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 my original question] This morning I got my first answer … [Read more...] about Adventures in Avvo: Scene 2 – Take 2
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 always been fascinated by things like lock picking and safe cracking, and maybe some … [Read more...] about Adventures in Avvo: Scene 2 – Take 1
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 teleprompter," Blagojevich told … [Read more...] about Illinois’s Crazy Ex-Governor…
Dollhouse Episode 2.11: “Getting Closer”
What the fuck? No, really, what the fuck? … [Read more...] about Dollhouse Episode 2.11: “Getting Closer”
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...] about The TSA as Child Porn Ring