Movie Review: Cloverfield
For some kinds of movies, you go for the story, for the script and the dialogue. For others, you go for the actors. A monster movie, you go to so that you can be be scared by the monster. If… Continue Reading
Month: January 2008
This Choked Me Up A Bit
I resolved a case just a few weeks ago. The case involved the proceeds from a life insurance policy; my client was the wife of the man who died and the other party claiming the right to the proceeds was… Continue Reading
Meet Your Inner Fish
His name is Tiktaalik Roseae and he’s a transitional form of life between a fish and an amphibian. The absent of transitional forms of life is a common method used by deniers of evolution to “prove” that evolution could not… Continue Reading
Vote For The Guy With The Hook
An interesting bit on a Democrat running for Senate in Oregon. His campaign T-shirts say “Hooked on Novick.” While his physical appearance is the most obvious thing about him, a forthright campaign platform is probably the most interesting thing. Oregon… Continue Reading
An Anti-Thompson, Pro-Huckabee Push Poll
The Huckster would do well to remember the Eleventh Commandment.
Glide Her In, Or, In Praise Of The Human Mind
A long-haul British Airways flight coming in to land at Heathrow Airport suddenly lost all power while on its final landing approach. Scary. Nearly a disaster. The pilot announced, “I’ll just have to glide her in” and did exactly that.… Continue Reading
Romney v. Glenn
Good video here of a Mitt Romney press opportunity in some kind of an office supply store in, I think, South Carolina. Romney makes the claim that there are no lobbyists running his campaign, and a reporter challenges him on… Continue Reading
Movie Day
Turns out, movies can be a really good teaching tool. I went through the courtroom scenes in Legally Blonde, A Few Good Men, and My Cousin Vinny today for my students. I didn’t have time for more. The best choice,… Continue Reading
I Got On The New York Times!
On the Freakonomics Blog, the question was asked, “What’s the one issue that none of the presidential candidates are talking about?” I answered, “The well-documented shortage of attorneys to facilitate transactions and the corresponding drag on the otherwise-powerful engine of… Continue Reading
The Pander Bear Strikes In Michigan
A look inside Romney’s Michigan victory: He promised auto workers that their jobs would be coming back because as President, he’d spend twenty billion dollars for them and soften fuel-efficiency standards. My guess is that the auto workers in Tennessee… Continue Reading