[Update: We renamed this cat "Beezle" (includes video of him playing).]I was going to blog about the President's speech, but look! Kitty pictures.Taking all these pictures of Hotch is proving to be more difficult than I expected. For one thing, the color balance is all over the place. The room is actually lit with incandescent light, which gives everything a warm glow, … [Read more...] about More Pictures of Hotch
Archives for July 2011
TOS OMG
Remember Lori Drew? She's the woman who used MySpace to play a very unkind trick on a teenage girl named Megan Meier, who killed herself. Prosecutors in Missouri, where Drew and Meier both lived, didn't prosecute her for this, probably because saying mean things to little girls isn't a criminal act. That didn't stop grandstanding U.S. Attorney Thomas P. O'Brien from stepping … [Read more...] about TOS OMG
Never Rely on Prosecutors For Mercy
Defenders of Caylee's Law have been arguing in my comments and elsewhere that even though the rush to legislate will result in a poorly-written law, my fear that it will punish innocent parents and babysitters far more than it helps any child is unfounded, because prosecutors will use their discretion wisely and mercifully. In most cases, I'm sure they're right, but why rely on … [Read more...] about Never Rely on Prosecutors For Mercy
Maryland Revisited
I just drove through Maryland a few weeks ago, and now I'm back, this time on business. One of my on-again, off-again clients has a bit of work that I'm suited for, so I flew out here for a meeting. Yeah, that's right. I flew. For the first time in about 11 years. My lack of flying had nothing to do with 9/11. I've always disliked flying -- getting through the airport traffic, … [Read more...] about Maryland Revisited
Meet the New Cuteness
About 10 years ago, my wife had just adopted Ripley, and we were thinking of getting a kitten next, and we thought it might be fun to get a purebread kitten. We weren't sure what breed we wanted, so we did some research on the web and at cat shows. Eventually we settled on the Ragdoll breed, and began to contact a few local breeders to learn to learn how the adoption process … [Read more...] about Meet the New Cuteness