One of the peculiarities about writing a blog is its immediacy. An interesting thought comes into my head, I develop it for a short time, and I publish it. Sometimes I take more time to research and develop the idea;… Continue Reading
That turns out to be the Myers-Brigg personality type I exhibit on this blog. You can verify that here. I agree with that assessment entirely. My only quibble is that INTP types are described as: “they might come across as… Continue Reading
I was approached this morning by another lawyer asking if we could cross-post on one another’s blogs. I’d never really considered giving up my monopoly on the soapbox here, but I found myself not at all cool to the idea.… Continue Reading
It’s been a lousy day. Work, really. I’m not done working yet and it’s much later in the night than I prefer to do things. Lots of frustration, mistakes (some mine, some of others), bad (or at least adverse) judicial… Continue Reading
In a comment a few days ago, a Reader asked if my observation about Black voters causing Prop. 8 to pass can legitimately be expanded to say that such people are actually socially conservative. The metric, it was suggested, was… Continue Reading
Like most of you Readers, by far the biggest surprise I had on election night was seeing Prop. 8 pass. I’d like to thank the one Reader who was most surprised by my loss of a bottle of Scotch —… Continue Reading
In the quick pre-election poll, I asked Readers which battleground states Obama would carry. The results: State NAPP ReaderPrediction Actual Result Florida 62% Obama Indiana 37% Obama Missouri 25% No decision yetMcCain Montana 12% McCain Nevada 62% Obama North Carolina… Continue Reading
Back in mid-2005, some friends in Tennessee said that they had blogs and they enjoyed writing them. I thought, “Well, they’re young and that’s what the kids are all doing. I’m too private a person to do that sort of… Continue Reading
I’ve surveyed the hitcounter on the blog, and the search terms people use that bring hits. Until about ten days ago, the most common search term resulting in a hit was something that included the word “pterodactyl.” Pterodactyl searchers rarely… Continue Reading
At some point last night, a robot reader for CNN identified this humble blog as one worthy of national attention for its discussion of Sarah Palin’s “pro-American parts of America” remarks. Hits on the blog have spiked to levels even… Continue Reading