But you have to be as innovative as your mind will let you.

~Lt. Ruel Durrance

I feel . . . rather . . . large. And in charge.

I'm including you among "everyone" in my impulse to "tell everyone" about the verdict. I imagine I'll feel better, but I'm probably wrong. "It depends" doesn't count this time, it really doesn't. I was there. It wasn't self-defense. If I had been on the jury, I apparently would have been the one reason they couldn't come to a unanimous decision. I ( Read more... )

 that every major legitimate news outlet is covering Anna Nicole and "Britney Shears" to the exclusion of other ("real") news. It's all very Orwellian, and I hate it a lot. You all know that Iran said it would dismantle its nuclear program if we respond in kind, right?

I'd like to argue a little bit.

Experience tells me that certain notices and disclaimers only come about because some court somewhere in an applicable jurisdiction has declared that because, in one instance, said notice or disclaimer was not posted that a breach did not occur, a promise was not broken, or that in general there is not grounds for ( Read more... )

Here are some names that start with y: Yancey.

I'm going to be all alone when I grow up, I just realized. I'm going to be all alone because I will have used up all of my friends, and I will be forced to get a lot of cats and I hate cats, so then I will become the crazy Pony Lady (in lieu of the Cat Lady), and I will ride around gallantly on my ( Read more... )

Underneath another top and I wore a jacket! I had to search for a long-sleeved anything in my closet, but it's marvelous outside!!

I'm a native Floridian. I'm sorry.

No, I'm not.

Did you know that Febreeze makes your skin really soft?

Meadows and Rain.

I'm not sure about the other kinds.

I think the general public attitude with regard to reading before signing is not exactly conducive to those of us who wish to peruse the pages before we sign away all of our gold. There's so much "This is just a standard contract, it basically says . . ." while they stand impatiently over you waiting for you to sign and wondering why on earth you' ( Read more... )

at a Pepsi vending machine today and I didn't see any number to call in case of a need of refund. This was not a random, for-no-reason field trip, I was checking about something dealing with contract law. I did see the notice that is "required to be posted on all food and beverage vending machines in the great state of Florida, if it's not and you ( Read more... )