Greetings and welcome to the Un-Zone, the site for all things Un. It's December 31st, New Years Eve. According to my clock, in about 15 hours, it will be a brand new year. The end of 2005 and the start of 2006. Whoop-dee-doo. It'll be like 2005, but with some minor details changed. Bush will still wiretap phones without warrants, we'll still be slogging it out in Iraq(what mission was accomplished when the President was playing dressup in a Top Gun fantasy flightsuit?), and the Royals, the Chiefs, and the Chicago Cubs will be all claiming that this is the year that they win a championship. We've all heard it before.
Well, to celebrate the dawning of a New Year, some songs related to the New Year. The first is from Rent. Yes, I'm posting a song from a Broadway musical.
Seasons Of Love
COMPANY
525,600 minutes, 525,000 moments so dear.
525,600 minutes - how do you measure, measure a year?
In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee.
In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife.
In 525,600 minutes - how do you measure a year in the life?
How about love?
How about love?
How about love?
Measure in love.
Seasons of love.
SOLOIST 1
525,600 minutes! 525,000 journeys to plan.
525,600 minutes - how can you measure the life of a woman or man?
SOLOIST 2
In truths that she learned, or in times that he cried.
In bridges he burned, or the way that she died.
COMPANY
It’s time now to sing out, tho the story never ends
Let's celebrate remember a year in the life of friends.
Rememberthe love!
Remember the love!
Remember the love!
Measure in love.
Seasons of love!
Seasons of love.
The second song is more of a post-booze, what the hell did I do last night sort of song. I think that several people will find the words quite apt. The group that wrote this song is called Babyshambles.
32nd of December
Don't talk about it
Don't want to know about it
Arguing with you's no good
You'll be nobody's fool but you'll almost speak...
Don't let me know about it
Don't let me know about the 32nd of December
Oh, thats the night I'm trying so hard to forget
All you do is you come around and make me remember
What I try, oh that I, what I....
Still you talk about it
Still don't wanna know all about it
Anybody want tea?
Anybody, thank you, ah fuck me
But don't speak
And don't talk about it
Don't talk about the 32nd of December
Thats the night im trying so hard to forget
So all you do is you phone me, and I remember
Remember what I try
That I, what I...
You know that I...
You was a stickler for manners
So don't you say goodbye
No, not to a good old friend,
I get by, please I get by
And get by
Argggh, so what you running from?
Still, ahh don't talk about it
Still, don't want to know about it
Don't want to know about it
The 32nd of December
Thats the night im trying so hard to forget
All you do is come around and make me remember
Remember what I try
What I, that I...
... nice reason, I'll go
But they'll never do
They'll never do
Saturday, December 31, 2005
Saturday, December 24, 2005
Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanza, Festivus, Saturnalia...
Greetings and welcome to the Un-Zone, the site for all things Un. It's the holiday season and in order to celebrate it fully, Christmas-related websites for your perusal.
"The Twelve Days of Christmas" is a famous Christmas carol. The one where the guy gives all of those gifts and trying to remember what gift goes with what day. Well, according to a British researcher/historian, it was a song about pagan mating rituals before the Catholic Church messed everything up. I can understand where he is coming from. The guy gives expensive gifts and in the end, he is jumping up and down celebrating 'cause he hit the homerun out of the ballpark. Sounds like the modern mating ritual being used today, but without the "I love you baby" and other phrases.
http://www.westpress.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=146238&command=displayContent&sourceNode=146064&contentPK=13731825&folderPk=69655
It's a sign of the times. More children now are writing Santa Claus e-mail than letters sent through the mail. Instead of getting disillusioned and saying "Santa Claus doesn't exist," they say "Santa commited a 404 error."
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005590650,00.html
Oooh...with gas prices so high and worries about global warming, the government is advising Santa to ditch the reindeer and go with public transportation. Reindeer produce too much methane.
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=2455542005
Now you can track where your Christmas presents are by using the Internet. It's the NORAD Santa website. Let's just hope with the global war on terrorism, the federal government doesn't consider him a hostile bogey.
http://www.noradsanta.org/index.php
That's all for now.
"The Twelve Days of Christmas" is a famous Christmas carol. The one where the guy gives all of those gifts and trying to remember what gift goes with what day. Well, according to a British researcher/historian, it was a song about pagan mating rituals before the Catholic Church messed everything up. I can understand where he is coming from. The guy gives expensive gifts and in the end, he is jumping up and down celebrating 'cause he hit the homerun out of the ballpark. Sounds like the modern mating ritual being used today, but without the "I love you baby" and other phrases.
http://www.westpress.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=146238&command=displayContent&sourceNode=146064&contentPK=13731825&folderPk=69655
It's a sign of the times. More children now are writing Santa Claus e-mail than letters sent through the mail. Instead of getting disillusioned and saying "Santa Claus doesn't exist," they say "Santa commited a 404 error."
