Yes, Charles Dickens was very hard on lawyers, but he also had at least one lawyer hero (albeit a rather reluctant one, but definitely endearing rather than greedy or diabolical) and maybe more than one. My favorite Dickens

Tijuana is on the right, Sa

David does a good job of playing the guy who has no idea what has happened to him.

1982, and what's with those haircuts? Kids those days, I tell you what.

O Brother Where Art Thou? is a great movie, and this is a great tune.. I found a couple of good versions on YouTube. This one suffers from being interrupted by a racist loudmouth. However, it more than makes up for it with the scene of said loudmouth being run out of town on a rail. I really liked the part whe

This video is a little long (almost ten minutes) and, if you aren't in the tungsten business, rather boring, until you find out that the people who made this video just sold this mine for thirty times what they paid for it three years ago. That's kind of impressive. Of course, there are plenty of old, tapped out mine

Last month I came across a treasure trove of music videos on YouTube, a bunch of songs I had never heard before that I really liked. This along with my resolve to try and make something out of Pergelator, led me to posting one every day. Even if I don't have anything to say, anybody who stops by will at least see that I'm s

I think I have posted this one before. Those hip moves out to be illegal.

The fluorescent light in the closet failed last week. I replaced the bulbs with some spares I had, but it didn't help. Ballast is probably shot, so I go to the store and pick up a new one. The ballast is like $23, while a new fixture is only $30. Hardly seems worth it to futz with the ballast, just buy a new fixture and sav

I read something earlier this week about a speech someone gave to Congress. I don't think it was the state of the union. It may have been the Republican response to the President's speech. No matter. In any case, the speech started out talking about starting a war with Iran, which was greeted with thunderous applause. The s

You can find a list of reports submitted to the Oregon State Legislature at an Oregon State Library website: Reports to the Oregon State Legislature The list includes

A former Speaker of the House is addressed, and referred to as, Mr. x, not Speaker x.  The current President of the United States is addressed, and referred to as, President, not Mr. x. Do not assume other public officials, candidates for public office, radio or TV news hosts, newspaper reporters, or

"Honda loses Civic hybrid Small Claims Court lawsuit," by Jerry Hirsch, LA Times, Feb. 1, 2012 Link to the plaintiff’s website and twitter account a

I really like Joan Jett even though she is out on the fringe, orientation wise. She's a doll*, she rocks, her band has a very cool name, and this video is not a bad piece of theater.  *At least she was a doll when this song came out in 1983. Geez, that's almost 30 years ago. We were all supposed to

If U.S. Supreme Court Justices can rise above their Green Bag bobblehead replicas, and state court judges survive becoming piñatas, then surely the Department of Homeland Security can survive Justice Bedsworth’s forked tongue (

The 2011 Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) are now online - yay! You can find the 2011 ORS online at the Legislature’s website.

I noticed a couple of videos using this song. This one is notable for the sustained notes produced by the redheaded Kate Pierson. They are just a little spooky. I don't think I've heard anyone produce similar sounds, except maybe by using a synthesizer. The lead singer's manner used to be kind of wacko, but I don't t

We've had a bit of rain, enough to double

I heard this very interesting story on OBP radio last week.  You can read and hear it too: "On Amazon,

"The State of Oregon has a Citizen Legislature consisting of the Senate, whose 30 members are elected to serve four-year terms, and the House of Representatives, which has 60 members elected for two-year terms. The Legislature convenes annually in February

What kind of name is Grace Slick? I dunno, but she shore sings purty. From 1967.

One of these days, I want to be on this list...well, all of these lists actually :)Samhain Publishing Authors Experience Best-Selling Success in Increasing Numbers

What a sad, sad song. No wonder they call it the blues.

Perspectival, as in "Technologies of surveillance and control all aim to achieve a perspectival advantage over some adversary, but the vast quantities of data produced by these devices threaten to overload the system, thus defeating the original  goal." - Roger D. Hodge in

This was drawer pull from one of our dresse

Baba Ram = Barbara Ann? Obviously an honest mistake. Daring daughter sent me the link along with this note: "only one of the best parts of one of the best movies of my childhood (

“It is a date, Breeze.” He backed her up to her side of the car, stepping closer so she co

Glenn has plans for making some fancy metal bits that requires heating them to high temperatures and then smashing them with a hammer. Marc gave him a hand with constructing the fuel-air mixing device (the plumbing sticking out of the top of the chamber).

Funny how you can write a hit song about nothing at all. Aimee does a nice job of casting it in the light of someone who has gone off the rails just a bit.

"Entertaining story filled with corporate intrigue, sensual temptations, and a slow seduction that will make your heart flutter." Sensual Reads"[Logan] pursued Breeze like "a Black Friday shopper" and it definitely added to the humor of this story, as

Just got an offer in the mail from ING Direct, which appears to be

Circle the Cat. Via Scott.

Michigan Mike reports: I still use a clock radio. This may not seem odd, but in case the technological world of hip trends has left me in the dust of obsolete behavioral control devices, it seems safer to announce it up front. In fact, I just got another one. This one has nice obvious control

The tune is Big Chief by Professor Longhair.

A while back Stu put up a post that had a newish formula for computing the value of pi. Just for grins, I thought I would see if I could implement the formula in code, that is, write a computer program to compute the va

Mega

Visit the Oregon Secretary of State's elections website for general information and links. Check with your county's elections office for drop-off instructions: 1) List of all County Election Officials

From a 1/25/12, Law in the News link, we travel to this story from England: "Jurors: leave the information age—or go to jail," by Peter Bright:

Travelers and Aviation Buffs: FAA Mobile App Infodocket brings us news of the first release of the FAA Mobile app. News, travel advisories, updates, and more. You can also read about the the app at the

Another blast from the past, 1976 to be specific. The band is Wild Cherry. Rob Parissi, the singer, is still around. He wears a shirt these days. He is originally from Mingo Junction, Ohio, which is on the Eastern border of Ohio, on the Ohio River, just downstream from

Followed this guy from Highway 26 down to

3G refers to third generation cellular telephone data transmission techniques, and 4G refers to, you guessed it f

Check the announcements and updates at the OJD website (and the Media Releases "What's New" site) for changes to this, but as of right now, here’s the announcement: "SYSTEM MAINTENANCE: The

I don't think I've ever heard anyone get beats out of a flute. It's really pretty cool.

I stopped by

If you’re following the Honda Civic Hybrid Lawsuit, that Small Claims Court vs. Class Action Settlement case, you can find updates at the plaintiff’s website and