I have grown weary of all the blog-spam that I’m getting here. Many of you Loyal Readers prefer to leave comments anonymously, and I have no problem with that, but permitting anonymous comments appears to invite spam blasts. So the… Continue Reading
…I learn that the State of Tennessee has hired 120 lawyers to do nothing. They’re making pretty good money (by Tennessee standards) to do crossword puzzles and read magazines while they await a flood of TennCare appeals that does not… Continue Reading
Is this one real? I bet it is. And I bet it’s a source of significant embarrassment to the law firm in question (which is apparently real but whose website is probably being bombarded with hits).
I note with some regret that with last Saturday’s loss to the hated Gigantes del San Francisco, my Dodgers cannot possibly finish the season with a better-than-.500 record. Yet it is still at least theoretically possible for my third-place team… Continue Reading
I worked until midnight yesterday putting together The Great Man’s charts. He’s pleased as punch with them, even though I haven’t the remotest clue whether my valuation of the cases is right because the information that went in to the… Continue Reading
Upon my bleary-eyed arrival in the office this morning, I was requested/instructed by the receptionist to run a file we are referring out due to a conflict of interest to an attorney in Maryville. Despite some conflict over my intentions… Continue Reading
Today’s discussion with the Rationalists was quite interesting, if at times mentally intense. The questions was whether a robot can have a mind. I learned about crystalline protien structures embedded within neurons and the importance they play in the mechanical… Continue Reading
The Emmy Awards are on (after the game’s end), and there are shows on that I’ve never even heard of. Shatner is giving an acceptance speech for best dramatic supporting actor, using his Star Trek inflections — my goodness, he… Continue Reading
This afternoon, Green Bay lost its second game for a start of 0-2. They lost to the Cleveland Browns, quarterbacked by Trent “College Boy” Dilfer, who I have always called a stiff. Of course, I also predicted today that Jamal… Continue Reading
The University of Tennessee just lost to arch-rivals the University of Florida. So much for the quest for the national championship. Going undefeated is pretty much the only way to win that objective anymore — and that means beating tough… Continue Reading