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Unofficially, Notre Dame has climbed from a tie for #22 to a tie for #20 in the new U.S. News law school rankings. Woohoo!

Hmm… let’s see, of the schools that I got into, Notre Dame is up 2 spots, as is George Washington (also from #22 to #20), Cardozo is up 4 spots (from #57 to #53), Boston U. is up 5 (from #28 to #23), Fordham is down 3 (from #31 to #34) and UConn is down 3 (from #40 to #43). (Old rankings here.)

Boston College, which wait-listed me and never let me in, is way down, from #22 to #29. American University, which did the same, is down from #55 to #56. Michigan and Georgetown, which rejected me outright, are steady at #7 and #14, respectively.

So the schools that accepted me had a net gain of 7 spots in the rankings, while the schools that did not accept me had a net loss of 8 spots. The moral of the story: rejecting Brendan Loy may be hazardous to your health (or your law school’s). Hehe. :)

Baylor, where Chris is going now, has climbed from #51 to #50. Way to go, Bears!

USC is steady at #18. So is UCLA, at #16. (Dammit!)

Hmm… while UConn has dropped from #40 to #43, Duke has climbed from #12 to #10. Let’s hope this isn’t a preview of Saturday’s basketball game!

Not that any of this actually matters, of course…

UPDATE: Wait, did I just say it doesn’t matter? Screw that! Now I can say I’m going to a “top 20 law school”! Which is obviously so much cooler than going to a “top 25 law school”… :)

The Hartford Courant reveals:

Also: UConn Coach Jim Calhoun is up for Hall of Fame induction, and there is the possibility that he “could be introduced as part of the Class of 2004 for the Basketball Hall of Fame Monday morning and then win the national championship Monday night. When was the last time you had a day at work to match that?”

(My lunch break was split in two today — an early slice and a late slice, with a meeting in between. Just in case you were wondering.)

RAMALLAH, West Bank (CNN) — Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei denounced suicide bombings as “morally wrong” and an “obstacle to peace” Wednesday in an address to the Palestinian parliament.

“These bombings are used by the Israeli government as an excuse to continue its aggression and collective punishment against the Palestinian people,” Qorei said.

They’re not an “excuse,” they’re a reason — not for “aggression” and “punishment,” but for entirely necessary security measures that can easily be interpreted as aggression and punishment. But leaving aside that semantic error, Qorei’s message certainly strikes me as a positive development.

I must say, I am pleasantly stunned that, fully nine days after Yassin’s death, no major retaliation has yet occurred. [Knock on wood. –ed.]

As of yesterday, my PowerBook is more than half paid for! I’ve paid $1,050 so far, and I have $1,029.53 left to go on my Apple Instant Loan. Woohoo!

Of course, since I’ve decided to get the AppleCare Protection Plan after all (I can purchase it up to a year after buying the computer, and plan to do so in the next few days), that $1,029.53 is about to become $1,378.53. But the computer itself is still more than half paid for… so yeah.

UPDATE: Hmm… well actually, the computer alone cost $1,601.00. The rest went toward Final Cut Express, Microsoft Office for Mac, a Bluetooth wireless keyboard, and a video adapter thingy. But whatever.

Have I mentioned lately that I love my Mac? :)