Just Stuff
Today’s earthquake got me thinking. If a really bad quake hit, and the house got knocked down, or all the stuff in it got burned up, what would my reaction be? I’d be bummed, of course. But assuming that The… Continue Reading
Month: July 2008
Well That Was Fun
About an hour ago, there was a 5.4 magnitude earthquake near Diamond Bar. I was out to lunch with a couple attorneys from the firm and felt the ground shake and noticed the light fixtures in the restaraunt swinging. One… Continue Reading
Get On The 405
I’ve long noticed and been bemused by the tendency of Southern Californians, myself included, to refer to freeways with the definite article preceding the assigned highway number, as in “The 405” or “The 10.” Elsewhere in the country, people refer… Continue Reading
Invisible Hand At Work
Americans are, at last, driving less. This is almost undoubtedly due to the continued increase in the retail price of gasoline. Things have even declined moderately recently, but I still paid $4.20 a gallon at Costco today (California is usually… Continue Reading
Violence in Knoxville
No struggles here. Just tragedy. Yesterday, an apparently deranged gunman entered the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville and opened fire. He killed two people and wounded several others. The UU Church is one of many beautiful old churches… Continue Reading
It’s Like 9/11 Again, Only In The Forties
Picture this: You work in the tallest building in New York City, one of the tallest buildings in the world. You go in to work, and everything’s great for about an hour, an hour and a half, depending on when… Continue Reading
Lasagna Challenge
Like a lot of people, I really like lasagna. So I made it a personal challenge to make some. As will surprise no one who has actually put a lasagna together from raw materials, it’s quite a lot of work.… Continue Reading
Bad Analogy
Plenty of spoilers here, in case you’ve not seen The Dark Knight. But on the other hand, if you read either entertainment or political columns on blogs, you’ve probably seen this stuff already. Here’s my take on it. Somehow, an… Continue Reading
Drilling
I don’t know anyone who looks forward to dental work. Certainly not me. There’s no substitute for it, unfortunately, and usually not much you can do to avoid it. I brush my teeth twice a day, I use antiseptic mouthwash,… Continue Reading
Judicial Ethics Restrain Me…
…from blogging about the only really interesting case I heard today in traffic court. I continued the trial to August 6, so it’s still a pending matter and I’ll not write about it until it’s done. And since I ordered… Continue Reading