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?Booooooooooooooom? (Hostilidays)

Posted on December 05, 2010
Now this is what the Hostilidays are all about. Bet you can?t listen to the whole thing.

Nuts roasting on an open fire

Posted on December 04, 2010
I searched for a Hostilidays weapon, but failed to find anything unintentionally execrable. Still, it is the Hostilidays season. So for now, I?ll have to settle for something that?s intentionally offensive. I?ll keep trying to find something like those bombs...

Spencer Bohren: A solid citizen

Posted on December 04, 2010
This video is a commercial for Spencer Bohren, and I?m happy to post it for two reasons. First, Spencer is a solid citizen of Blues City. Second, the soundtrack is so damn good. Spencer is fine on the slide. But...

How to conduct more effective jury voir dire

Posted on November 30, 2010
I just finished a month?s worth of jury duty at Criminal District Court here in New Orleans. In a day or two, I will write about what lawyers ought not do when examining potential jurors. Meanwhile, for trial lawyers brave...

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The hostilidays: Hints and rumors of war

Posted on November 30, 2010
It?s starting to get nasty out there. Greg Peters lobs a warning shot, while Leigh features a Snuggie Hanukkah. Early advantage: Leigh. But, as in the NFL, there?s a lot of football left to be played.

A reminder that every day is a good day.

Posted on November 27, 2010
Here?s a reminder that today is a good day. (Hat tip to my sister Gabrielle.)

My old guest-post at the Underground about depression in lawyers

Posted on November 22, 2010
More than 5� years ago, I submitted a guest post to Evan Schaeffer?s blog, now known as Beyond the Underground, about depression in lawyers. Judging by the comment stream, it seemed to have hit a nerve. I had another look...

Soon to come: Thoughts on jury duty

Posted on November 17, 2010
Every Monday and Wednesday of this month, I?ve been reporting to Criminal District Court here in New Orleans for jury duty. While I haven?t been picked yet, sitting in the courtroom or the jury box for voir dire has been...

A vivid memory is not necessarily reliable.

Posted on November 16, 2010
We intuitively think that the more vivid a memory is, the more reliable it is. For instance, most of us can vividly recall September 11, 2001: how we first learned of the attacks, where we were, whom we were with,...

Time (by Pink Floyd)

Posted on November 13, 2010
Here?s a classic by Pink Floyd. Every day I live, it hits closer to home.

All are lunatics, but ...

Posted on November 11, 2010
?All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.? ? Ambrose Bierce

40th anniversary of one of sports? greatest moments

Posted on November 08, 2010
Forty years ago today, a man born with half of a right foot, nicknamed ?Stumpy? by his teammates, kicked the longest field goal in NFL history. Until last February, it was the greatest moment in Saints history. Here is the...

My one quibble with Led Zeppelin?s ?Mothership? ...

Posted on November 06, 2010
... is that is doesn?t include Living Loving Maid (She?s Just a Woman). (Note: Though the video goes on for 4:09 the song ends at 2:48.)

So maybe I?m in the 1%?

Posted on November 05, 2010
?As a colleague of mine once put it, ?I never met a man who didn?t think he was a great lover or a lawyer who didn?t think he was a great writer. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred, they?re deluded.??...

My votes and my voting philosophy

Posted on November 02, 2010
Since today is Election Day, I thought I?d revealing my votes and the reasons for them. Here goes: For U.S. senator, I voted for the Democrat. I think his name was Melancon. Why? Two reasons: (1) he?s not a Republican;...

Politicians just don?t sling mud like they used to.

Posted on October 30, 2010
If today?s technology had been available during the presidential election of 1800, what sorts of ads would the citizens have seen? Maybe something like this. (Hat tip to Letters in Bottles.)

Vintage Ozzy

Posted on October 30, 2010
This weekend, the Voodoo Fest is happening in New Orleans at City Park. One of the headliners is Ozzy Osbourne. Ozzy has been at it quite a while. Here he is with his old group, Black Sabbath, performing Paranoid, circa...

Why I kept my last cell phone for 8 years

Posted on October 27, 2010
Mainly because after 8 years, it still did what I bought it to do. There?s also this (just a taste; more to come):

Pink Floyd blends with ... the Bee Gees?

Posted on October 26, 2010
Here at Minor Wisdom, we hates disco, and we loves the nihilistic. So, while we like the movie Saturday Night Fever, we?re not so hot on the soundtrack (except as it accurately represents the world it portrays). On the other...

A caucasian wingnut is ... a tree?

Posted on October 22, 2010
Apparently so, according to the Grammarphobia Blog. (Photo credit.)

Video blues fest: Corey Harris and Taj Mahal

Posted on October 16, 2010
Today is a great day to be in New Orleans. The sun is shining, the humidity is low, and the Blues & BBQ Fest is happening downtown in Lafayette Square. Price of admission for the B&BBQ Fest: $0.00. The program...

?Heartbreak Hotel? like you?ve never heard it before

Posted on October 16, 2010
I just got Dax Riggs?s latest album, Say Goodnight to the World. It contains many original songs and one cover?Heartbreak Hotel?that blew me away. If you?re not afraid of the dark, give it a listen. Dax Riggs - Heartbreak Hotel...

R.I.P. Solomon Burke

Posted on October 10, 2010

Some John Lennon for your Saturday Evening Blues

Posted on October 09, 2010
On drums: Mitch Mitchell of the Jimi Hendrix Experience. On guitar: Eric Clapton. On bass: Keith Richards. On guitar and vocal: John Lennon. Happy birthday, Johnny.

Science marches on: The 2010 Ig Nobel Prize winners

Posted on October 03, 2010
The good folks at Improbable Research have announced this year?s Ig Nobel prize winners. The honorees include: ENGINEERING: Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse and Agnes Rocha-Gosselin of the Zoological Society of London, UK, and Diane Gendron of Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Baja California Sur,...

Brother Dege plays ?The Girl Who Wept Stones?

Posted on October 02, 2010
Here?s Brother Dege?s live performance of The Girl Who Wept Stones, a song from his latest album, Folk Songs of the American Longhair. If you dig close-to-the-roots slide blues, then you?ll dig Brother Dege.

Are debtors? prisons making a comeback?

Posted on October 02, 2010
This Newsweek article suggests that they are, citing New Orleans Municipal Court as an example of the trend. (Hat tip to Out of the Jungle.)

Listen to this; it?s spiritual.

Posted on September 25, 2010
My favorite band, the North Mississippi Allstars, performs Soldier. Why is this spiritual? Well, watch the video and you?ll see and hear. The song is from their album Hernando. If you?re wondering whether you need this album, the answer is:...

If Lennon & McCartney had written ?Stairway to Heaven? in, say, 1963 ...

Posted on September 23, 2010
... it might have sounded like this.

A Saints fan with a long memory

Posted on September 21, 2010
I remember the Sept. 10, 1990 Monday Night Football game, when the 49ers, then defending Super Bowl champs, came to New Orleans, got physically beaten up by the Dome Patrol, yet pulled out the win by a last-second field goal....

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