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005590650,00.html
Oooh...with gas prices so high and worries about global warming, the government is advising Santa to ditch the reindeer and go with public transportation. Reindeer produce too much methane.
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=2455542005
Now you can track where your Christmas presents are by using the Internet. It's the NORAD Santa website. Let's just hope with the global war on terrorism, the federal government doesn't consider him a hostile bogey.
http://www.noradsanta.org/index.php
That's all for now.
Thursday, December 22, 2005
Some Updates
Greetings and welcome to the Un-Zone, the site for all things related to Un, or at least stuff that seems interesting to the writer of this blog, the Un-Zone. Things are slowing down right now, as it is the holidays and whatnot. Even the writer needs a holiday, especially after another semester of law school, or the train called Cynicism Unlimited. Law school is not recommended if you want to leave there with rosy optimism about the real world. Trust me. You'll begin to feel and see your soul rot away after a while. Just kidding. They nuke it away.
It's time to do websites I found to be interesting. Yeah, I'm lazy. So what? It's my site.
The Patriot Act has been extended for six months. I guess civil liberties aren't as important as they used to be.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1431415
In the Irony Department, the following site. Let's say you're an anti-spam crusader. Spam as in junk mail and not the canned meat made by Hormel. Yes, Spam is made out of actual meat (pork muscle tissue) and not mysterious substances like organs. If you want internal organs, try chorizo or headcheese. Chorizo contains lymph nodes and salivary glands. Really.
Anyways, let's say you want to be governor. How do you tell everyone of the great things you have done? You get the e-mails of thousands of citizens and send them an unsolicited mass e-mail. Irony.
http://sptimes.com/2005/12/21/State/Crist_e_mail_draws_ire.shtml#crust
It's that time of the year when the President of the United States pardons deserving people. I wonder if Mr. Libby is on the list... Well, the President used to have a drinking problem but he was saved by the grace of God and Jesus Christ. Who better to pardon than two Tennessee men convicted of making moonshine? More irony.
http://www.rctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051222/NEWS01/512220393/1006/MTCN0301
The display of the Ten Commandments is considered constitutional. The display also contained the Star Spangled Banner, the United States Constitution, and other historical documents. The court cases on this issue are confusing and they contain not-so-helpful rules on what violates the First Amendment and what doesn't, so please do not consider this in any political manner. What is interesting is the language used in the opinion. I'm not sure if the following phrases sound very judicial: "tiresome" arguments and the ACLU is not a "reasonable person."
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051221/NEWS01/512210407
Finally, since Christmas is three days away, a story about a person who likes Santa Claus. OK, maybe "like" isn't the right word. Maybe "obsessed" would be better. This is coming from the woman who has collected over 6,000 Santa Claus related items in her house. Well, you can't argue with a person who has the holiday spirit...
http://www.wsbtv.com/holidays/5589090/detail.html
That's all for now.
It's time to do websites I found to be interesting. Yeah, I'm lazy. So what? It's my site.
The Patriot Act has been extended for six months. I guess civil liberties aren't as important as they used to be.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1431415
In the Irony Department, the following site. Let's say you're an anti-spam crusader. Spam as in junk mail and not the canned meat made by Hormel. Yes, Spam is made out of actual meat (pork muscle tissue) and not mysterious substances like organs. If you want internal organs, try chorizo or headcheese. Chorizo contains lymph nodes and salivary glands. Really.
Anyways, let's say you want to be governor. How do you tell everyone of the great things you have done? You get the e-mails of thousands of citizens and send them an unsolicited mass e-mail. Irony.
http://sptimes.com/2005/12/21/State/Crist_e_mail_draws_ire.shtml#crust
It's that time of the year when the President of the United States pardons deserving people. I wonder if Mr. Libby is on the list... Well, the President used to have a drinking problem but he was saved by the grace of God and Jesus Christ. Who better to pardon than two Tennessee men convicted of making moonshine? More irony.
http://www.rctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051222/NEWS01/512220393/1006/MTCN0301
The display of the Ten Commandments is considered constitutional. The display also contained the Star Spangled Banner, the United States Constitution, and other historical documents. The court cases on this issue are confusing and they contain not-so-helpful rules on what violates the First Amendment and what doesn't, so please do not consider this in any political manner. What is interesting is the language used in the opinion. I'm not sure if the following phrases sound very judicial: "tiresome" arguments and the ACLU is not a "reasonable person."
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051221/NEWS01/512210407
Finally, since Christmas is three days away, a story about a person who likes Santa Claus. OK, maybe "like" isn't the right word. Maybe "obsessed" would be better. This is coming from the woman who has collected over 6,000 Santa Claus related items in her house. Well, you can't argue with a person who has the holiday spirit...
http://www.wsbtv.com/holidays/5589090/detail.html
That's all for now.
