Author: Mark Draughn
Gaming Alexa Blawg Rankings
About a month ago, although he expressed some doubts about the meaningfulness of blog ranking systems, Jamison Koehler published a list of 26 legal blogs along with their ranks according to the Alexa traffic rank tool. His blog’s Alexa rank of 2,011,842 put him at number 12 on the list, just behind me at number… Read more
Dozer R.I.P.
Dozer My big fluffy Ragdoll cat Dozer passed away this morning. We got him from an amimal shelter in 2002 when he was about seven years old. We discovered him in a cage outside the adult cat room. He hadn’t been brushed regularly, so he was the fluffiest cat I had ever seen. I remember… Read more
Mayor Daley’s Turning Points
For most of my life, there’s been a Mayor Daley running Chicago. I remember that as a little kid, I didn’t even realize that “Mayor” was a title. When Mayor Richard J. Dailey died in 1976, there was a succession of short-term mayors, including Michael Bilandic (appointed by the city council), Jane Byrne (an insider… Read more
Best Osama Death Reaction Ever
I know this is very, very wrong, but… (Hat tip: Matt Welch) Read more
Trump Craziness Is Deeper Than Birtherism
You’ve all heard about Donald Trump’s weird obsession with Obama’s birth certificate, right? Pretty crazy, huh? You ain’t seen nothing yet. The real crazy shit will come when Trump starts explaining his policy proposals. That’s not a prediction. It’s a memory: CNN November 9, 1999 Billionaire businessman Donald Trump has a plan to pay off the national… Read more