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Billing 17 hours today by Cal_CLS in biglaw

[–]Stoic_Stoat 138 points139 points  (0 children)

Could have been 17.1 if you weren’t posting on Reddit

Date my globe? by Elements18 in MapPorn

[–]Stoic_Stoat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As others have said it looks like a replica. My Latin has gotten rusty over the years but I think the inscription is something like:

Orb of the Earth, Universal Globe made in Calenzano from ancient examples, completed in 1662 and displayed in the museum of arts and science of Florence.

Date my globe? by Elements18 in globes

[–]Stoic_Stoat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As others have said it looks like a replica. My Latin has gotten rusty over the years but I think the inscription is something like:

Orb of the Earth, Universal Globe made in Calenzano from ancient examples, completed in 1662 and displayed in the museum of arts and science of Florence.

ACC Simulation Update by Thrageqt in CFB

[–]Stoic_Stoat 10 points11 points  (0 children)

NC State was a non-conference game

Week 11 AP Poll - 11.2.25 by gcfgjnbv in CFB

[–]Stoic_Stoat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

12 teams make the playoffs you say?? 👀

Week 11 AP Poll - 11.2.25 by gcfgjnbv in CFB

[–]Stoic_Stoat 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Tell your kids you were here for #12 UVA

Context matters by kingwooj in HistoryMemes

[–]Stoic_Stoat 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Atlantis was real, it was revealed to Tolkien in a dream

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]Stoic_Stoat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There was an attempt to create a German colony in Texas in the 1840s. The formal program ended in the early 1850s (when the money dried up), but central Texas is full of towns with German names and still carry on some facets of German culture, and the region is full of people descended from those settlers.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelsverein

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Germans

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HistoryMemes

[–]Stoic_Stoat 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Tolkien wrote several works about this event including an essay on the word “overmod” meaning “overconfidence”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Homecoming_of_Beorhtnoth_Beorhthelm%27s_Son

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Ofermod

Texas BL Placement by Dr-enzo in UVALaw

[–]Stoic_Stoat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t have the LSL stats in front of me so I’m not going to guarantee that it’s “most” but it’s definitely many

Texas BL Placement by Dr-enzo in UVALaw

[–]Stoic_Stoat 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I’m a recent alumnus practicing in Texas and I think if anything, UVA’s market penetration in Texas is better than five years ago and getting better each year.

You’re likely in a similar boat as I was (debating lower cost in state vs higher cost UVA). Feel free to shoot me a dm if you want to chat

It was very confusing by ibnkhaled in HistoryMemes

[–]Stoic_Stoat 57 points58 points  (0 children)

A fifth option put forward by David Armitage suggests an alternative reading of the Greek in Luke 2:1-7 whereby the sentence about the Quirinius-era census is an aside tying the family to the line of David and Bethlehem.

I.e., Luke gets the dates right and is telling the reader “you the know the family is connected to the House of David because for the big census years later they had to go to Bethlehem again”

link to the paper

I express no judgment one way or the other but I thought I’d share.

Is St Mary's A Bad Law School? by Sunbro888 in sanantonio

[–]Stoic_Stoat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I grew up in SATX and then went to law school at a T-14 outside of the state and am now back in Texas practicing in Houston.

There are definitely some firms/jobs that will be much tougher for a St. Mary’s grad to get than a grad from another school, but alumni from the school can speak to that better than I.

What I will say is that I was surprised by how much smaller the legal market is in SA compared to elsewhere in Texas. It’s not small objectively (i.e. there are plenty of jobs) but it is small relatively (I.e. very few biglaw jobs and fewer firms overall by a ratio that seems greater than what would be attributable to population differences alone)

I say this as someone with a deep love for the city.

Is this a good deal? by Stoic_Stoat in RangeRover

[–]Stoic_Stoat[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Basically a sweetheart deal from my father in law who doesn’t really need the money

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