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Fine, maybe there are a few other games worth watching. I'll admit I was half in the bag when I posted that. I was merely getting excited over the start of college football. Anyone know where the College Gameday crew will be setting up? Do they still do that?

The previous post reminded me that the Arch Rivalry is still the best game in the first weekend of college football. While most big schools schedule cupcakes so that they can win 70-0, Illinois and Missouri give us a game worth watching.

I hope to end the legal discussion and get the football topic back on track all in this same post. Yes, our legal system is effed up. Back in 1962, a bunch of smart lawyers got together and wrote a criminal code that could be adopted by every state, making the criminal laws the same all across...

Along the same lines: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/c...0,2717308.story

I wasn't there to hear him say that, but just from reading the response, I would say that your boss isn't the kind of person I would want to work for. You have greater exit options because of the license. Whether now or when the economy improves, go get that raise yourself. And be sure to...

I expect Illinois to win this game, then continue winning and finish second in the Big Ten. Ohio State will win the conference, then promptly lose in the BCS Championship Game, just like they do every year.

Is there an appeals process? You seem to have a legitimate complaint here. This goes way beyond a mere hand score, and it might be in the fine print. Did you keep any documentation from the exam? Did you sign anything upon entering the exam room, or did the proctors somehow collect your...

Here is one rationale: because the PE is not the SAT. NCEES does not want it to be an indicator of your level of competence as an engineer. All PEs are created equal. That is, they don't want your score to follow you in your career. Imagine you passed with a 65/80. You might still get...

It's a bimodal distribution. Coming out of law school, new associates cluster around $60k or $160k, with almost nobody in the middle. Top students from top schools get $160k, and the best of the rest settle for the $60k jobs. Everyone else goes their own separate ways. Most move back in with...

Since I'm a patent attorney with a PE, I'll add to the responses here. The answer to the question is like the answer to every other question in law: it depends! First, there are too many lawyers. 40,000 graduates are taking the bar this week, and in a few months, at least 30,000 of them will...

Power Bar and Red Bull in the morning. Power Bar and Red Bull at lunch. Pitcher of beer after.

Now that I think about it, I agree. I include graduation dates, so people can make their own inferences. It also looks somehow more professional without the year. I don't know why, but it does.

So obviously, one of the most fun things about passing is updating your resume. It's probably not quite as fun as getting a higher salary, though. And celebratory drinking is pretty fun too. :beerchug: But it's one of the easiest things to do. So when you added P.E. to your resume, how...

Well, lawyers do have the highest rates of alcoholism and drug abuse of any profession, so it's not too surprising to see that. But I feel bad for the guy - he might have his law license suspended.

No, although I have been told that some are less than competent. What I'm saying is that the exam doesn't test what attorneys need to know to practice law. The bar exam is entirely irrational, and those aren't my words, but the words of a professor who has been teaching for over 50 years. And...

I've been lurking around here long enough, so I just thought I'd go ahead and say hi. Today I learned that I passed the P.E., and I think that I am finally done with exams. Behind me are the P.E., the Patent Bar Exam, and the Illinois Bar Exam. So I am a lawyer and an engineer now. I...