Category: Bits and Pieces

Wow! That was one heck of a storm that passed through here. In our neighborhood, debris was everywhere, trees and fences blew down and, as you might have guessed, power went out. We were sent back to the 19th Century for almost 24 hours. The kids kept busy shuttling up

We’ve had our third blackout in the last hour, so I’m blogging on an old laptop of dubious reliability.  I fully expect to lose my connection any minute.  The weather is about as wild as it can get.  What I’ll say for now is that I’m not considering Iowa to

I’d like to blog this morning, I really would, especially because I’ve got the house to myself for an hour and a half.  Two things are stopping me, though.  First, I have to use this window of time for paying work for a very nice client.  And, second, I don’t

John Hawkins, at Right Wing News, has put together a funny and infuriating list he’s called “The 40 Most Obnoxious Quotes of 2007.” It’s a refresher course in the idiocies that emerge from the ideologically blind, the desperate, the opportunistic, the angry, the malevolent and the just plain stupid. A

Isn’t this a wonderful New Year’s card? Here’s the description: Under the Imperial Russian coat of arms, traditionally dressed Russian Jews, packs in hand, line Europe’s shore as they gaze across the ocean. Waiting for them under an American eagle holding a banner with the legend “Shelter us in the

At this precise moment, my house is given over almost completely to the sound of silence.  Indeed, other than the tapping of my fingers on the keyboard, there’s only one other sound — and that sound tells the story of the last few days.  The sound is the washing machine. 

My apologies for not blogging the last couple of days.  Originally, we were supposed to be on the road, but weather intervened.  As I’ve repeatedly said to those who ask, I’m willing to drive to snow, but not through snow (which clearly shows my wussy West Coast roots).  Being home,

My best wishes to all of you for a very Merry Christmas! And my favorite Christmas song, written by a Jew, sung by an Irish Catholic, and beloved around the world: [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y1GPxcxrBkI] Learn more about this very American Christmas song here.

Robert J. Avrech is not only a wise and good man, he is a professional writer — and all those qualities are on display in this absolutely delightful post.

I’ve been so quiet today blog-wise because I’ve been slogging through a petition to the Court of Appeal based upon underlying motion papers that I did not write. Things would have been better had I written the underlying motion papers because they would then have been intelligible and would have