Monday, December 19, 2005
Winter Break Update
Greetings and welcome to the Un-Zone, the home of all things Un. Nothing to do with the United Nations, unless I am going to make fun of something amazingly foolish that they have done like Kofi Annan's son and the oil thing. Anyways...
The Kansas City Chiefs have a snowball's chance in hell to make it to the playoffs as an AFC wildcard. They lose to the Cowboys and then lose to the Giants. The CBS commentators were right. The Chiefs' offense can do anything at all...except catch the football. The defense, well, they were horrible as usual. Can't tackle. Do they really think they can bring down Tiki Barber with a weak arm tackle? Come on. That might work against a second-rate running back, but that's TIKI BARBER. It's going to take alot more than that to tackle him. They looked great against some teams, but those teams weren't that great to begin with. If I were optimistic, I could couch it like Bill Clinton with his grand jury testimony, but we all know you can't spell "suck" without KC. This is coming from a Kansas City Chiefs fan. Face it. It's going to take a mighty big miracle. Praying with the televangelist won't work as they can only heal injuries and not bring back the dead.
I discovered some interesting things. One, I discovered that with a sufficient lack of things to do, one will resort to learning how to knit. Yes. Knitting. Two, I discovered that I suck at knitting. It seems easy, but for some reason, I mess up a lot. I always end up adding more knots than I begin with. You have to put the needle into the right hole and pull out correctly to do it right. It sounds easy but with a lack of hand-eye coordination, it becomes a big problem. I'm better off with more academic stuff like reading books and coming up with a politically incorrect school of philosophical thought that will manage to offend just about everyone. The truth hurts. Deal with it.
Barbara Walters has a special coming up about the topic of "Is There Heaven?" It's scary to think that Richard Gere is correct when he says that Heaven and Hell is right now and not some after you die thing. Creepy. You don't get sick when you're dead. You don't worry about money or any of those pesky little things that bother you when you're alive. No racism. No bigotry or hate. No nothing. It's sad when you realize the only equal-opportunity thing that doesn't discriminate based on anything is death. Everyone dies.
On an unrelated note, with the new emphasis on conservative values, people think they're going to Heaven by telling others that they are going to Hell. Go figure.
That's all for now.
That's all for now.
The Kansas City Chiefs have a snowball's chance in hell to make it to the playoffs as an AFC wildcard. They lose to the Cowboys and then lose to the Giants. The CBS commentators were right. The Chiefs' offense can do anything at all...except catch the football. The defense, well, they were horrible as usual. Can't tackle. Do they really think they can bring down Tiki Barber with a weak arm tackle? Come on. That might work against a second-rate running back, but that's TIKI BARBER. It's going to take alot more than that to tackle him. They looked great against some teams, but those teams weren't that great to begin with. If I were optimistic, I could couch it like Bill Clinton with his grand jury testimony, but we all know you can't spell "suck" without KC. This is coming from a Kansas City Chiefs fan. Face it. It's going to take a mighty big miracle. Praying with the televangelist won't work as they can only heal injuries and not bring back the dead.
I discovered some interesting things. One, I discovered that with a sufficient lack of things to do, one will resort to learning how to knit. Yes. Knitting. Two, I discovered that I suck at knitting. It seems easy, but for some reason, I mess up a lot. I always end up adding more knots than I begin with. You have to put the needle into the right hole and pull out correctly to do it right. It sounds easy but with a lack of hand-eye coordination, it becomes a big problem. I'm better off with more academic stuff like reading books and coming up with a politically incorrect school of philosophical thought that will manage to offend just about everyone. The truth hurts. Deal with it.
Barbara Walters has a special coming up about the topic of "Is There Heaven?" It's scary to think that Richard Gere is correct when he says that Heaven and Hell is right now and not some after you die thing. Creepy. You don't get sick when you're dead. You don't worry about money or any of those pesky little things that bother you when you're alive. No racism. No bigotry or hate. No nothing. It's sad when you realize the only equal-opportunity thing that doesn't discriminate based on anything is death. Everyone dies.
On an unrelated note, with the new emphasis on conservative values, people think they're going to Heaven by telling others that they are going to Hell. Go figure.
That's all for now.
That's all for now.
Friday, December 16, 2005
And The Insanity Will Soon End...For Now
Greetings and welcome to the Un-Zone, the site for all things related to Un. No, this is not a site relating to the United Nations.
