Year: 2005
Another Reason I Couldn’t Be A Criminal Lawyer
One of defense lawyer Norm Pattis’s ex-clients apparently wants to kill him. On the one hand, he’s got an internal justification for his actions (revenge), and he doesn’t seem like the type to care about the consequences. So he’s a serious threat in that sense. On the other hand, I don’t see how the guy… Read more
MADD Man
The news media have been having fun reporting that Glynn Birch, the new national president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, is a man. That MADD would chose a president who has never been a mother doesn’t surprise me a bit, but I’ll get back to that later. Meanwhile, lets look at a few excerpts from… Read more
Portrait of A Slashdotting
I few weeks ago I accidentally helped break the Google Earth story and got linked from Slashdot, which resulted in an inundation of visits to this site. People have been asking what that’s like. Take a look: You can see it all. The left half of the graph is my initial pitifully low traffic. On… Read more
Ripley Again
My wife pointed out I haven’t done any Friday Catblogging in a while, so here’s a picture of Ripley: Ripley On the Couch Read more
Greatness
Over at AOL Television, they’re running a show called Greatest American on which they’re trying to pick…well I’m sure you get it. I’ve avoided many such lists in the past, like the AFI‘s list of the greatest 100 films, because if I do care about the subject, I have my own opinions, and if I… Read more