Author: Mark Draughn

  • Adventures in Avvo: Scene 2 – Take 2

    Yesterday I started another one of my Avvo Answers experiments, in which I asked the free advice service the following question: Is it legal to own lock picks in Illinois? Chicago, IL And it it’s legal, are there places where you’re not supposed to have them? In particular, does Chicago have different laws? [typos in… Read more

  • Adventures in Avvo: Scene 2 – Take 1

    This post at D.A. Confidential includes a link to a list of “The 6 Most Badass Skills You Can Learn in Under a Week.” Skill number 4 is lock picking, and the article refers to a Lock Picking School In A Box. which sounds like something you could make yourself by taking a lock apart. I’ve… Read more

  • Illinois’s Crazy Ex-Governor…

    …is still crazy: Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he’s “blacker than Barack Obama” and tells Esquire magazine that he was a real person in a political arena dominated by phonies. Blagojevich, referring to the president as “this guy,” says Obama was elected based simply on hope. “What the (expletive)? Everything he’s saying’s on the… Read more

  • Dollhouse Episode 2.11: “Getting Closer”

    What the fuck? No, really, what the fuck? Read more

  • The TSA as Child Porn Ring

    Here’s an angle on the TSA’s new full-body imaging that I wish I’d thought of: Wouldn’t a full-body image of someone under the age of 18 be child pornography as a matter of law? Maybe. Read more