The insanity called Law School Final Exams is nearly over. Just one more...one more. Business Associations. Woohoo. Feel the excitement? When this is over, I shall have an entire month to not think about law school until January. Then the process will repeat itself again until May 2007 when I graduate. Then comes the real world and 80 hour work weeks doing "stuff." This generally means doing research for a partner at the law firm. But at least you get paid. When you finally become partner after selling your soul and all sense of an actual life for thirty years, you get paid more. Then you enjoy it while it lasts before you die. The end. Sorry. That was a little too sarcastic. No. Not sarcastic enough.
After having my articles published in the Brief-Brief, I now have a reputation for being a person who doesn't give a damn. At least when it comes to political correctness and other things involving law school. According to one person, I've probably pissed off the law school professors and some hardcore Christian fundamentalists. At least those who actually believe that Intelligent Design is actual science, which it isn't by the way. By the way, they have an odd definition of tolerance, one of the supposed Christian virtures. It's tolerance if you promote Christianity, but if you disagree, you're an anti-Christian, Godless person. Interesting. What would Jesus think about that? He might beat up a relgion school professor to teach a lesson on real Christianity. Just kidding.
People found the article funny. Then I reminded them that it most likely was true. That put a damper on it.
The same person said the in the satire I wrote, I came off like an arrogant SOB. He added that it was fine as I was correct. Apparently, it's not arrogance if you're correct. If you're wrong, however, you're an arrogant SOB. I thanked him.
This got me to thinking. I should make a religion or a philosophy and call it something politically incorrect. I think the motto would be "I'm right and you're wrong. Get used to it." The whole purpose would be to spread enlightenment by telling it like it is to everyone, whether or not they like it. No holds barred. If you want to be sarcastic, go ahead. Socrates on steroids. Being the proverbial gadfly. Think of Judge Judy or maybe Doctor Phil when he gets on a roll. No, Judge Judy but even meaner and more sarcastic and biting.
Either that, or a television judge like Judge Judy. My own TV show. That would be cool. I would get paid to tell people that they are wrong and their case is a waste of my time. Or a stand up comedian like Chris Rock and point out that everyone is messed up.
Well, it's time to go to the Business Assoications final. Oh for joy.
That's all for now.
The insanity called Law School Final Exams is nearly over. Just one more...one more. Business Associations. Woohoo. Feel the excitement? When this is over, I shall have an entire month to not think about law school until January. Then the process will repeat itself again until May 2007 when I graduate. Then comes the real world and 80 hour work weeks doing "stuff." This generally means doing research for a partner at the law firm. But at least you get paid. When you finally become partner after selling your soul and all sense of an actual life for thirty years, you get paid more. Then you enjoy it while it lasts before you die. The end. Sorry. That was a little too sarcastic. No. Not sarcastic enough.
After having my articles published in the Brief-Brief, I now have a reputation for being a person who doesn't give a damn. At least when it comes to political correctness and other things involving law school. According to one person, I've probably pissed off the law school professors and some hardcore Christian fundamentalists. At least those who actually believe that Intelligent Design is actual science, which it isn't by the way. By the way, they have an odd definition of tolerance, one of the supposed Christian virtures. It's tolerance if you promote Christianity, but if you disagree, you're an anti-Christian, Godless person. Interesting. What would Jesus think about that? He might beat up a relgion school professor to teach a lesson on real Christianity. Just kidding.
People found the article funny. Then I reminded them that it most likely was true. That put a damper on it.
The same person said the in the satire I wrote, I came off like an arrogant SOB. He added that it was fine as I was correct. Apparently, it's not arrogance if you're correct. If you're wrong, however, you're an arrogant SOB. I thanked him.
This got me to thinking. I should make a religion or a philosophy and call it something politically incorrect. I think the motto would be "I'm right and you're wrong. Get used to it." The whole purpose would be to spread enlightenment by telling it like it is to everyone, whether or not they like it. No holds barred. If you want to be sarcastic, go ahead. Socrates on steroids. Being the proverbial gadfly. Think of Judge Judy or maybe Doctor Phil when he gets on a roll. No, Judge Judy but even meaner and more sarcastic and biting.
Either that, or a television judge like Judge Judy. My own TV show. That would be cool. I would get paid to tell people that they are wrong and their case is a waste of my time. Or a stand up comedian like Chris Rock and point out that everyone is messed up.
Well, it's time to go to the Business Assoications final. Oh for joy.
That's all for now.
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Another Update from the Writer
Greetings and welcome to the Un-Zone, the official site of all things Un. It's time for another update to this site.
Estates and Trusts final finished on Saturday. It sucked. It really sucked. My brain still hurts thinking about it. I thought his Property I final was horrible with all of those Rule Against Perpetuities questions, but this one made that one look like a cakewalk.
Constitutional Law final finished on Monday. I actually made an outline for that final as my notes were kind of messy. I consensed sixty pages into seven. It came in handy as I did not need to wade through the notes during the test.
