(866) 635-2689 for Personal Injury or (866) 635-9402 for Criminal Defense
Find a Local Lawyer
Divorce (866) 635-6190
Personal Injury (866) 635-2689
Criminal Defense (866) 635-9402
Minor Wisdom 
Legal writing and whatever else is on my mind.
Post Frequency: 9.8/day Last Entry: April 01, 2011 at 00:05:50 Recent Entries: 937
Go to Minor Wisdom, find other Miscellaneous blogs, or browse all law blogs.
Raindrops keep falling on my head
Posted on May 03, 2008So how was Stevie Wonder?s performance yesterday at Jazz Fest? I was going to say it was worth seeing, even though it bogged down in the middle. But Times-Picayune music writer Keith Spera says it better than I can. On...
Take a vacation
Posted on May 01, 2008One of my chronic failings is failing to take a real vacation. Since passing the bar and beginning my legal career, I?ve never spent a solid two weeks away from work. And I?ve never traveled for pleasure?to me, ?travel? and...
No demons
Posted on May 01, 2008?Jesus broke all the social etiquette in terms of relating to people and bringing people into relationship with himself. He acknowledged no barriers or human divisions ... no category of sinners from whom he would isolate himself.... I am a...
So what is this ?Christian? thing all about?
Posted on May 01, 2008It?s not about people who abuse children. It?s especially not about people who are called ?religious? abusing children. It?s about a child who undergoes such abuse and turns into an adult with no bitterness. Like Sr. Mary Martha?s mom. Maybe...
An ordinary Thursday at Jazz Fest
Posted on May 01, 2008Today was the first Jazz Fest Thursday since Katrina. Thursdays were relatively low-key days. Today seemed to fit that mold. Here?s a short account of one attendee?s low-key day: Arrive some time after 11:00 a.m. Go first to the Gospel...
Master class
Posted on April 29, 2008For all you guitar players out there, here?s an interesting video of Sonny Landreth playing ?Gone Pecan.? The camera operator focuses on Sonny?s right hand, so you can watch Sonny?s finger-picking technique. This reveals how he does what he does,...
One dilemma solved
Posted on April 28, 2008Jazz Fest can pose some difficult choices. Case in point: This Saturday, Marcia Ball is playing the Gentilly Stage at 3:45, while John Mooney is playing the Blues Tent, also at 3:45. What to do? This dilemma has an easy...
Jazz Fest Day 3: ?It?s Raining? and ?Feet, Don?t Fail Me Now?
Posted on April 27, 2008Another monsoon at Jazz Fest today. Another great time. I made a point to get there early today to catch all of Little Freddie King?s set (11:30?12:30, Blues Tent). I have a couple of his records, but I?d never seen...
Rained real hard and it rained for a real long time
Posted on April 26, 2008Once again, my day at Jazz Fest did not go as planned. It started off nominal. Sonny Bourg & the Bayou Blues Band were good. Wayne Toups and Zydecajun were great. But toward the end of Wayne?€™s set, a few...
High-energy blues by Tab Benoit
Posted on April 26, 2008Yesterday at Jazz Fest, I heard Tab Benoit simulate a washboard on his guitar. This video features the same thing, along with some other spicy guitar playing.
Where I?ll be on Friday (maybe)
Posted on April 25, 2008A day at Jazz Fest rarely goes as planned. As Chris Rose wrote a few days ago, the most carefully thought out plans always yield to serendipity. So with that disclaimer, here?s my plan for First Friday: 11:20: Susan Cowsill...
First Friday
Posted on April 25, 2008Okay, so my Jazz Fest plan for today was to see Susan Cowsill, J. Monque?D, the Zydepunks, Anders Osborne and/or Tab Benoit, and Buckwheat Zydeco. As usual, I departed from the script as the day developed. I did arrive early...
What was that about the price of gasoline?
Posted on April 23, 2008While we in the U.S. bellyache about the price of gasoline, millions worldwide are starting to go hungry, because food has become unaffordable. See these stories in the Washington Post and the Guardian. (Hat tip: God?s Politics.)
The official Tchoupitoulas Barathon web site
Posted on April 23, 2008For years I?ve been, by default, an unofficial webmaster for the Tchoupitoulas Barathon. But today I?m glad to announce the launch of the brand new, official Tchoupitoulas Barathon web site, courtesy of the new race director, Andrew Lilly. Go there...
Global warmings
Posted on April 21, 2008My sister Gabrielle sent me this video. The kid is lip-syncing Will Ferrell; still he does a good job of it. Gives me hope for the future of our great nation. Speaking of George Bush, let?s give him credit for...
Little Richard and CCR: ?Good Golly, Miss Molly?
Posted on April 19, 2008Before getting to this evening?s double feature, a few random blues-related thoughts: If you enjoy these Saturday-evening blues videos, then for goodness? sake, double your pleasure and subscribe to A Scale Canadian. Its proprietor, Jim Bates, has found and posted...
Blawg Review # 155
Posted on April 14, 2008Last week for posts he did beg, That California lawyer named Greg. Now he?s done something new With this week?s Blawg Review. He?s ready now to tap a keg.
Son House: ?Death Letter?
Posted on April 12, 2008Son House had a background as a child Baptist preacher, and it shows in his singing. He embodied the original American blues and passed it on to succeeding generations, including ours.
Eulogy for Ashley
Posted on April 12, 2008Ray Shea has posted his eulogy given at Ashley Morris?s funeral yesterday. I can assure you that every word of it is true, and all of it occurred in just the last three years. Read it, and marvel at a...
?Now we got here in the state of Louisiana what?s known as the Napoleonic code.?
