No, I'm not having a Happy Easter. My wife has major surgery tomorrow, and my cat is dying. I'm not exactly feeling God's love right now.I don't want to go into too much detail out of respect for her privacy, but my wife's medical problem is not at all life threatening. She's just got a body part that is starting to cause her some pain, and tomorrow a surgeon will go in and … [Read more...] about Not Feeling That Easter Spirit
Not So Gaga Over Weird Al (Update x4)
Breaking news from the music world today as Weird Al Yankovic reveals that "Perform This Way," his parody of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way," will not be released on his next album because Lady Gaga has refused to give her approval. So you'll know what you're missing, the Weird One has released it on YouTube: More as this story develops. Update: More details have emerged in this … [Read more...] about Not So Gaga Over Weird Al (Update x4)
The Non-Myth of the Innocent Civilian
One of my more useful sources of things to blog about is Ethics Alarms, where professional ethicist Jack Marshall regularly blogs about a variety of current events from sports to politics to economics. This alarms some of the lawyers who read my blog, because they say that contrary to what he'd have you believe, Marshall knows nothing about legal ethics.My own opinion has … [Read more...] about The Non-Myth of the Innocent Civilian
Four Star Body Shop
By the way, the body shop that repaired my Toyota RAV4 after the goose strike incident is the Four Star Body Shop run by Loukas Pergantas. They've been repairing bits and pieces of my cars for about five years now, and they've always done a great job. And when it's something that I'm paying for out-of-pocket, they've been good about controlling the cost. Four Star Body Shop5424 … [Read more...] about Four Star Body Shop
When Geese Attack: The Butcher’s Bill
As I blogged about earlier, a few weeks ago I ended up driving the RAV4 through an unexpected flock of low-flying geese. I ended up taking out two of them, and they ended up taking out the RAV's grill and the left headlight. The bodyshop guy guessed it would cost at least $1000 to fix. Well, we just got the RAV back from the body shop, and it turned out to cost a lot more than … [Read more...] about When Geese Attack: The Butcher’s Bill