I have a Business Associations final on Friday. That should be fun. Nothing like remembering a billion different things about agency theory, partnerships, the different limited liability organizations, and corporations. That will not be fun. Thankfully, it is not a mandatory course. Which is the only good thing about that course at this moment.
The Christmas season is off and running. Or is it holiday season. Or Hannukah or Kwanza or...I don't know. I'm not a big fan of political correctness. Which made this article I found on the Internet pretty funny. Supposedly, the questions are based upon actual incidents, but they seem too funny to be true. Then again, the truth is stranger than fiction as fiction has to make sense.
http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/johnleo/2005/12/12/178651.html
Politicians have a reputation for being lying, stealing crooks. And this college class president shows potential as a future congressman.
http://www.wytv.com/news/regional/2075952.html
Another item added to the list of things the government cannot do well. This list includes organizing hurricane relief, helping the poor, and telling the truth. Especially the last one. Now you can include medical marijuana grown by the federal government. As one University of Massachusetts professor stated: "The government's marijuana just isn't strong enough." I hear that the Canadians grow some very potent stuff. Go figure.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20051212/marijuanamonopoly_20051212/20051212?hub=Health
I see dead people...voting in Tennessee and not in Chicago. The spirit of the former Mayor Daley has struck in Tennessee. In addition to a dead person voting, three convicted felons and a person living outside the district casted a ballot. This voter fraud occured during a special election to replace the former senator who resigned after being indicted on bribery charges. Interestingly enough, his brother won by 13 votes. Go figure.
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051212/NEWS01/512120347/1001
That's all for now.
Estates and Trusts final finished on Saturday. It sucked. It really sucked. My brain still hurts thinking about it. I thought his Property I final was horrible with all of those Rule Against Perpetuities questions, but this one made that one look like a cakewalk.
Constitutional Law final finished on Monday. I actually made an outline for that final as my notes were kind of messy. I consensed sixty pages into seven. It came in handy as I did not need to wade through the notes during the test.
I have a Business Associations final on Friday. That should be fun. Nothing like remembering a billion different things about agency theory, partnerships, the different limited liability organizations, and corporations. That will not be fun. Thankfully, it is not a mandatory course. Which is the only good thing about that course at this moment.
The Christmas season is off and running. Or is it holiday season. Or Hannukah or Kwanza or...I don't know. I'm not a big fan of political correctness. Which made this article I found on the Internet pretty funny. Supposedly, the questions are based upon actual incidents, but they seem too funny to be true. Then again, the truth is stranger than fiction as fiction has to make sense.
http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/johnleo/2005/12/12/178651.html
Politicians have a reputation for being lying, stealing crooks. And this college class president shows potential as a future congressman.
http://www.wytv.com/news/regional/2075952.html
Another item added to the list of things the government cannot do well. This list includes organizing hurricane relief, helping the poor, and telling the truth. Especially the last one. Now you can include medical marijuana grown by the federal government. As one University of Massachusetts professor stated: "The government's marijuana just isn't strong enough." I hear that the Canadians grow some very potent stuff. Go figure.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20051212/marijuanamonopoly_20051212/20051212?hub=Health
I see dead people...voting in Tennessee and not in Chicago. The spirit of the former Mayor Daley has struck in Tennessee. In addition to a dead person voting, three convicted felons and a person living outside the district casted a ballot. This voter fraud occured during a special election to replace the former senator who resigned after being indicted on bribery charges. Interestingly enough, his brother won by 13 votes. Go figure.
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051212/NEWS01/512120347/1001
That's all for now.
Thursday, December 08, 2005
Snow and Another Update
Greeting and welcome back to the Un-Zone, the official site for all things Un, as if that was a major surprise to anyone who regularly reads this blog.
I have a Commercial Law final today. I get the odd feeling that no matter what I write down in the essay section, I am going to get points taken off. That includes the possibility I put down the correct answer based upon the facts and the current law. To prepare for this final, I did some studying and I went outside to enjoy the snow. That was fun...snow.
Some words of advice for the weather people. Don't include in predictions on how much snow there will be. It's much simpler if you just say "It's going to snow." I think I saw the predictions on snowfall amount change once every time the news came on.
Some advice for the news channels out there. Your weather updates are pretty stupid, not to mention useless. Those updates...holy crap...IT'S STILL SNOWING! Didn't the weather person say it was going to snow ALL DAY, like thirty seconds ago? And that's the "breaking news update"? I never would have guessed that. Nor would I have guessed that "the roads are slick" and that "there was an accident due to weather conditions." Of course there are going to be accidents when it snows or sleets or whatever. That update is not worth the time to interrupt regularly scheduled programming. We need the news to tell us that it's still snowing. I could have just looked out the window to figure that out. Excuse me for that rant...
