Just Not Fair
With a big trial breathing down my neck, there’s a ton of stuff due tomorrow. And I have a class to teach and a life to lead. There’s too much work to do, too fast. “It’s not fair,” I said… Continue Reading
Author: Burt Likko
Monday Trivia, No. 84
This is another guest trivia question, this time submitted by recent Monday Trivia winner Michael Cain. The top twelve states, in order from one to twelve, are Texas, Florida, California, Louisiana, New York, Alabama, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Mississippi, Massachusetts, and… Continue Reading
Golden Anniversary
If Sam Mendes brings as much thought to future James Bond movies as he did to Skyfall — and if he brings Thomas Newman to score them — he should be the house director for the franchise. Mrs. Likko thought… Continue Reading
Follow Up On Arizona Nine
I’ve previously written that the most interesting Congressional race of the year was for Arizona’s newly-created Ninth Congressional District. Above is the result as posted today by the Arizona Secretary of State: Democrat Kyrsten Sinema is leading Republican Vernon Parker by 2,101… Continue Reading
A Vote For Johnson Is A Vote For… Johnson
I have grown so frustrated with Twitter that I’m about to uninstall it from every device I own. I’ve noticed that it seems to run in a diurnal cycle: in the morning it is dominated by liberals who urge and… Continue Reading
Monday Trivia, No. 83
Florida, Idaho State, Kansas State, MIT, Maryland, Missouri, Missouri S&T, New Mexico, North Carolina State, The Ohio State University, Oregon State, Penn State, Purdue, Reed College, Rensselaer, Rhode Island, Texas, Texas A&M, UC Davis, UC Irvine, Utah, UMass-Lowell, Wisconsin, and… Continue Reading
My Prediction Is 294-244 Obama
On this page, Will and I have an ongoing, gentleman’s disagreement about the proper way to measure the election. I think the state-by-state polling is a better way of looking at what the outcome will be, and Will points to… Continue Reading
The Joys Of A Drive To Fresno
From my little corner of California to Fresno, where I have work for a couple of days and where I may well have to try a long-cause jury trial in December, is a four-and-a-half hour drive up the Central Valley… Continue Reading
Monday Trivia, No. 82 [Michael Cain wins!]
The top twelve of these in the USA are found in: 1. Colorado, 2. California, 3. California, 4. Florida and California (a tie), 6. New York, 7. Alaska, 8. Nevada, 9. Nevada, 10. Washington (the state, not DC), 11. New… Continue Reading
Surfacing
I needed to take my computer to court today so as to present evidence for a client who had figured out how to make a movie of their phone playing voice mail but not how to transmit this to a… Continue Reading