Typical Monday commute

First world problems I guess but here goes. Guy next to me on the train got almost got all of Metro "etiquette" wrong: headphones too loud, wore lots of perfume, took swigs from water bottle (because you can't go 20 minutes when sitting on a cool day without hydration), elbowed me while fishing stuff out of his bag, talked loudly on his phone (got a call, had an especially obnoxious ring tone, of course), let his bag strap fall on me so I had to press myself in the opposite direction to avoid it. Gee, he must have missed something from my peeved list but I can't think what it was.

Law in Postcards

The Law in Postcards and Legal Ephemera 1890-1962  is an exhibit on the Boston College of Law site. 

Congress.gov un-beta'd

Now you can see :

• an A to Z list with hundreds of sites focused on Congress
• House Committee hearings videos archived back to January 2012
•  better advanced search options for material on nominations, Congressional Record and members
• improved browse options for days in session, roll call votes and bill sponsor info

Coming soon :

• treaty info
• executive communications
• Congressional Record Index

The Congress.gov site "is the official source for federal legislative information. A collaboration among the Library of Congress, the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives and the Government Printing Office, Congress.gov is a free resource that provides searchable access to bill status and summary, bill text, member profiles, the Congressional Record, committee reports, direct links from bills to cost estimates from the Congressional Budget Office, legislative process videos, committee profile pages and historic access reaching back to the 103rd Congress."

Friday Cat Pix

Exhausted from sleeping all day.

Best schools in the world?

My rank is blue?

Another In Custodia Legis gem

What Do I Wear to Court?: Courtroom Appearance and Decorum Standards.

Official gazettes archived

Archived Legal Materials from Official Gazettes Now Available Through Law.gov as reported by In Custodia Legis.

Misc musings on news readers

Hootsuite for following keywords on Twitter;

Scraperwiki to get 2 free scrapes to grab and store a keyword;

News360 where you can put in your own keywords to create a channel.

FGI FTW

Free Government Information (FGI) - "Because government information needs to be free". A good site for following news about publications and sources.

Friday Cat Pix!

Cute kittehs pose cutely

PACER lives!?

The WaPo reports on reviving PACER.

Good news, bad news

Says the Atlantic, Millennials Are Out-Reading Older Generations...But younger Americans value library services less than more senior cohorts, study finds.

Constitution day

Lots of info on White House site.  And then there's this from the brilliant Dahlia Lithwick so do we celebrate or not?

Law Library of Congress resources by jurisdiction

Browse content by jurisdiction - yes please.

DOI Open House

Saturday, October 18, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Dept of Interior Museum (Entrance at C Street NW)

Catch POSTERity: WPA's Art Legacy and America's Public Lands, a visually stunning retrospective of screen printed national park posters from the 1930s to the present--including six rare originals. Plus, it's the last day to view See America, a traveling exhibition featuring 50 posters by 46 different artists depicting natural, cultural and historical sites across the country. Hands-on activity: in the WPA tradition, silk screen your own autumn-themed greeting cards from 10am - 3pm (while supplies last).

Friday Cat Pix

Pink toes kitteh

Super lawyer

Ed Kneedler is super nice too.

Virtual White House

Take a White House interactive tour.

Mos(t) Defs

Hyperdictionary shows search results in several dictionaries, including Webster's from 1913. Now I wish I could find the 1930 Webster's everyone cites.

Maru

I wish Maru would come to work in my house.

More PACER help

This guide give tips on finding the materials removed from PACER.

Friday Cat Pix!

Photobooth Kitteh