I should be cramming for torts, but this is just hilarious.
Thanks, Dave.

Bear with me; this is funny.
In the case Wendt v. Host International, Inc., 197 F.3d 1284 (9th Cir. 1999), the actors who had played Norm and Cliff in the show “Cheers” sued to prevent portrayal of their characters in animatronic robots. Judge Kozinski wrote a dissent of more than five pages to an order denying [...]

I just read one of my favorite comic strips…

If you ever find yourself analyzing sufficiency of service under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 4(c), while reading a comic strip, “the line” is a long way behind you…

I saw this and immediately thought of Professor Sunstein’s Elements class…

How NOT to Assemble Furniture from IKEA
Rule #1: Do not assume that the instructions for your furniture correspond to the furniture you bought. My desk came with assembly instructions for about 30 desks. Half a dozen of them are lumped into one section, which supposedly includes my desk. If you follow those directions, you can’t [...]

Don’t get me wrong; I’m a BCBS client, and I generally think the company is great. Their commercials, though… So far, the child names I’ve seen include Tate (boy), Colton (boy), Tristen (boy), and Brittley (girl).
Tristen????
Just name the kid, “kick me.” It’s easier to spell.

My little sister Annie had a car wreck, yesterday. She’s fine (just sore and banged up); but the car may not be in such good shape. It’ll be a few days before we know about that (in terms of what insurance will or won’t do and even in terms of which insurance company pays for [...]

Yes, that’s right: “April Fish.” France doesn’t have an April Fool’s day; they have April Fish. People go around sticking paper fish on each other and trying not to get caught. Only in France…
I got some great jokes today, but I decided I really can’t post any of them… Oh, well.
I’m off to set up [...]

Well, after just about 2 years in absentia, my blog is back, with a new look and new name. Of course, nobody had even heard of a “blog” in 2001, when I built this system, so it was an “online journal,” or maybe a “weblog,” but whatever… The latest from my random brain follows…
A lot [...]