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Resurrected

Posted on July 01, 2010
I am planning to start posting again. Stay tuned.

A quick entry on earmarks

Posted on March 11, 2009
I haven't posted much lately, mainly because I have been incredibly busy. I feel compelled to write something about earmarks though, if only to point out the absurdity of the coverage of this bill. Most Americans, myself included, have no understanding of how much much money is spent in the budget per year or how much it takes to actually get a budget passed...

Fun with Madoff

Posted on February 04, 2009
Harry Markopolos, the now famous whistle blower who attempted to blow the cover on the Madoff ponzi scheme, testified before Congress today. I tried to find the actual transcript of the testimony after hearing about it from some people at work, but no dice...

The Superbowl ads were super bad, but one online was pretty funny

Posted on February 01, 2009
For what turned out to be a great Superbowl game, the ads certainly were much more of a let down. I figured with the economy tanking there may be some funny ones that played on bailouts and what not, but they were plain terrible. If you missed them, Hulu has them online...

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President Obama elected

Posted on January 20, 2009
I was able to watch part of the inauguration today. One thing I thought was good about the speech was that it attempted to inspire people to start setting goals and trying to unite together. And manage expectations, that's the big thing I got out of it...

New season of 24: pass

Posted on January 12, 2009
As a followup to my post the other day, I did wind up watching most of the four hour season premiere of 24. I'm sure there will be some good episodes mixed in, but the plot isn't doing anything for me and I will not be watching any further episodes, except maybe the season finale depending on my schedule...

24 new season starts up

Posted on January 11, 2009
Although I have been fairly successful in limiting my television watching (or at least limiting the tivo to just a couple of shows), I think I'm going to go ahead and watch 24 tonight and then decide whether I want to keep watching it or just record it and watch it all at once in the summer...

NY Model wants to unmask anonymous commenter

Posted on January 07, 2009
A blogger called model Liskula Cohen a "skank" has decided that she wants to confront the person who hurled the insult under the guise of first amendment protection. See Model Liskula Cohen Sues Google Over Blogger's 'Skank' Comment. Apparently these posts came shortly after what amounted to a drunken brawl...

Thoughts after a month of online dating with match.com

Posted on January 05, 2009
Much of this sort of echoes my previous experiences with online dating, but it's changed somewhat since I'm not in school and I'm actually have a decent job, so I thought it worth writing some thoughts. Maybe someone with experience from the other side can chime in as well...

Uncle Scrooge decides to put a tax on air

Posted on December 16, 2008
This is just ridiculous: Gov. David Paterson unveils dire New York State budget that includes new taxes, layoffs and cuts. This is the sort of progressive taxing plan that operates to hurt those not making those hefty six figure salaries. Taxes are going up on everything related to entertainment, junk food, travel, clothes, gas, and everything else...

A quick followup to the Dr Pepper and Chinese Democracy debacle

Posted on December 14, 2008
One additional post on this Dr Pepper deal that had good intentions but didn't quite have its intended effect (although given the publicity that was spawned as a result, I am inclined to think that the campaign was more successful than either camp lets on)...

More bailing out - but don't forget who is in charge of the country right now

Posted on December 08, 2008
I see that the Big 3 auto industry is on the verge of receiving a bailout. See Automaker Plan in Bush's Court. I'm not getting into the logistics of all of this, but merely point out two aspects of this that are troubling. First, although the "Big 3" auto players are in trouble, I fail to understand how their plight is such that they require government help when other auto manufacturers who also have plants in the US are not suffering...

Libel lawsuits continue

Posted on December 02, 2008
In another story about online gossip and those who get offended by it, I saw a headline that shows another person who has turned to the court system to stop the spread of internet libel. See Colorado Man Charged With Libel Over Craigslist Posts. I find this story particularly interesting in light of a recent comment posted in response to one of my former television stories...

Chinese Democracy, GNR, and Dr Pepper

Posted on December 02, 2008
Did you ever notice that Dr Pepper doesn't have the "." in Dr.? Besides this factoid, the long awaited promotion that the Dr Pepper soft drink company would give a free can of soda when Guns N' Roses would finally release their Chinese Democracy album has run into a bit of a snag...

Why serving as your own lawyer is generally a bad idea

Posted on November 25, 2008
This headline jumped out at me yesterday: More Americans Serving As Their Own Lawyers. Basically, it implies that in the midwest and other parts of the country, people are deciding to represent themselves in certain disputes, such as over custody and divorce...

