owned By The French!"