March 25, 2006
MA criminal discovery & V for Vendetta
http://tonguebutnodoor.net/monica/archives/2006/03/post_12.html 1) That MA decision just blows. I wonder how common the FL approach is v. the new MA rule. I'd never heard of either extreme before this. 2) I still have to see “V for Vendetta” and I definitely will, thanks to your recommendation. I was excited about it when I first heard of it, less excited when I heard some of the initial reviews, and now excited again....Posted by mowabb at 01:52 PM
March 20, 2006
buzzwords: beach books
http://tonguebutnodoor.net/monica/archives/2006/03/post_10.html Well, I understand that South Beach isn't what you would call paradise, but I can't help pointing out that you're still technically in law school and yet you're in a place where you can just casually say “I was sitting on the beach last Saturday....” Sorry, I just can't feel too badly about the dearth of coffee shops. ;-) As for books, I'm sure Amazon delivers to SoBe. I tried to read Galapagos a few months ago and got about 1/3 of the way before something else grabbed my attention. It was interesting, but... One of my friends thinks it is one of the best books ever so I'll probably get around to reading it at some point. Zen and the Art was a transformitive book for me in H.S. I don't remember why I loved it so much, but love it I did. I think it was just the whole mood and tone of the thing -- the whole existential exploration deal. I expect now it would seem narcisistic or overwrought to me, but who knows? I'll look forward to hearing what you think if you end up reading it.... I do think most of us don't stop often enough to ask what we're doing with our lives and why, and I think ZatAoMM encourages you to do that. In fact, right now might be the perfect time for a little soul-searching and self assessment as you finish school and transition to a career. Can you tell I really wish I could go to the beach and read a good book or two?Posted by mowabb at 09:20 AM
Audacity: One Conviction
http://audacity.typepad.com/index/2006/03/last_night_i_ca.html#comment-15195665 What I like about the first story is that it shows what tools prosecutors are. If you're a prosecutor, you can't follow your “conviction” -- you have to do what your boss tells you to do, and generally that will be to nail people to the wall whether they're guilty of a crime or not. I like this b/c I think it will discourage people from becoming prosecutors. Maybe. I mean, who wants to be such a tool?Posted by mowabb at 08:29 AM
February 21, 2006
Preaching to the Perverted
http://www.gulbransen.net/preaching/2006/02/coming_this_sum.html I'm not such a huge fan of Linklater, but Phillip K. Dick? Absolutely.Posted by mowabb at 09:38 PM
January 28, 2006
Preaching to the Perverted: So Long TAL
http://www.gulbransen.net/preaching/2006/01/so_long_tal.html Man, you scared me for a minute there -- I thought we were losing the show completely or something. I mean, it's a shame that Glass is leaving Chicago, but it would be more of a shame if the show was going off the air or becoming tv-only. The good side may be that if they do a tv-version it will be a good candidate for dvd release so you can watch it that way, probably.Posted by mowabb at 01:37 PM
Tales of a Public Defender Investigator: New Legal Series!
http://pdinvestigator.blogspot.com/2006/01/new-legal-series.html I'm so sick of this “law and order” tv crap. It's always about the cops and prosecutors as our saviors and heros. Gag me. That's why I've been loving “Prison Break” (which is currently on a break until March) -- its heroes are two convicts in prison plus a team of criminal defense attorneys on the outside trying to get them out b/c they were wrongly convicted. We're talking awesome television. Meanwhile, Dick Wolf can stick his stupid “praise the prosecution” schtick right up his @#$%^. ;-)Posted by mowabb at 11:01 AM
October 16, 2005
Dept. of Nance: DoN Wants YOU
http://deptofnance.blogspot.com/2005/10/don-wants-you.html#comments Yeah, I realized after I made such a big deal out of it that it was just a typo. My bad. I heart English teachers!Posted by mowabb at 07:11 AM
October 14, 2005
Dept. of Nance: DoN Wants YOU
http://deptofnance.blogspot.com/2005/10/don-wants-you.html#comments As a former English teacher myself, I do appreciate this little list. I especially love #4, which is a huge pet peeve of mine because I hear it all the damn time! However, I don't understand #5. How is “could not” different from “couldn't”? I always thought “couldn't” was simply “could not” without the “o,” in other words, a contraction of “could not.” So whassup there?Posted by mowabb at 08:55 AM
October 04, 2005
Blonde Justice: Amazing Race:Family Edition
http://blondejustice.blogspot.com/2005/09/amazing-racefamily-edition.html#comments So basically what you're saying is: This is really good tv! ;-) I missed the opener b/c of a tragic tivo season pass conflict (stupid Firefly marathon!), but I'm looking forward to plenty of snarkorific domestic strife tonight. My gfriend's theory about this family edition is that it won't be as good b/c, while our society is fully comfortable w/the spousal abuse that usually occurs on the show, we don't really have the stomach for the child abuse that will probably be part of the family edition. From what you say, perhaps we'll be treated to some good parent abuse, too! Sorry. Have we now crossed over beyond snark?Posted by mowabb at 09:47 AM
September 21, 2005
Parenthetical Statement: cry wolf
http://www.bloglicious.com/tony/archives/001174.html I saw Ralph Nader walking near the Dupont Hilton once last year and it seemed like a brush w/celebrity to me. D.C. people are geeks that way -- that's why we're in D.C., maybe. I also keep seeing one of the contestants from Showtime's “The American Candidate,” which was a reality show in fall 2004 about these people who were competing for a fantasy presidential nomination. I believe the man's name was Richard and he, too, seems like a celebrity to me. Me = geek. But I'd say Wolf Blitzer is definitely a celebrity. A windbag and crap reporter, but a celebrity, nonetheless.Posted by mowabb at 04:22 PM
July 31, 2005
Ditzy Genius: The Law Firm Lesson 1: Lawyers are aggressive, sore losers, and curse a lot
http://www.ditzygenius.com/archives/2005/07/the_law_firm_le_1.html So who gets kicked off next week? I just saw a rerun on Bravo and it was pretty good. I think your recap was better, though. I also think I'm in love with Olivier and Chris. Chris just seems like a great lawyer (and getting slammed for helping w/the research in trial prep was stupid and I think just done for drama so we'd all think that maybe Chis was going to get the axe); Olivier is cute (he's Marky Mark!) but he needs to stop jabbing his fingers at everyone and he needs to wipe those smug and sour looks off of his face.Posted by mowabb at 07:13 PM
June 26, 2005
Preaching to the Perverted: Memorable Movie Quotes:
http://www.gulbransen.net/preaching/archives/2005/06/memorable_movie.html The Lloyd Dobler is indeed a classic and an all-time fave of mine, as well. It's followed fairly shortly by Lloyd saying something like, “I've thought about joining the military, but I don't really want to work for that corporation.” Something like that. Clearly it's time I watched it again.Posted by mowabb at 05:42 AM
May 11, 2005
Blonde Justice: Who Will Be The First, In This Race Around The World?