Cue up the dramatic movie and the apocalyptic movies like Deep Impact, Space Cowboys, and Armageddon because according to scientists and the fear-mongering thing we call the media, there's a slight chance that a giant asteroid will hit the Earth in 2037. Maybe. Wake me up in 30 years...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/space/article/0,14493,1660485,00.html
This story lends credibility to the notion that in college athletics, you can get away with a whole bunch of stuff and still keep your job as long as you win. This also applies to professional sports also. The coach of Colorado football finally was fired, not because of the worst recruiting scandals or because of his statements involving a female kicker alleging sexual harassment (including rape), but because he lost too many games. Go figure. Yeah, let the flaming begin.
http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_3285822
Add another corporation to the long list of corporate scandals. The major airlines are going bankrupt. They can't pay for many things. What is an airline to do? If you're Delta, you illegally raid a trust fund and claim it is solvent. When you get caught, you have your spokesperson give a bunch of canned BS. To quote from the article:
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory&refer=conews&tkr=DAL:US&sid=apXkt0mG0cyI
Finally...some more obvious news. A survey said that a majority of Americans hate their job. Wow. Isn't that an amazing result?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10372274/from/RS.3/
That's all for now.
I have a Commercial Law final today. I get the odd feeling that no matter what I write down in the essay section, I am going to get points taken off. That includes the possibility I put down the correct answer based upon the facts and the current law. To prepare for this final, I did some studying and I went outside to enjoy the snow. That was fun...snow.
Some words of advice for the weather people. Don't include in predictions on how much snow there will be. It's much simpler if you just say "It's going to snow." I think I saw the predictions on snowfall amount change once every time the news came on.
Some advice for the news channels out there. Your weather updates are pretty stupid, not to mention useless. Those updates...holy crap...IT'S STILL SNOWING! Didn't the weather person say it was going to snow ALL DAY, like thirty seconds ago? And that's the "breaking news update"? I never would have guessed that. Nor would I have guessed that "the roads are slick" and that "there was an accident due to weather conditions." Of course there are going to be accidents when it snows or sleets or whatever. That update is not worth the time to interrupt regularly scheduled programming. We need the news to tell us that it's still snowing. I could have just looked out the window to figure that out. Excuse me for that rant...
Cue up the dramatic movie and the apocalyptic movies like Deep Impact, Space Cowboys, and Armageddon because according to scientists and the fear-mongering thing we call the media, there's a slight chance that a giant asteroid will hit the Earth in 2037. Maybe. Wake me up in 30 years...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/space/article/0,14493,1660485,00.html
This story lends credibility to the notion that in college athletics, you can get away with a whole bunch of stuff and still keep your job as long as you win. This also applies to professional sports also. The coach of Colorado football finally was fired, not because of the worst recruiting scandals or because of his statements involving a female kicker alleging sexual harassment (including rape), but because he lost too many games. Go figure. Yeah, let the flaming begin.
http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_3285822
Add another corporation to the long list of corporate scandals. The major airlines are going bankrupt. They can't pay for many things. What is an airline to do? If you're Delta, you illegally raid a trust fund and claim it is solvent. When you get caught, you have your spokesperson give a bunch of canned BS. To quote from the article:
Yesterday, the Official Committee of Delta Retirees filed a motion in the Delta bankruptcy case to end Delta Air Lines' improper use of funds from a separate Disability and Survivors Trust. Delta had spent over $30 million of the Trust funds in the last three years for employee severance benefits, even though the Trust documents prohibited those payments since March 2002.A quote from the Delta spokesperson:
In a filing during the first week of the bankruptcy, Delta had claimed the Trust was "fully funded," but financials provided since show the Trust has an asset shortfall of more than $212 million. The Committee also raised questions in its motion about Delta's separate amendment of its benefit plans, two days before the bankruptcy, to retroactively authorize $22 million in 2004 payments out of the Trust for active workers' sick pay.
The Committee is seeking relief under a bankruptcy statute that protects disability and death benefits of retired workers. "The Trust was set up to pay specific benefits for widows, orphans, and the disabled," said the Committee's lawyer Dean Gloster of Farella Braun + Martel. "Not as a fund for Delta operating expenses."
Say what? Delta brought the "mistake" to the attention of the Court? Wait a minute...Delta told the judge they were illegally taking funds? It just took "only" three years and after financial documents were provided and accounting done and...Maybe Delta should change their motto to "We love to lie and it shows.""Delta is a world-class organization that has, for almost all of its history, tried to do the right thing for the people who worked so hard as part of the Delta family, and to do the right thing for their families. In this instance, Delta made a mistake, and Delta did something wrong. We have brought
that mistake to their attention and to the attention of the Court. We fully expect that Delta will now do the right thing and correct this wrong."
