November 2008
10 posts
honeymoon pictures
October 2008
4 posts
return if found
We need to talk about Las Vegas.
Last week I enjoyed a splendid Bachelor Trip to that fabled locale, as orchestrated by Fleeg - the Best of Men. It was also attended by Lee, another comrade from the ancient days. I find it refreshing to spend time with friends from before we all had drivers’ licenses. I think it’s because such people are simply not impressed by you. As I see age...
“All 12 jurors had previously heard about Simpson and all but one knew about his...”
– from CNN. Wait. What? You mean one person did not know about the acquittal? They get jurors from voter registries, people. This person votes.
September 2008
6 posts
innovation... Microsoft style
As a devout Macvangelist, I could never have imagined better anti-PC fodder than this:
The Windows-focused campaign attempts to turn Apple’s “I’m a Mac” ads on their head. A new TV ad set to debut during “The Office” on NBC Thursday evening begins with a Microsoft engineer who looks like the PC character in Apple’s ads saying “Hello, I’m a...
pistil whipped
Hawkgirl and I are soon to wrap up the pernicious issue of flowers.
Flowers are problematic. Well, I should say, wedding flowers. In the real world, they are simply purchased and given. But this is Wedding World. When it comes to the issue of wedding flowers, there seems to be three prevailing schools of thought. The first, which I have heard advocated by my pastor’s...
“Whenever you’re asked to make an important financial or vocational...”
– Harold Bullock
the story thus far
Wedding plans are moving right along, and I am proud to say that not only am I still engaged (which will shock some of you more than others), the lion’s share of the wedding arrangements fall somewhere on the sliding scale of planned/booked/paid for.
Allow me to break down some of the key points:
1. Reception venue. It’s a lovely place with sentimental value for Hawkgirl and me. ...
August 2008
5 posts
hoov/hawk '08
One of my favorite movie quotes is from the largely unheard-of comedy, State & Main. I haven’t seen it in years, but as I recall the pivotal scene, Alec Baldwin gets wasted, picks up an underage girl, and then flips a speeding station wagon in the titular intersection.
He crawls out from the upended vehicle, looks around, and with a cherubic expression proclaims:
“So…...
the week in review
I posted the preceeding quote in honor of the July 2008 Bar examinees, who concluded testing yesterday afternoon. Gerry Spence is a curious legal figure. He is sort of like the Liberace of American Jurisprudence, in that his curious celebrity status is more attributed to his unique character than actual coherent achievement.
I agree with his statement about the bar exam, despite not agreeing...
“The bar exam itself is a fraud. The exam does not help the law profession to...”
– Gerry Spence, from his blog
July 2008
10 posts
Working from home today. Because I'm just really...
HOLYCRAPEARTHQUAKE!
an honest rant
I didn’t think of it at the time, but it occurred to me that for a full understanding of the absurd implications of the preceeding post, one might benefit from a brief introduction to American Jurisprudence.
That jumble of numbers and letters after the case name means that it’s a reported case. These so-called “reported cases” consist of the decision of an appellate court...
“A dog does not have a fundamental right to travel.. If there be a constitutional...”
– City of Akron v. Tipton, 559 N.E.2d 1385 (Ohio Mun. 1990)
why i like tumblr: i hate tumblr
I’ve had quite the time with the blog transition.
I suppose it started with being completely exasperated by The Write-On. I had become a slave to the format - conscripted into long prose and narration. I was always baffled by the chilly response I received from my shorter posts: the quick snippets and memes and other what-have-you that I posted whenever I was, as The Dude would say,...
“Form over function, thy name is Tumblr.”
– me