idiotmatic

it’s amazing how easy it is to end up saying absolutely nothing when you don’t understand the idiom you’re using. witness this comment from one of my law school's professors, which was -- regrettably -- chosen as a pull-quote in the school paper:

“we really need to start training students in the uses and pitfalls of film in the courtroom. law schools are way behind the 8-ball” [emphasis added].

of course, if she meant that, being way behind the eight ball and therefore unlikely to scratch, law schools are on top of things, my point is moot. but who am i kidding?