http://blondejustice.blogspot.com/2005/05/who-will-be-first-in-this-race-around.html Sorry, I didn't vote b/c I didn't see your poll 'til after the show. And what a show! I was on the edge of my seat for most of it. I'm thrilled with the outcome, although I thought R&A's “catty” or “shady” play was just what the show needs to give it some spice and make it exciting. It's a *race!* For a *million dollars!* But the winners could hardly have been more deserving. I just thought they were going to lose it all for the sake of $25 of cab fair and I just wanted to grab the tv and shake them through it --“go freaking plant your feet on the mat, win the million, borrow $40 from Phil and pay the damn cab driver! Just GO GET ON THE MAT!!!” Sorry. I was getting a little excited. I will miss R&A. If it hadn't been for the freaking king of havana! Oh, and I'm ignoring the fact that they're getting married on tv. I just hope they're getting paid well for that, but knowing Rob, I bet they are.Posted by mowabb at 12:02 AM
April 24, 2005
thisdarkqualm » The Beautiful Sound of Ethical Compromise
http://thisdarkqualm.com/index.php?p=171 How can anything that seems so good be bad? ;-)Posted by mowabb at 01:43 PM
April 22, 2005
divine angst: cool but
http://divineangst.blawgcoop.com/archives/2005/04/cool_but.html Beyond its uncooperative behavior w/Safari I'm having trouble seeing how the benefits of this new feature outweigh the risks. I can't think of a time I wanted/needed to remember a search I did in the past -- if I do a search and find what I was looking for, I either bookmark it or otherwise save the info I find, precisely so I won't need to do the search again. So where's the value? And the risk is just that this information will be subpoenaed when users get prosecuted for crimes. ;-)Posted by mowabb at 07:12 AM
April 08, 2005
Samples Connection: Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince
http://samplesconnection.blogspot.com/2005/03/harry-potter-half-blood-prince.html
My plan would be not to buy the book or let myself even touch a copy until I had finished the bar. Instead of thinking of this as bad timing, you could think of it as the perfect timing b/c now you have an excellent incentive to take those last 10 days before the bar seriously and do well on the exam. Once you've passed w/flying colors, what better reward could there be than to relax w/the new Harry Potter w/out a single care in the world?
Posted by mowabb at 07:44 AM
April 02, 2005
The Yin Blog: SciFi's “Battlestar Galactica”: “Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part 2” (season finale)
http://yin.typepad.com/the_yin_blog/2005/04/scifis_battlest.html
BSG is some of the best tv I have ever seen, but if Adama dies, the show is over for me. (And I know if you read around the web for all the spoilers you can find out whether Adama lives, but why would you want to do that?) Would they replace Adama w/ Ty? He's pretty good, but no, I don't think so. So yeah, an amazing season, many irons in the plot fire for the second season to pick up on, and I heard a rumor it may be doing so well that NBC (which I guess owns the Sci-Fi Channel, or they're owned by the same parent, or whatever) might run the second season in prime time to get an even larger audience. Cool.
Posted by mowabb at 05:20 PM
March 25, 2005
idlegrasshopper: Dear Mr. Thermostat Man:
http://idlegrasshopper.blogspot.com/2005/03/dear-mr.html
I ran over your neighbor.
Now I'm in all the papers.
Doughnuts on your lawn.
Tony Orlando and Dawn.
Hey man, where you headed?
I don't want unleaded!!
(It only sounds random if you haven't bitched about life and chug-a-lugged bleach.)
Posted by mowabb at 09:10 AM
March 14, 2005
Don't Know It From Adam: "Hold My Hand" Indeed
http://www.dontknowitfromadam.com/Blog_Archives/000186.html "Cracked Rearview" rocked! ;-) Seriously, I loved that disc! "Let Her Cry" was on heavy rotation on lots of Europop stations in the summer of '94 when I biked across Europe and I'm not ashamed to admit that it gave me the energy to pedal up more than one summit in the oppressive but starkly beautiful oven that is central Spain. When I got back to the States I practically played a hole in the CD writing papers for my last year of college. Damn. I guess that makes me old.Posted by mowabb at 11:14 PM