Spam of the Day

I simply wait patiently and into my Inbox they come.

Finally, I've received spam that makes me take a second look... after all, anyone can get a bigger penis, but today the message reads:

"Soup Samples - Choose from 3 Great-Tasting Flavors!"

(As I'm hung like a horse but fighting a cold this week, this is spam-marketing that really hits home!)

We Fear (Factor) Change

Alas, fellow television law junkies, Court TV is no more.

The network that brought us live coverage of the OJ trial and reminded us daily that viewing courtroom procedure is similar to watching grass grow has changed its name effective January 1, to truTV.

Courtroom cameras aside, apparently there just isn't enough reality-based programming out there in TVLand (not to be confused with Nick at Night's fine line-up of reality the way Aunt Bee delivered it.).

Let me see if I understand something here. I still can't watch the NFL Network on Comcast Cable because they've yet to reach an agreement regarding fees (i.e. profits for Comcast), but now there's yet another reality channel for me to flip past?

TLC, Discovery, National Geographic, ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, Spike, History Channel, C-SPAN, C-SPAN2 and the local cable access channel aren't enough? Now I've got truTV and it's special brand of uh, what everyone else is doing.

Sigh.

I love a hearing on a motion to compel discovery or in the alternative to move for partial summary judgment as much as the next lawyer. In my opinion, now that CourtTV is ending it's run as a window to peep in on our local circuit court, at the very least 24/7, 365 days of NFL coverage should be substituted.

It's a quality vs. quantity argument.

Weren't You in My CrimPro Class?

That must have been some essay to get her into the University of Arizona School of Law. One wonders if purported former beauty queen Kumari Fulbright attached a photo to her application.

Still, after clerking for a federal judge and making law review, I suspect that not only can she efficiently torture an ex-boyfriend, but she can also explain why her actions are either intentional, knowingly, reckless or negligent. Alas, the model penal code has no category for merely ridiculous, let alone stupid.


Resolution for 2008: Pose for a swimsuit calendar featuring women with guns(!) and then get my mug shot taken. Mmmm... juxtaposition.

I always knew there was a reason I didn't want to make Law Review.

Too many high-strung law students.

Happy New Year!

Party animal that I am, I went to bed at 10:15 after finishing a great book by David Brin, Kiln People. (Silly title, great story)

In a repeat of last year and the year before and the year before that, I missed watching the ball drop and drinking myself into a stupor.

But I did beat the S&P 500 for the third year in a row.

Slept like a baby.

Goodbye 2007.... Hello 2008!