I’m OK

I’m not sick. I’m not dead. I’m just putting a lot of time and energy into my job lately and there’s not much left over for blogging. Which I never do from work, and which I so far have kept separate from my work. And I intend to keep things that way.
Thanks to those who’ve [...]

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How much snow?

As of 7:45 a.m. today, the Denver teevee weather folks are falling all over themselves predicting that by this time tomorrow we will be measuring the snowfall in feet, not inches. And running video clips from the big (and it was reaaaaallly BIG, a century storm) snowstorm that hit this area exactly three years ago.
But [...]

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News from all over

Big-time marijuana candy manufacturing operation busted in California. See this rather amazing story. HT to BlondeSense.
An old one, but a goodie that deserves to live a little longer. Two Massachusetts lawyers found their email exchange got more circulation than they originally intended. Or at least more than one of them intended. Sacha Pfeiffer wrote about [...]

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2 months 7 days

. . . and I still miss Dusty. It’s not time for another dog yet. My daily schedule for the next several months is just too tough for a puppy in terms of being left at home too long alone, and I’m pretty sure that my next dog will be a young ‘un. I have [...]

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Tuesday’s episode, in which a self-centered whiny hiney learns what real problems are

I posted below about donating to help rebuild New Orleans’ public libraries (and I mailed a check so I’ve put my money where my blog is).
But I haven’t had to live up close and personal with Katrina’s devastation.
OK, I donated more than once to the Red Cross in the days and weeks after the storm [...]

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So it was a crummy day and I played on blogthings to relax

I’m so cool with this one:

You Are Austin

A little bit country, a little bit rock and roll.
You’re totally weird and very proud of it.
Artistic and freaky, you still seem to fit in… in your own strange way.Famous Austin residents: Lance Armstrong, Sandra Bullock, Andy Roddick

What American City Are You?
But this is just a giggle:

You Should [...]

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Oh, QUAP

This has not been a day to cherish in memory.
Lost a half day’s work to be home for the fridge repair guy. He installed the replacement control board part he’d ordered last week. But I learned after he left and the fridge had run for a couple of hours, it’s still [...]

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I’m Teal

You Are Teal Green

You are a one of a kind, original person. There’s no one even close to being like you.
Expressive and creative, you have a knack for making the impossible possible.
While you are a bit offbeat, you don’t scare people away with your quirks.
Your warm personality nicely counteracts any strange habits you may have.

What [...]

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New Orleans Public Libraries Need Our Help!

I was in information overload condition after a few weeks of seeing all those pictures in the news (TV, print, and online) of the incomprehensible amount and severity of damage from Hurricane Katrina. Numbed out after awhile.
Then I clicked on this link, and saw these pictures of just one area in one New Orleans [...]

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The cruel limits of spell check

It’s probably been done to death in the world of blawgs.
But I can’t resist mentioning this story from law.com about a California lawyer who ran spell check on a brief before filing it. But didn’t realize until too late, after filing, that the program didn’t recognize the legal phrase “sua sponte.” So it [...]

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Not so fast on the ethanol thing

George in Denver says I may be able to resume my Sunday corn-worship meditative dance routine, and quotes some folks who have written to the Rocky Mountain News to debunk the opinion piece published a week ago which debunked ethanol.

The only place with more debunking going on is probably an Army barracks at dawn (assuming [...]

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Get that lawyer out of my shower!

Tee hee.
Check out this entry in f / k / a – the law-and-haiku blog of David Giacalone. He writes about the Condo Bathtub lawsuit story, blogged here and there in the past few weeks.
He asked:
Is “My Mommy made me do it,” a defense for bringing a frivolous claim? How about “Plaintiffs [...]

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Deadwood, South Dakota

All the deadwood in S. D. isn’t confined to the town of that name or the HBO teevee show.
Some of it’s found between the ears in the heads of state officials. You know, where brains reside in many people.
Here’s the official information on Bill Napoli, the S. D. state legislator who spewed his lurid [...]

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I KNEW it! I shoulda been a parole officer! Dang!

I took this online quiz, and see what it said:

Your Career Type: Social

You are helpful, friendly, and trustworthy.
Your talents lie in teaching, nursing, giving information, and solving social problems.
You would make an excellent:
Counselor – Dental Hygienist – Librarian
Nurse – Parole Officer – Personal Trainer
Physical Therapist – Social Worker – Teacher
The worst career options for your [...]

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First S. D., then back to being a “femme sole”?

In my previous post I hinted that the S.D. pols may be out to take away much more than a woman’s right to decide whether or not to have an abortion. Molly Ivins seems to share the same suspicions, in this column published the other day:

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South Dakota – The Coat Hanger State

South Dakota is over. Period. It’s a place I’ve never been, and now that the guys who run the place have outlawed ALL abortions, it’s a place I never intend to go. Or to send my money to.
I’m looking, so far without success, for a link to that great editorial cartoon by [...]

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Another myth shattered

I’ve been too demoralized to go into this here, but I need to face the facts.
My friend George in Denver really opened my eyes to The Last Straw – The Absurdity of Ethanol – and it’s taken me a few days to cope with the truth.
Alas, I had been smiling at those [...]

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Another tempest in a teacup

George in Denver says that The More Things Change… the more they stay the same. Except that in the 21st Century we have blogs, and talk radio whores, er, hosts, and podcasts, and Blackberries and more – thus that 15 minutes of fame people lust after can be all too easy to achieve.
I’m [...]

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A truly funny and clever political video clip!

Just go to Ken Gordon’s website and watch his video announcing that he’s running for Colorado Secretary of State, and why. A rare breath of fresh air in the ego-stuffed political atmosphere.
I first met Ken years ago when we were both working as public defenders. He’s a soft-spoken and thoughtful sort [...]

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Take my word for this one

You just HAVE to read the latest entry on BizBlog.
The author blogs as “Suz” too but she’s not me. For which I’m sure she’s devoutly grateful.
So go read this on her blog – see, there’s another link if you lost the first one – and I dare you to keep a straight [...]

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Memento box

Open lid
Touch my past
In modest objects
Shabby relics
Some made by hand
Most by machine
Some handled daily
By parents long dead
His wallet
Her gloves

Two stuffed toys
Chaotic infancy
Toddlerhood farmed out
To loving aunt’s
Refuge from home storms

My first Kodak brownie
Arty college portrait
By boyfriend’s exotic bro-in-law

Boxed for so long
Let ‘em breathe
Somewhere
New home
Light them, air them
Leave the lid open
For now

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Freezing and burning in the kitchen

The Condo of course needed all new kitchen appliances, after we got rid of the original 1978 harvest gold ones. I indulged myself with Whirlpool stainless steel ones, including a double door counter-depth fridge with the door ice and water dispenser and everything.
The fridge was delivered 3 weeks ago and has been nicely freezing everything [...]

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Her name rhymes with “waste of space”

Over the last several months of cable TV channel surfing, I have noticed of a sneering blonde rhymes-with-witch with a voice like a blade sawing tile who’s always ranting at or about something with a mind that’s obviously made up already. And permanently flaring nostrils, like a caricature of a charging bull. She’s allegedly a [...]

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A Teensy Tiny Bite out of Crime

. . . Hey big fella, is that a drug detection dog in your pocket or are you really glad to see me?
This story warmed and charmed and made me smile. Reported by WKYC TV in Cleveland, it has several pictures of Midge, the latest recruit to the K-9 corps of Geauga County’s Sheriff’s [...]

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