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.

A Walk in the Woods

Heading up into the woods this evening...

It's been several years since I put a pack on my back and walked for any great distance. I grew up backpacking all over northern California. I also spent the first few years on the east coast sleeping in a tent on various parts of the Appalachian Trail in Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.

I like to think of myself as someone who doesn’t so much as hug trees as waves at them from a distance. Like old friends.

Over the past several years, however, I’ve been more enamored with the likes of the Westin and its room service, than I have of spending a night out under the stars, in a tent, on a Therma-Rest.

Still, the Sandias have a way of getting under one’s skin. After living in their shadow for more than a year, the Sandia Crest Trail has been on my mind. I want to see if I’m up to the challenge.

According to my trusty hiking guide, I’m looking at twenty-six miles of difficult trail with an elevation gain of more than four thousand feet. (check out the elevation gain)


I’ll hike north to south, beginning in Placitas at the Tunnel Springs trailhead and finishing in Tijeras at the Canyon Estates parking lot.

Weather looks mostly clear with a small chance of rain in the evenings.

I'll post some pictures with a bit of commentary after I get back.