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory&refer=conews&tkr=DAL:US&sid=apXkt0mG0cyI
Finally...some more obvious news. A survey said that a majority of Americans hate their job. Wow. Isn't that an amazing result?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10372274/from/RS.3/
That's all for now.
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
Oh Joyful Update
Welcome and greetings from the Un-Zone. One final down, four more to go. Evidence is finally over. Yay. Now it's time to slog through Commercial Law, Estates and Trusts, Constitutional Law and Business Associations I. Ain't that going to be fun?
Christmas light displays. Quite possibly, this family has way too much time on their hands or they sure do like their light displays. 25,000 lights set to Trans-Siberian Orchestra. It's real, all real and not some crazy hoax. Video to boot.
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2005512050331
The Salvation Army every year does their bell ringing. Some people are total Grinches and steal themoney inside. In one case, this leads to bad karma. As in crashing a stolen car containing alcohol and drugs, plus the kettle into a canal and drowning.
http://www.tampatrib.com/MGBOFV1MVGE.html
Google and their Ten Golden Rules.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10296177/site/newsweek/
You gotta love the CIA and their way with words. As if the government can't sound any more ludicrous. Waterboarding is not torture, despite the Army saying it was during Vietnam. Now they are explaining "rendition" or seizing alleged terrorist suspects and transferring them for interrogation. If they make an error, as in seizing an innocent person, the CIA "punishes" itself for making this mistake. To quote from the article:
One supposed suspect who turned out to be innocent, was held for five months in some prison in an unknown location becauseMasri was held for five months largely because the head of the CIA's Counterterrorist Center's al Qaeda unit "believed he was someone else". This person "didn't really know. She just had a hunch." And these people work at the "Central Intelligence Agency." You would think they had better inteligence than "a hunch."
Then again, if I were to be sarcastic, President Bush was right when he said that the US doesn't torture. They send suspects to other countries where those people do the torturing. There's a BIG difference there.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/03/AR2005120301476.html?nav=rss_email/components
That's all for now. Time to study for Commercial Law.
Christmas light displays. Quite possibly, this family has way too much time on their hands or they sure do like their light displays. 25,000 lights set to Trans-Siberian Orchestra. It's real, all real and not some crazy hoax. Video to boot.
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2005512050331
The Salvation Army every year does their bell ringing. Some people are total Grinches and steal themoney inside. In one case, this leads to bad karma. As in crashing a stolen car containing alcohol and drugs, plus the kettle into a canal and drowning.
http://www.tampatrib.com/MGBOFV1MVGE.html
Google and their Ten Golden Rules.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10296177/site/newsweek/
You gotta love the CIA and their way with words. As if the government can't sound any more ludicrous. Waterboarding is not torture, despite the Army saying it was during Vietnam. Now they are explaining "rendition" or seizing alleged terrorist suspects and transferring them for interrogation. If they make an error, as in seizing an innocent person, the CIA "punishes" itself for making this mistake. To quote from the article:
One official said about three dozen names fall in that category; others believe it is fewer. The list includes several people whose identities were offered by al Qaeda figures during CIA interrogations, officials said. One turned out to be an innocent college professor who had given the al Qaeda member a bad grade, one official said.
"They picked up the wrong people, who had no information. In many, many cases there was only some vague association" with terrorism, one CIA officer said.
One supposed suspect who turned out to be innocent, was held for five months in some prison in an unknown location becauseMasri was held for five months largely because the head of the CIA's Counterterrorist Center's al Qaeda unit "believed he was someone else". This person "didn't really know. She just had a hunch." And these people work at the "Central Intelligence Agency." You would think they had better inteligence than "a hunch."
Then again, if I were to be sarcastic, President Bush was right when he said that the US doesn't torture. They send suspects to other countries where those people do the torturing. There's a BIG difference there.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/03/AR2005120301476.html?nav=rss_email/components
That's all for now. Time to study for Commercial Law.
Monday, December 05, 2005
Time For An Update
Greetings and welcome to the Un-Zone, now on a semi-irregular, consistently inconsistent updating schedule as it is Finals Season in Green Hall. So, instead of updating on a regular basis, I am spending much time reviewing notes to get ready for finals. Isn't that fun? First up is the wonderful world of Evidence. That should be fun.
I spent Saturday and Sunday watching football of all sorts. Texas v. Colorado (blowout), USC v. UCLA (rivalry game that was another blowout), Florida State v. Virginia Tech (a great game), and KC v. Denver (Go Chiefs). Then reality struck and it was time for review. Yes, I am actually studying for finals.
There are a lot of awards given to football players in college. You've got the Heisman, the Butkus, etc. This update is all about websites I've found, but with semi-catchy award titles for each site.
