Chronicling the adventures of a ham in space
[Most Recent Entries]
[Calendar View]
[Friends]
Below are the 20 most recent journal entries recorded in
spaceham's LiveJournal:
[ << Previous 20 ]
| Thursday, September 4th, 2008 | | 5:52 pm |
Kwame Resigns; Dow Plunges 300 Points! | | 9:14 am |
Tall building lawyers v. Small building lawyers
From time to time, friends ask for my help with a legal problem. Often it is some conflict they are having with their boss. Sometimes it involves a battle over a warranty or an eBay purchase. Once in a while, it involves some minor citation or misdemeanor. Sometimes, it involves advice on drafting a contract or starting a small business. A few times I have been asked for my opinion on minute details of particular cities' municipal codes.
I have never once helped an actual live person solve any of these legal problem. Despite graduating near the top of the class from one of the best law schools in the country, passing the bar exam in two states, and practicing law for four years, I know no law of practical use to any person. usually I tell people that whatever their problem is, it is not worth fighting about. The legal system is too slow, frustrating, and expensive. It's usually not worth it unless you have a REALLY big problem.
What law DO I know? Mostly, I know lots of arcane procedural rules that are only of relevance if you are a giant corporation locked in a life-or-death litigation in federal court.
I am, of course, not alone in this situation. The legal world is roughly divided into two recognized groups based on the architecture of their office: tall-building lawyers and small building lawyers. Small-building lawyers solve the problems of real ("natural") people. Tall-building lawyers solve the problems of large corporations. Although I don't mind being a tall-building lawyer, it would be nice to once be able to offer some useful advice. | | Sunday, August 31st, 2008 | | 1:34 pm |
I watched the movie "Teeth," which is basically about this super uptight virgin who discovers while being raped that she has teeth in her vagina that she can use to bite off the penis of all the men that have or will ever wrong her. This is, apparently, a very empowering realization, and the movie concludes with the suggestion that she is going to bite off the penis of a lecherous old man who is disgustingly flirting with her. What doesn't make sense to me is that even without teeth in her vagina, she and every other woman, could bite off as many weens as she/they want with the teeth that God gave them in their mouths. So what is the big deal? | | Thursday, August 28th, 2008 | | 6:08 pm |
I've had three people tell me in the last week that I've been looking more "manly." As I approach thirty, however, I've been trying to work more toward "boyish." Apparently, I am failing. At least I am not looking "womanly," I suppose. | | Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 | | 3:29 pm |
I am considering finally relenting by buying a portable MP3 player for my personal listening enjoyment. I think I will just look amazon.com and order the cheapest one available. Is there a downside to this shopping strategy? | | Thursday, August 7th, 2008 | | 12:56 pm |
I've been smoking less but have developed a diet Pepsi habit. This definitely makes me feel old.
I read that Lance Armstrong has a resting heart rate of about 32-24 beats per minute. That's almost zombie territory. I have always been strangely curious about heart rates. Mine has fluctuated at various times in my life from about 59-60 to 70 beats per minute. | | Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 | | 9:07 pm |
Friends, I will be returning to Michigan on Friday August 22. I would like to spend that night somewhere in the Detroit area, preferably on your couch. Saturday through Monday, I will be in and around the Ann Arbor (apparently now known as "Ace Deuce") area. During some of that time, I will likely be enjoying the hospitality of the Courtyard Marriott out by the Briarwood mall, which I understand has a pool. Use your imagination, please. | | Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 | | 2:50 pm |
| | Sunday, August 3rd, 2008 | | 10:37 am |
| | Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 | | 6:41 pm |
| | Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 | | 8:01 pm |
I've been thinking about moving to Oakland, which is very interesting right? I have lived in San Francisco for two years, which is longer than forever. I think I am in a rut. If I moved to Oakland, it would be like a whole new city without the trouble of having to find a new job. I could never talk to anyone in San Francisco again and start an entirely new life, which I have found is most of the fun of moving. It's a clean slate. | | Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 | | 9:44 am |
Last week, I hit a new high. With a single $20 bill, I convinced a woman to dress up like a bumble bee, wear a luchador mask, dance around my apartment, and punch me in the face while I masturbated into a condom and listened to Baby Elephant Walk. San Francisco, you are an outstanding example of the free market at work! | | Monday, July 14th, 2008 | | 10:52 am |
| | Sunday, July 13th, 2008 | | 3:59 pm |
Two important life changes: First, after consulting the official Taco Bell nutritional information webpage http://www.tacobell.com/I have decided to forego that previously indulded-in delicacy. A whole gram of sodium in each burrito? It's a sacrifice I need to make. Second, when Ron Paul dropped out of the race, I shifted my support to the big B.O. But since realizing that John McCain's daughter has some serious knockers, my political support is again switching. The American people deserve more of this. http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=325556&page=2 | | Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 | | 6:27 pm |
New invention: Ass deodorant.
Why is nobody making deodorant for the smelliest, sweatiest part of the body? Isn't it the first place one should be deodorizing? | | Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 | | 12:43 pm |
| | Monday, June 23rd, 2008 | | 12:20 pm |
Last week, an acquaintence, whose parents emigrated from Taiwan, confided in me that he had a white girl fetish. "Asian man," I explained, "The whole world has a white fetish. It's one of the best parts of being white." | | Friday, June 20th, 2008 | | 9:44 am |
Last night, I smoked some old weed I found in a box and then watched American Gangster. That movie made no sense. Was it because I was high? I hated it, but it might have just been the drug.
Then I slept for 9 1/2 hours. | | Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 | | 5:48 pm |
I skipped work today to go surfing, which is the most California Beach Boys thing I have ever done. I wore a wetsuit for the first time, which made me feel like a seal. I never stood up, but I fell down a lot. I saw a decomposing sea lion that someone had covered in large rocks. I wanted its head, but it was still kind of fleshy and rotten. I crossed the highway in my bathing suit to buy coffee at the donut shop by the Denny's. I drank a giant diet pepsi purchased at the taco bell that looked like a hunting lodge, which was next to the public bathroom that looked like a taco bell. I am sad that I don't taste salty. Shouldn't I? | | Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 | | 4:35 pm |
I was telling a friend that I was thinking about dipping my toe into the cougar subculture. He insisted that, at 29, I was too old to be cougar bait. I think I could pass for 25 (my hairdresser told me so after he died all the grey out of my hair). And I've been doing some squats, so my butt looks good.
There's www.gocougar.com for online dating. And there's a "cougar party" tomorrow night at a hotel downtown. Unfortunately, I will have to work late and, consequently, miss all the cougar action. |
[ << Previous 20 ]
|
|
|
![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
spaceham's journal