6:15 a.m.: My alarm goes off. I arise, wash my face, and step out of the bedroom witn an intent to get a cup of coffee. The cat attempts to sneak in to the momentarily-open bedroom door but is deterred… Continue Reading
I’m looking for creative things to do for The Wife on her birthday this weekend. Yeah, sure, I can pay attention to her and do chores around the house and listen to what she says and assure her that she’s… Continue Reading
It seems some local churches are organizing, and maybe even leading, efforts to organize voters to pass the anti-gay marriage amendment on the ballot this November. Me, I wonder whether this activity would cause the churches to forfeit their tax-exempt… Continue Reading
So in the mediation today, the mediator said to my client, “You should feel confident in this process. You clearly have an above average attorney working with you.” My client, who has something of a salty sense of humor, would… Continue Reading
The Wife and I went over to our friends’ house yesterday for burgers and cocktails. Our friends have kind of different ways of approaching the preparation of food and drink than I do. None of this is to say that… Continue Reading
The California Supreme Court has announced that at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow, it will publish its decision in the Marriage Cases. May 15, 2008, could be a very significant date in California’s legal history. May 15 is already a significant date… Continue Reading
The Wife was watching a TV show on her computer, and the volume was really loud. With lots of people shouting. And I just wanted to go out and write, and think about my presentation Wednesday, and so I took… Continue Reading
A little bit less than 1,900 people died as a result of Hurricane Katrina, all but two of them in the New Orleans and southern Mississippi region. Yet the landfall of a cyclone in Yangon, Myanmar, which has killed over… Continue Reading
With our economic stimulus payment from the government set to arrive this week, The Wife and I decided to go get our anniversary present to ourselves a little bit early, so that we’d have time to enjoy it. Our stimulus… Continue Reading
A service call from Time Warner Cable came out to Soffit House Saturday. The guy was very nice and he took a lot of time to look around and figure out what the problem was. Eventually, he decided to swap… Continue Reading