This is a legal reference question that comes up again and again and again and .....What can I do about my neighbor’s barking dog?It depends, of course, but don’t go crazy. There are usually ways to deal with the problem, although it takes tact, persistence, more tact, creativit
I'm reading The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer, a modern day tale of espionage, and he mentions this song, so I go look it up. It was a big hit in Europe in 1965. A nice light pop number sung by a pretty girl, but I don't go much for the orchestral
Retrofitting is a pain and takes 4 times as long to do anything.What would it be like to build something new? - Iowa AndyAll three of my younger brothers are involved in remodeling old houses. They all have more energy than I do. Well, they are younger. I will do small repairs: plumbing,
Guess who has an excerpt on Tawny Taylor's Sassitude blog to help celebrate ebook week? That would be me...with Pride & Passion. Only a couple more days an
I dreamt I was trying to maneuver a really long Cadillac. The situation was kind of like a parking lot, but the lanes were painted like a game board (like Life or Monopoly or something). There was a U-Turn on a part of the board that had been folded up so it was almost vertical. I was trying to keep the speed up so the car
Lots of events this weekend around Hillsboro including a charity event for the Oregon Food Bank and story telling from an African adventurer.
". . . any system which does not give ample opportunity for talent to displace unearned rank will, in the end, come to grief."Kevil Mahonney, lawyer to the rich & powerful, at dinner with the stars of our story, Against The Od
Writers obsess about word count. Many of our publishers have word count limits - both high and low. Being too wordy makes for a hard read, and no one likes that. What follows are a few phrases that can be pared down to make room for better word choices ::bit down -> bitlifted up -> liftedstood up ->
Unlike their powers in some other counties, a non-attorney notary in Oregon (and in most of the U.S.) may not provide attorney or attorney-like services:Excerpts from the Oregon Notary Guide (or link from the
Six-month old school on the eastern edge of Hillsboro teaches Oregon Medical Marijuana Program participants how to grow and use their cannabis. More a university in name only, it has added staff since it opened.
Google Doc's does spreadsheets. I was mucking around with one today, trying to sort out the SFR's (Special Function Registers) in a PIC32 microcontroller. Some of these registers have contiguous addresses, but in some places there are gaps. Some are big gaps, some are small gaps. I wanted to find out just how big these gaps
Fran was telling me the that her Mom really liked Jim Croce, and boy, that sure popped open a memory archive I didn't even know existed. I think this is one of his better songs. He had some that were nice and catchy the first time you heard them, but they got old pretty quick. They sure stuck in my memory though. Song
Our new print set of the 2010 Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR) came today - it’s ecru. We always try and guess the color of the binding (as we do with the ORS
The Chronicle of Higher Education has a February 21, 2010, article about this book:"Yo, Ho, Ho, and a Digital Scrum: History shows that intellectual property is more com
Right to Counsel and the Right to Remain Silent AND the Importance of Reading the Full CaseThere are no shortcuts to thorough legal research:The Oregon Court of Appeals OJD Media Release summary ( 3/3/10), says this, which is concise and perfectl
Meet up with old and new friends and Benefit for the Campaign for Equal Justice:You are invited to a free showing of the AFI's choice of the best legal movie of all time:To Kill a Mockingbird
Steve Duin's column in the paper this morning was talking about the level of respect and fear between the police and the populace. These two lines got me going:The average police officer
...I'm at The Pink Heart Society today talking about our Staycation plans.
The Mask Of Dimitrios by Eric AmblerThis was quite story. Alan Furst mentions it in his book
As much as this sounds like something from The Onion, it’s not! Of course the fact that it is a true story makes it all the funnier.Apparently, perhaps in an attempt to reduce shipping costs or lower the injury rate among mail and stockroom employees and mail
It’s not my fault if you fall over laughing and hurt yourself, but I can say it will probably be worth it:Excerpt: ‘I have no idea why the James Brown Soul Center of the Universe Bridge is here.(4) What I know is
What we have here is an incoherent jumble of notes. Enjoy, or not.Watched this Saturday night on PPV TV. What a strange little movie. The first thing I wanted to know was how much truth there was to it. Not that much. There was
This may be a sound a little confused. If so, I apologize. It's a little difficult to tie this all together.I always liked this exchange from Star Wars (1977!). I found the last line especially notable:
Hidden away between apartment complexes in Tanasbourne, Evergreen Park includes a large woodlands area to go with a basketball court and playground.
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Tom Mighell has his usual handy-dandy tips - wonderful things I might miss since my own Internet-world is pretty small (legal research, mostly). Without Inter-alia, and a few others, I might not think the Web was so World Wide:
Say goodbye to Februrary and don’t forget that your clocks change back to Daylight Savings Time in less than 2 weeks:Daylight Saving Time: When Do Clocks Spring Forward? March 14, 2010
After Metro and the three counties agree on the urban and rural reserves, the parties seem to still disagree. So where will the political fight go next?
Started looking at Google maps, realized I had a bunch of maps I had created that marked places mentioned in books. Further realized a lot of these places were in Europe, so I pulled them all up, one
I suspect it’s a very good thing I have a great job that keeps me busy, and happy, about 12 hours of the day. Otherwise, I’d make a real nuisance of myself. I’m one of those people who thinks the following things would be fun to do:1) Draft an Oregon Init
Oregon Women’s Campaign SchoolAbout: “Originally created as part of the Oregon Women’s Political Caucus over 25 years ago, the school is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit organization
These sound like itsy-bitsy-TEDs, at about 1,500 times the horsepower. How can you resist?Here is the March 3, 2010, Ignite! Announcement and here is the link to previous Portland Ignite! events.
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.Mark Twain. I always liked his stories. I found this quote on the bottom of a Carpe Diem newsletter. No wonder I don't like to travel.
Last weekend my local RWA chapter hosted a weekend of workshops. We had some great speakers - 1st Turning Point came to talk about promotion, Delilah Marvelle showed us plotstorming, Michael Hauge made my head want to explode with his story structure, and Bob Mayer gave his Warrior Writer workshop.I knew going i
If we are going to build a new bridge for motor vehicles over the Columbia River, it needs to big enough for current needs and expandable so that it can meet future needs. It needs to be at least twice as wide as the current bridge and it needs to be expandable to 100 lanes of traffic. Too much? I don't think so.
Online Dating: On the Internet, no one knows you’re a crumbum:The Oregon Attorney General posted this a few days before Valentine’s Day:"He Loves Me; He
I went to the dentist this morning. My appointment was for 9:30. When I got there, there were no parking spaces in the lot, there were no parking spaces on the street in front of the building. I ended up driving around the black and parking on the far side. It was raining. I ended up being about five minutes late.
Salon has an excellent interview with Marilyn Johnson, author of:"This Book Is Overdue!": Hot for lib
If you want or need to research the practical aspects of juries (as opposed to historical, jurisprudential, or philosophical jury research), here’s a terrific research guide from fellow law librarians:Jury Verdicts & Jury Instructions Research
I love blogs. I have a collection I check far too often. In fact...I really need to
The nine acre park has a natural area that includes a bridge over Reedville Creek, play equipment, a basketball court, and plenty of open space.
Attorney General's Government Transparency InitiativeExcerpt:"Government transparency is vital to a healthy democracy. Public