My wife and I were at a friend's house Saturday night. Just us. Certainly not the friend who owned the house. A few weeks ago, our Tivo missed taping a double episode of 24, but our friend had it and had made a tape of it for us on Friday. She lives far out in the Chicago suburbs, and she told us the house was never locked. She'd leave the tape just inside the door so we … [Read more...] about Non-Braking and Entering
Fun With the TSA
Tired of all the tedium of going through airport security? Then set your laptop up so that when they ask you to open it, it shows this. (Created by Michael Solomon, referred by Philipp Lenssen.) P.S. For God's sake, don't really do this. You will be charged with a crime. … [Read more...] about Fun With the TSA
Justice for the Young and Attractive
The story of Julia Diaco is bouncing around the legal blogosphere. She's an attractive young white college girl who was caught dealing drugs on the NYU campus. She could have been sentenced to as much as 25 years, but instead received a slap-on-the-wrist sentence of 5-years probation. A New York Post story, "Pot Hottie Breathes Freedom" (really), contrasts that sentence with … [Read more...] about Justice for the Young and Attractive
Fly Away
Lenny Kravitz's album 5 has been out for a few years now. I remember especially enjoying its hit single "Fly Away" which had an energetic video to go with it. You can hear "Fly Away" on Lenny Kravitz's MySpace page (you'll have to click the song yourself, I can't figure out how to link to it). Meanwhile, however, I'd like to discuss these lyrics: Oh I want to get away. I … [Read more...] about Fly Away
The Dumbest Man In Texas
I know, I know, some of you are thinking George Bush. But I think it's Captain David Alexander of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. He's having his officers arrest people for getting drunk in bars. He justifies it this way: "Going to a bar is not an opportunity to go get drunk," TABC Capt. David Alexander said. "It's to have a good time but not to get drunk." I don't … [Read more...] about The Dumbest Man In Texas