Scenes From The Courthouse
You get a lot of “special” people who show up at the courthouse. Take this guy. He needed a place to park. The guy who could have parked in the spot next to him did not have that need. Never… Continue Reading
Month: July 2008
Pig Candy
I don’t know how I’m supposed to lose weight while I work. They’re pushing ice cream for a meeting or something like that which I must have missed last week while out of the office. One of the office assistants… Continue Reading
Canadian Statistical Extrapolation — An Armchair Exercise In Demographic Assumptions
One of my previous posts led me down an interesting mental rabbit hole. How many gay people are there, compared to straight people? It seems to me that the answer may be smaller than I’d ever thought. Particularly because some… Continue Reading
A Philosophical Queston
This editorial got me thinking about what a bunch of spineless p***ies we have in Sacramento. They won’t stand up to any kind of special interest but instead shovel out the state dollars at them. And the Governator won’t stand… Continue Reading
Sartorial Advice
The look: a charcoal or navy suit, with a French blue or pink shirt, and, here’s the key — an off-white patterned tie. The question: Is this acceptably professional business dress? The reason: If the answer is “no,” then I… Continue Reading
Realism In Bumper Sticker Form
From The Edge Of The American West.
Apologetics
Christians aren’t perfect, and they don’t pretend to be. Rarely, though, do you get to see Christians acknowledging that their evangelism is similarly imperfect and sometimes even hurtful to others. That’s what makes this site extraordinary. No one who posts… Continue Reading
Paperless
The office has been “paperless” for some time. That does not mean there is no paper there. Or that we do not keep paper records. But our primary document storage system is electronic, and I rarely consult physical documents there.… Continue Reading
Language and Politics
In 1946, George Orwell wrote an essay called Politics and the English Language which contains this advice to writers: (i) Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.(ii) Never use… Continue Reading
Problems With The Tesla Strategem
The Wife and I were talking that with our lotto winnings, we might buy his and hers Tesla Roadsters. All-electric, enough range to get to and from Los Angeles on a whim, they go from zero to sixty in 3.9… Continue Reading