Plugged the proposed NC marriage amendment into wordle.net for kicks. Out came a bunch of litte words and one big, completely inappropriate word.
I thought I’d take look, from a different angle, at how our State’s small claims filing fees have changed over the last quarter century. I wrote a recursive method (using Processing) that generated a line graph of percentage change from each of the 26 years prior to 2010. The blue line represents the first graph, [...]
There is a strong desire in this State for improved access to civil justice in our courts. One aspect of that is the access to our Magistrate’s Court for small claims.
Apple is holding a highly anticipated press conference later today. Cupertino has confirmed that, during the event, it will unveil the latest version of its iPad. It seems like the perfect time, then, to talk about safety razors. Much has been said already about the self-parody that is today’s shaving razor market. Criticism began in [...]
A list of the 20 books I found today, “bargain day” at the county library book sale. Total price: $2.00. 1. The Practical Cogitator: The Thinker’s Anthology 2. Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered 3. Say It with Figures, 6th ed. (“A New Edition of the Classic Work in the Field of Social [...]
A few weeks ago my parents gave me a dusty metal box, which they had found while cleaning house. I later opened it to discover a mountain of old love letters and postcards. Years of romances gained and lost, documented and memorialized in shades of pink, white, and glittered green. Poison, I thought. No good [...]
“They were still talking. Donald was yards away. He was walking, backwards. Tipping, leaning, but they were still talking. Loudly. He smiled. Or rather, he didn’t stop smiling. He waved. Still, they were all talking.” I’m pleased to share with you a little something I wrote, viewable via the link below. Hope you enjoy it. [...]
While on a walk today, it occurred to me that it might be fun to create an audio tour of Raleigh with an eye towards legal-themed points of interest. One thought led to another, and I ended up jotting down some ideas for a walking tour app. We’ll see where this goes … as always, [...]
I know a guy who smokes. It’s a lazy habit, and he’s hurting himself in many ways by doing it. But, generally, it’s his body to do with what he wants, right? What if I told you he had a two-year-old son? Would you say it’s still no harm, no foul?
Our intimacy with a place is proportional to the speed we move through it. That’s the feeling I get when I run sometimes. There’s a stretch of road near where I live called Lake Dam Road, a long shady hill that sees little traffic. It’s a connector; at the other end of Lake Dam I [...]
