In the mailbox today.

After today's Religion and the Constitution class, I checked my mailbox and found two unusual items:



The first is a bar of chocolate, from Vienna, a gift "from a secret admirer." The second is a CD. Ah, yes, I've been expecting this for a long time. It comes with a note:

Prof. Althouse:

Here is the finished Cougar record...

Thank you for letting us include your lecture samples. The cadence of your speech perfectly complemented the music....

Unbeknowst to me, a Federal Jurisdiction lecture of mine was recorded by my student Trent Johnson a few years back and samples of it used in his musical work. I was actually a little afraid to listen to it. But it turns out it's really just a tiny bit of my speech on one track -- called "Your Excellency." And, no, I don't think that's what my students usually call me when I'm not around.