SLS LOL Palo Alto Memorial Celebrity Laughter Awareness Pro-Am Laugh-a-thon for the Cure

**WIN $10**

As a socially concious blog, SLS LOL would like to raise AWARENESS of itself (cuz, raising awarenss is always the utmost goal of any humanitarian effort). 

In a blatant effort to increase blog readership, participation, and general comedic impact,  SLS LOL will be offering REWARDS for blog participation during the next two weeks. 

SLS LOL will award five $10 (cash money!) prizes - one to the best (funniest/most original/creative) submission in each of the following categories:

1) Overheard at SLS - quotes overheard in the hallways, classrooms, and courtyards of SLS

2) Original Submission - original article, essay or musing highlighting life of law students, SLS or related topics

3) Non-original Submission - jokes, link to news items, videos, posts from other blogs or sources, or other submissions of non-original work.

4) Images of SLS - Photo, video or other pictures that capture iconic, ironic, or amusing snippets of the life we lead (please ask folks if you can use pictures you took of them so no one gets upset). 

5) Word of the Month Usage - Quote and short blurb explaining how you used the Word of the Month in a class, assignment or other public forum.

The Fine Print: 

Submissions must be sent to SLSLOLBlog@gmail.com with the words  "CONTEST SUBMISSION" and the submission category in the subject line. 

Submissions must be received no later than Oct 31, 2010, 11:59:59 PST. 

Submissions must be legally available to post without cost (i.e., free of copyright, trademark or other IP restrictions) and become the property of the SLS LOL blog.  

Winners will be selected by the SLS LOL Editor-In-Chief and announced via post on www.slslol.blogspot.com after Nov. 1, 2010.

Word of the Week: Spatula

For our first feature, we introduce Word of the Week.

This week's word is 
SPATULA

spat·u·la

 [spach-uh-luh]

–noun

an implement with a broad, flat, usually flexible blade, used forblending foods or removing them from cooking utensils, mixingdrugs, spreading plasters and paints, etc.

Origin: 
1515–25;  < L: a flat piece, batten, equiv. to spath ( a ) spathe  +-ula -ule

—Related forms

spat·u·lar, adjective

The rules and process are as follows:

1) A word will be posted each week (ideally, by Sunday evening, assuming my internet doesn't hate me)

2) Any and all SLS students are encouraged to use this word in an actual class comment or written assignment. Variants, such as adverb forms of a noun, etc. are also free game.

3) Participants should post a short comment to this posting quoting their use and describing its context

4) Participants and/or commentors may indicate the level of achivement using the following scale:

• Bronze: Word is used as a restatement of facts, somewhat randomly or out of context; however, valiant effort has been made for inclusion and/or comedic effect (e.g., "Well, according to Walker v Birmingham, and my coffee filter, that rule is out-dated.").

• Sliver: Word is used in an example, metaphore or analogy (e.g., The three-pronged rule in this case seems to act as a coffee filter for judicial interpretation."

• Gold: Word is used in such a way as to add substantive or legal weight to an argument. (e.g., "But it is precisly the coffee filter that allows for this interpretation.")

Let the games begin!