Posted on April 11, 2008Actually the Louisiana Civil Code is not the Napoleonic Code?ours has a heavy Spanish influence. But the Napoleonic Code must have influenced the Louisiana Civil Code: the structures of the two codes are identical. As a gift to civilian legal-researchers,...
Ashley?s obituaries
Posted on April 10, 2008Ashley Morris?s obituaries (he has two) are here and here. The funeral is tomorrow at Jacob Schoen on Canal Street. Mrs. Morris says that if you attend, you may wear your Saints attire.
A flood is a flood, regardless of its cause.
Posted on April 08, 2008This morning, the Louisiana Supreme Court issued a decision holding that a flood exclusion in a commercial-property policy applies to damage caused any flood, regardless of whether the flood damage resulted from human negligence (that is, negligence by the Corps...
You can help
Posted on April 08, 2008Last week, extraordinary New Orleans blogger Ashley Morris died suddenly, leaving behind a wife and three young children. On hearing the news, many of us felt helpless, thinking ?I wish there was something I could do to help.? Here?s some...
I got your Jazz Fest t-shirt right here
Posted on April 08, 2008Or your French Quarter Fest t-shirt ? Ashley did prefer the FQF. Anyway, shirts with this design should be available at Dirty Coast later this week. Proceeds go to Ashley?s widow and children. If you?re wondering what ?FYYFF? stands for,...
Spencer Bohren: ?Born in a Biscayne?
Posted on April 05, 2008I?ve heard Spencer Bohren?s name for years, but I didn?t really listen to him until one day, driving to work, I turned on the radio, tuned in to WWOZ, and fell right into the middle of ?The Long Black Line.?...
Muddy
Posted on April 05, 2008I just heard on WWOZ that today is Muddy Waters?s 93rd birthday. So here?s some Muddy in your eye.
Remembering Ashley
Posted on April 04, 2008In December 2005, Ashley Morris first hit my consciousness. Not like a bug hitting a windshield; more like a baseball bat hitting a grapefruit. My conclusion after reading his blog for the first time: ?I can?t write.?
40th anniversary
Posted on April 04, 2008I was a ten-year-old child, full of the fear caused by then-lingering segregation, when Martin Luther King Jr. was slain 40 years ago today. The reaction then of the people around me: more fear (?They?ll riot!?). We?ve come a long...
Our loss
Posted on April 03, 2008The New Orleans blogging community has lost one of its unique personalities: Ashley Morris, who now belongs to eternity. As everyone who read his blog knows, Ashley loved with a passion beyond passion. He loved New Orleans, and God help...
Saturday-evening blues ? not
Posted on March 31, 2008Someone once recommended swallowing a live frog every day, first thing in the morning. If you do, nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day. With that happy thought in mind, here?s a little something to start...
Previous | Next
Does a lawyer have the right to ask what your religion is when it has nothing to do with the situation?
In divorce issues and the children's well being religion doesn't matte...
Enter your questionAlaska's new law states that any parent who causes domestic violence against the other parent or child is not allowed custody. Does Florida have that same law?
Boy, that's a tough one. You may have to resort to small spy cameras to cat...
What is my liability as an apartment maintenance worker entering a tenant's unit without permission?
Generally, leases only allow a landlord or his agents, in this case, a maintenan...
Under the circumstances that a 17 year old male was with an 18 year old male who possessed cigarretes and had one lit, could the 17 year old male be given a ticket for possession of tobacco without the 18 year old male b
Infractions of the type referred to as "disturbing" are largely open t...
Can I be billed for a hospital bill that occured when i was a minor?
it depends on which state you live in. in california after 3 years you would be ...
#1 Online Legal Resource
On 08-25 at 15:46PM
Acute perpendicular parking #NYPD #NYFD
On 08-18 at 22:18PM
Parallel parking gone bad. Too much gas UES NYC
On 08-18 at 21:41PM
UES NYC
On 08-18 at 21:25PM
Twitter suspends journalist critical of broadcast partner's coverage on dubious grounds @guyadams #nbcfail #twitterfail
On 07-30 at 17:57PM
Model example of 1st Amendment suppression by the People of New York City's Michael Bloomberg #OWS #NYPD
On 07-12 at 21:07PM
AG Holder lackadaisical on Operation in our Sites domain name seizures & RIAA lobbied free speech suppression @dajaz1
On 06-08 at 22:44PM
Why is the Catholic Church going to court over Obama contraception policy? @NewYorker commentary
On 05-31 at 10:08AM
Monks sue Louisiana for right to sell caskets made from forrest destroyed by Katrina
On 05-31 at 07:47AM
Are the abortion ultrasound laws headed for the Supreme Court?
On 05-15 at 21:52PM
Does a lawyer have the right to ask what your religion is when it has nothing to do with the situation?
In divorce issues and the children's well being religion doesn't matte...
Enter your questionAlaska's new law states that any parent who causes domestic violence against the other parent or child is not allowed custody. Does Florida have that same law?
Boy, that's a tough one. You may have to resort to small spy cameras to cat...
What is my liability as an apartment maintenance worker entering a tenant's unit without permission?
Generally, leases only allow a landlord or his agents, in this case, a maintenan...
Under the circumstances that a 17 year old male was with an 18 year old male who possessed cigarretes and had one lit, could the 17 year old male be given a ticket for possession of tobacco without the 18 year old male b
Infractions of the type referred to as "disturbing" are largely open t...
Can I be billed for a hospital bill that occured when i was a minor?
it depends on which state you live in. in california after 3 years you would be ...
 |
|
Contact Us | About Us | Celebrity Law Blog |
Our Partners | Disclaimer
| Law Blog Directory
| Law Jobs
| Law Tweets
| GoDaddy Hosting
All original material � 1999-2011 by USLaw.com. |