Year: 2006
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT DEPT.
Time for a Ticket
Sometimes technology lets you down in the most frustrating way. When I’m driving home, there’s a turn I have to make pretty regularly that is prohibited by a “No Left Turn” sign after 4 pm. As I approached the turn yesterday, it was 3:44, which is right at my limit. Any closer than that, and… Read more
RELIGION DEPT.
The Rules, For Religion
It seems that a lot of people in the Middle East need to grow up. In Beirut, a day after violent protests in neighboring Syria, the thousands-strong crowd broke through a cordon of troops and police that had encircled the embassy. Security forces fired tear gas and loosed their weapons into the air to stop… Read more
COMMENTARY DEPT.
“Bond Helmer Busted for Prostitution”
When I saw the above title on a Yahoo story, I assumed that some producer or director of the James Bond series was busted for soliciting a prostitute, and the headline writer was in a hurry and got the grammar wrong. But it turns out the headline is accurate: Lee Tamahori, the New Zealand filmmaker… Read more
FAMILY DEPT.
Date Night
Woman of the Law recently went on a date: As for the date: Originally he was going to pick me up from my place, but then thought it would be better if I took public transportation. I took a bus quite a ways out, and he picked me up at the bus station. He honked… Read more
POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPT.
2006 State of the Union
I didn’t watch the State of the Union live, but I watched the streaming video and read along with the transcript at the Whitehouse web site. I noticed Bush hands Cheney and the speaker two big manilla envelopes. I’m sure I could look it up somewhere, but I wonder what’s in them? Written copies of… Read more