24: Redemption thoughts

Posted on November 24, 2008
I did sit and watch the 24: Redemption preview yesterday. It was okay. I had heard that episode was supposed to be the start of last season (which got cut short) and they reworked it so they could essentially start over when the new season starts in January...

These pirates are making me thirsty...for some naval warfare

Posted on November 18, 2008
Here's a simple observation in light of these pirates attacking every boat on the other side of the atlantic. Cut your losses and sink their ships! They are on boats, which should be just as sinkable as the Titanic. The British have started to fight back; my lack of foreign policy experience doesn't provide me with any reason why we (or Russia, or whoever else) can't do the same...

Incredibly long days and another attempt at online dating

Posted on November 17, 2008
November is not even half over and I have already billed an inordinate number of hours this month. Who says a recession is bad for lawyers? Not I.As a result of work, I must say that my social life has taken a bit of a nosedive, particularly because I wind up getting done work late and am often too tired to go out except on weekends...

Money found in walls and the legal battle that ensued

Posted on November 09, 2008
This article was all over the news yesterday and merits a brief discussion, if only for the humor of it. See Finding Cash in Walls, and Reaping Grief. A contractor found $182,000 hidden in a wall of a house he was working on. Since that's a lot of money to hide from the government, he decided to do the right thing and tell the owner, with the expectation of getting the equivalent of a "finders keepers, losers weepers" fee...

Obama wins and the sun still came up today

Posted on November 05, 2008
Well, the world didn't end. I think the breadth of Obama's win is going to be good for this country. For those who are disappointed, McCain's comments in his concession speech should be taken to heart: "I urge all Americans . . . who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him, but offering our next president our good will and earnest effort to find ways to come together to find the necessary compromises to bridge our differences and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherited...

Vote cast

Posted on November 04, 2008
Although I recognize generally the idea that voting is an irrational practice, I still did my civic duty this morning and cast my vote. Now I will sit and watch the returns come in and watch this three-ring circus finally come to an end.

With less than a week to go before the election, is there any reason to believe any smear ad at this point?

Posted on October 30, 2008
The answer to the question posed by my post topic (With less than a week to go before the election, is there any reason to believe any smear ad at this point?), the answer is no. Like the bottom of the ninth or the late fourth quarter of a football game, the advertisements for both campaigns at this point are really just a hail mary to try and get through the campaign noise...

Concurring Opinions posts the Berg opinion

Posted on October 27, 2008
I haven't had time to read through it yet, and I will decide whether I need to chime in and post any thoughts that contribute to a more intelligent discourse later. Rather than post the direct link to the PDF, I will simply post to the entry on the Concurring Opinions blog, which has the link to it: See Dave Hoffman, Berg v...

Little known news blip, but interesting nonetheless

Posted on October 26, 2008
I saw that the Obama-Berg lawsuit got dismissed and commented on that on that entry. This was an interesting news story that is likely to be overlooked: Charles Fried, a well-known conservative lawyer and con law professor, announced that he endorsed Obama...

A point about red states & blue states

Posted on October 25, 2008
I was speaking with one of my friend's dad's over the weekend and he made a good point about this connotation about red states and blue states. His point was that not even 15 years ago, if you referred to something as "red" it was associated with Communism...

This concept of billing time

Posted on October 23, 2008
Billing time reminds me of this quote from William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury (book available here), which I last read in high school:Time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life...

National polling data sites analyzed

Posted on October 21, 2008
Because I am a news junkee in some respects, but one who tries to find the middle ground in reporting through a series of balancing acts, I am always on the lookout for what could be correct or indicative polling data. For the past few weeks, I have focused much of my attention on the Real Clear Politics poll and Rasmussen's data...

Why is it so unamerican to have negotiated a good contract for yourself?

Posted on October 20, 2008
What I would really like to write about is Gen. Powell's endorsement of Sen. Obama and why his comments lay out, quite intelligently, at least three specific reasons why his support, despite being a Republican, is behind the distinguished gentleman from Illinois...

Two funny internet videos

Posted on October 19, 2008
I rarely post links to videos, but these two were particularly funny. I'm not sure how long either of them will be available, but I'm sure they will make their way onto YouTube or something like that. The first is one of a wedding where the best man trips and knocks the bride into a pool...

Is Joe the Plumber going to become the catalyst symbol of the average joe? I don't think so

Posted on October 18, 2008
Just a quick thought on this Joe the Plumber story and I will be more consistent in tying legal thoughts to some of these rather juicy legal news bits as of late.When I heard the Joe the Plumber story break, I thought Obama's choice of phrasing was a little off...

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