Working The Fields
Though most of my substitute teaching was at the grade school level and comparatively little at the high school level, when I did get high school it was often towards the end of the year for a variety of reasons.… Continue Reading
Month: January 2013
The Age of the Mockbuster
A long while back an acquaintance gave me a VHS tape (giving you an idea of precisely how long back we’re talking) of a movie called Terminal Impact. It was being rotated out of the selection at the movie rental… Continue Reading
I Have An Impressive Daughter
No, I’m not going to become a daddyblogger, but I did have to share this monumental feat: Lain discharged a rear projectile that darted out 57 inches. Fortunately, I have a dog, and so I have things to clean poopy… Continue Reading
Thanks For The Security, Wells Fargo
So, some time back Wells Fargo decided that bank passwords needed to be more secure. You have to include numbers. That’s no problem for me, as I have long intended to change our account password. I have difficulty remembering what… Continue Reading
Monday Trivia #95 [Randy Harris wins!]
Iceland, Luxembourg, Canada, United States, Finland, Australia, Norway, Belgium, Sweden, Netherlands, Korea, Russian Federation, New Zealand, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Austria, Japan, Estonia, Switzerland, Slovenia, Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom, Slovak Republic, South Africa, Israel, Spain, Italy, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Portugal,… Continue Reading
Linky Friday #8
[A] For Michael Cain: As the United States turns to natural gas, Europe is turning back to coal. [B] Matt Yglesias and Kevin Drum explain why pot is illegal everywhere in the world. [C] So apparently, Patrick Dempsey has purchased… Continue Reading
Without Looking Anything Up…
How many athletes from the London Olympics can you name?
Doing Something
I wanted to write a post about the new 23-point Biden Memo, which is the White House’s attempt to demonstrate that it is Doing Something in response to the Sandy Hook massacre. But I literally fell asleep reading the memo.… Continue Reading
Whither Big East, Wither Big East
Sometimes, I really just don’t understand sports media. Particularly when it comes to college sports. I guess sometimes they need things to write about, but even when they write about frivolous things, they write about unlikely ones. Over the past… Continue Reading
Ask Burt Likko Anything, 1.6
Jaybird asks: My question: To what extent do you think that working with people who need a lawyer has changed your opinion on any given hot button political topic from, say, what it was when you first passed the bar?… Continue Reading