Minor Wisdom: Miscellaneous

Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Miscellaneous Blogs

OR PHONE (866) 635-1838 for Bankruptcy Help, (866) 635-6190 for Divorce,
(866) 635-2689 for Personal Injury or (866) 635-9402 for Criminal Defense

Find a Local Lawyer

Bankruptcy (866) 635-1838
Divorce (866) 635-6190
Personal Injury (866) 635-2689
Criminal Defense (866) 635-9402

Miscellaneous

Minor Wisdom

Legal writing and whatever else is on my mind.

Post Frequency: 9.8/day

Last Entry: April 01, 2011 at 00:05:50

Junior

Posted on October 12, 2008
It ain?t Junior Kimbrough. It ain't Junior Walker. It ain?t Junior Wells. It?s Junior Brown.

Posted on October 11, 2008
The most popular version of ?Man of Constant Sorrow? is probably the one by Union Station, sung by Dan Tyminski and lip-synced by George Clooney on Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? But with all due respect to Dan, the best...

Civil disobedience in Chicago

Posted on October 09, 2008
Let?s say you?re a tenant who pays the rent on time. Unfortunately, your landlord defaults on the mortgage. Result: the bank forecloses and you are evicted. Or not, if you live in Cook County, Illinois. The Trib reports:As the nationwide...

Payton to Payton: I?ve got your kicker right here.

Posted on October 08, 2008
Sean Payton?s Hall-of-Fame namesake has the answer to the Saints? kicking woes:

To access this complete feed in the blog feed reader login or register for free.

Payton to Payton: I???ve got your kicker right here.

Posted on October 08, 2008
Sean Payton???s Hall-of-Fame namesake has the answer to the Saints??? kicking woes.

String theory

Posted on October 07, 2008
In Stockholm, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has begun handing out this year?s Nobel prizes. Meanwhile, another august group recently bestowed this year?s Ig Nobel prizes for ?achievements that first make people laugh, then think.? Sometimes the work honored...

The soup stone

Posted on October 05, 2008
Here?s a lovely story found in The Heart of the Enlightened:A woman in a village was surprised to find a fairly well-dressed stranger at her door asking for something to eat. ?I?m sorry,? she said, ?I have nothing in the...

Diagramming Gov. Palin?s sentences

Posted on October 04, 2008
Usually I tackle English-language uses and abuses on my other blog. But I try to keep that blog non-partisan. So I?ll use this one to post a link to Diagramming Sarah, in which Kitty Burns Florey attempts to diagram some...

Alex Johnson, the (almost) king of the blues

Posted on October 04, 2008
A millions thanks to Greg Peters for introducing me to Alex Johnson. Here is Alex?s performance at the 2007 King of the Blues competition. After watching this, I can?t believe he was merely a runner-up.

Hope

Posted on October 04, 2008
In any twelve-step program, the first step is admitting the problem. But when that step is taken, recovery becomes possible. Even for these people.

Diagramming Gov. Palin???s sentences

Posted on October 04, 2008
Usually I tackle English-language uses and abuses on my other blog. But I try to keep that blog non-partisan. So I???ll use this one to post a link to Diagramming Sarah, in which Kitty Burns Florey attempts to diagram some...

Now it?s the Corps of Engineers? turn

Posted on October 01, 2008
As reported in America?s Finest News Source, Hurricane Katrina returned to New Orleans yesterday to apologize for what she done.

Now it???s the Corps of Engineers??? turn

Posted on October 01, 2008
As reported in America???s Finest News Source, Hurricane Katrina returned to New Orleans yesterday to apologize for what she done.

My favorite quotation by St. Vincent de Paul

Posted on September 28, 2008
Yesterday was the feast of St. Vincent de Paul. Here is my favorite quotation by Vincent:It is not enough to give soup and bread. This the rich can do. You are the servant of the poor, always smiling and good-humored....

Henri Nouwen

Posted on September 28, 2008
When I was in seminary college in the late 1970s, I first started hearing about Henri Nouwen. But only recently have I read any of his writings. Right now I?m reading a book of his selected writings, which blows me...

Ho-hum, another major bank failure

Posted on September 27, 2008
So how fucked up is the U.S. economy? Yesterday?s edition of the New Orleans Times-Picayune points to a disturbing answer. The newspaper carried a Washington Post story about the prior evening?s failure of Washington Mutual, it?s seizure by federal regulators,...

Classical music

Posted on September 27, 2008
On my other blog, I write about legal writing. But here, I?ll express this thought:Typical lawyerspeak: However, I inflicted a gunshot wound on an individual in Reno, for the sole purpose of observing his expiration. Johnny Cash: But I shot...

The bailout (simplified)

Posted on September 24, 2008
(click here to view) Ed SteinRocky Mountain NewsSep 24, 2008 EditorialCartoonists.com Hat tip to First Draft.

Stevie covers Earl King: ?Let the Good Times Roll?

Posted on September 20, 2008
I?m pretty sure this video was recorded in New Orleans, which would be appropriate. It?s Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble performing Earl King?s classic ?Let the Good Times Roll,? a.k.a. ?Come On.?

Apologies to Ambrose Bierce

Posted on September 15, 2008
software upgrade ? noun phrase ? an attempt to fix something that isn?t broken.

?And who is my neighbor??

Posted on September 14, 2008
From Slabbed comes the story of folks who take Luke 10:25?37 seriously. (That?s the parable of the good Samaritan.)

Everything is Broken

Posted on September 13, 2008
Bob Dylan recorded his album Oh Mercy in New Orleans. Here is a live performance of one song from that album: Everything is Broken.

Holy ...

Posted on September 13, 2008
Here?s a satellite view of Ike over Dallas, courtesy of Weather Underground. I can?t believe the sumbitch is this well organized this far inland. If you watch hurricanes (as we all do on the gulf coast), then your reaction to...

The cone of error

Posted on September 12, 2008
The New Orleans Levee is always good for a chuckle or two. But every now and then, they hit a home run. The graphic at left, by Rudy M. Vorkapic, is comic genius. The caption: ?A recent National Hurricane Center...

Ike-o

Posted on September 11, 2008
Chorus:Hey now, hey now,Ike-o Ike go awayIke-o, Ike-oIke-o Ike go away Hey you, hurricane, in the gulf Ike-o, Ike go away Don?t come here, ?cause we had enough Ike-o, Ike go away Chorus See that hurricane going west Ike-o Ike...

The worst injury is to his pride.

Posted on September 09, 2008
Not even the Nature Boy is immune to time. According to the AP, it seems he got himself beaten up by his daughter?s boyfriend. That will happen when you?re (yikes!) 59 and the boyfriend is 22.

Coin toss triggers existential angst

Posted on September 08, 2008
A hint to NFL general managers everywhere: don?t draft a philosophy major.Pre-Game Coin Toss Makes Jacksonville Jaguars Realize Randomness Of Life

All is not well after Gustav

Posted on September 06, 2008
Wherever you are, please banish the notion that Gustav did little damage. Although New Orleans came through relatively okay, areas south and west of New Orleans did not. For details you won?t find in the main-stream media, please read this...

Propaganda

Posted on September 06, 2008
Between now and November 4, we are going to be bombarded with propaganda from both major parties. To help us spot it, Roy Peter Clark offers his seven-point propaganda detector.

?You want them eggs ...?

Posted on September 06, 2008
What can we say about Bobby Lounge? He says that he?s confined to an iron lung, not as a medical necessity, but as a matter of personal choice. His on-stage wardrobe is like a dumpster-diving version of Elton John. As...

Previous | Next