The Duh Award for Most Obvious Story goes to the Christian Science Monitor for their insightful opinion article entitled "A Culture of Bribery in Congress." John McCain once said, "If hypocrisy was gold, then Congress would be Fort Knox." Mark Twain noted that "Congress is the only criminal class" in America. As if ordinary Americans didn't know that people in Congress had a reputation for being corrupt and unethical...
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1202/p08s01-comv.html
The Future Dumb Criminal Award, the Be Afraid for the Future of America, and Most Likely to end up on COPS Award goes to a College of Charleston student. He told the police that he and his friend were kidnapped after a night of heavy drinking, kidnapped, and forced to smoke crack at knifepoint. He later confessed that the entire story was a lie, except for the smoking crack part.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=54708§ion=localnews
The Interesting but Self-Defeating Use of Mathematics Award goes to the scientist who used mathematics to stabilize a wobbly table without resorting to the use of beer coasters or other shims. The table still won't be horizontal, but it won't move.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/items/200512/1524163.htm?melbourne
The Country Roads Lead to Rocky Mountain High Award goes to the drug lords in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky, not West Virginia. Sorry, John Denver fans. Senior citizens are the new drug dealers out there. They can sell their prescription drugs for $10 a pill and well, some are sorely tempted to make a deal or two to those addicted to pain killers. I guess that throws out all of those traditional "drug dealer" profiles out of whack.
http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?S=4197306
That's all for now.
I spent Saturday and Sunday watching football of all sorts. Texas v. Colorado (blowout), USC v. UCLA (rivalry game that was another blowout), Florida State v. Virginia Tech (a great game), and KC v. Denver (Go Chiefs). Then reality struck and it was time for review. Yes, I am actually studying for finals.
There are a lot of awards given to football players in college. You've got the Heisman, the Butkus, etc. This update is all about websites I've found, but with semi-catchy award titles for each site.
The Duh Award for Most Obvious Story goes to the Christian Science Monitor for their insightful opinion article entitled "A Culture of Bribery in Congress." John McCain once said, "If hypocrisy was gold, then Congress would be Fort Knox." Mark Twain noted that "Congress is the only criminal class" in America. As if ordinary Americans didn't know that people in Congress had a reputation for being corrupt and unethical...
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1202/p08s01-comv.html
The Future Dumb Criminal Award, the Be Afraid for the Future of America, and Most Likely to end up on COPS Award goes to a College of Charleston student. He told the police that he and his friend were kidnapped after a night of heavy drinking, kidnapped, and forced to smoke crack at knifepoint. He later confessed that the entire story was a lie, except for the smoking crack part.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=54708§ion=localnews
The Interesting but Self-Defeating Use of Mathematics Award goes to the scientist who used mathematics to stabilize a wobbly table without resorting to the use of beer coasters or other shims. The table still won't be horizontal, but it won't move.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/items/200512/1524163.htm?melbourne
The Country Roads Lead to Rocky Mountain High Award goes to the drug lords in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky, not West Virginia. Sorry, John Denver fans. Senior citizens are the new drug dealers out there. They can sell their prescription drugs for $10 a pill and well, some are sorely tempted to make a deal or two to those addicted to pain killers. I guess that throws out all of those traditional "drug dealer" profiles out of whack.
http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?S=4197306
That's all for now.
Thursday, December 01, 2005
More Random Links
When real life imitates an Evidence hypothetical...well, at least with the professor I have.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/30/heroin.ring/index.html
The Top 50 Independent Films according to Empire Online. They actually have films that I actually watched before.
http://www.empireonline.co.uk/features/50greatestindependent/50-41.asp
Lenny Kravitz might play Jimmy "Are You Experienced?" Hendrix in biopic. If this movie is made, how many people will want their $9 back?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,176988,00.html
He thought that it would be in "good humor" but the New Orleans mall found it to be in poor taste. It's the little things that count like the "You loot, we shoot" graffiti on the miniature refrigerators and the fake hurricane debris.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,177222,00.html
Man involved in car chase crashes into...um...office building containing law firm specializing in personal injury cases.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,177222,00.html
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/30/heroin.ring/index.html
The Top 50 Independent Films according to Empire Online. They actually have films that I actually watched before.
http://www.empireonline.co.uk/features/50greatestindependent/50-41.asp
Lenny Kravitz might play Jimmy "Are You Experienced?" Hendrix in biopic. If this movie is made, how many people will want their $9 back?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,176988,00.html
He thought that it would be in "good humor" but the New Orleans mall found it to be in poor taste. It's the little things that count like the "You loot, we shoot" graffiti on the miniature refrigerators and the fake hurricane debris.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,177222,00.html
Man involved in car chase crashes into...um...office building containing law firm specializing in personal injury cases.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,177222,00.html
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