An interview and clips from "Juiced," a hidden camera comedy show (!) that he filmed just before his Nevada arrest. Yes, we purchased this on pay-per-view. The comedy skits are in poor taste, but the interview is great. Whatever else he is, the man is a charmer.
Published writer, compulsive reader, Old School Whovian, Match Game enthusiast, NKOTB fan, data hoarder, and - surprisingly, given that list - married with four kids. Welcome to my take on life, fatherhood, entertainment, and whatever strikes my fancy. Enjoy!
Thursday, March 17, 2016
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
That Kid
YaYa: When are you going to stop complaining about your hip?
Me: When it stops hurting. I still do what I have to do. If this was you, you'd spend all day in bed.
YaYa: That's a poor comparison. I prefer to spend all day in bed anyway.
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
A Complaint
I want to publicly thank Marquette Law for not only taking outrageous amounts of my money each semester, but also for being nice enough to close the parking garage to students every time they schedule a poorly attended, barely noticed political debate. Because of this screwed up sense of priorities, and the resulting parking overflow on side streets, I had to park more than four blocks away and hike uphill with a 30 pound backpack on a surgically repaired hip . It was already a shi**y day, and now its a really *painful* shi**y day. #AngryGimp
Bridge of Spies
A very good movie, if a little sedate at times. I'd already read the script and knew the history, so no surprises. No way it deserved the Best Supporting Actor win, btw.
Smiley Tries Sushi
Tonight I bought some sushi, and while I was napping Smiley tried some and liked it. Raw tuna, seaweed, wasabi, the works. Plus hummus has now become popular with him and LK. I'm proud of them for trying new food.
Marquette
I want to publicly thank Marquette for not only taking outrageous amounts of my money each semester, but also for being nice enough to close the parking garage to students every time they schedule a poorly attended, barely noticed political debate. Because of this screwed up sense of priorities, and the resulting parking overflow on side streets, I had to park more than four blocks away and hike uphill with a 30 pound backpack on a surgically repaired hip . It was already a shi**y day, and now its a really *painful* shi**y day. #AngryGimp
Smiley tries Sushi!
Tonight I bought some sushi, and while I was napping Smiley tried some and liked it. Raw tuna, seaweed, wasabi, the works. Plus hummus has now become popular with him and Junie. I'm proud of them for trying new food.
Monday, March 14, 2016
'Tis a Bad Day for Danny
My hip hurts. My house is a mess. My evidence assignment was skewered by the Prof. I'm exhausted. For a day "off" this is s**t.
Need I Say More?
Pete Rose and Mike Tyson both came out in support of Trump.....need I say more? - Lisa
Sunday, March 13, 2016
American Tragedy by Lawrence Schiller
I just finished American Tragedy by Lawrence Schiller, a 900+ page inside look at the OJ Simpson trials (criminal and civil). Great read, great information. As a law student it was enthralling. My verdict (no pun intended): whether factually guilty or not, legally there was plenty of reasonable doubt to find OJ not guilty. The Rockingham search was illegal, the crime scene botched, the DNA samples mishandled, the Bronco (supposedly kept locked) was in fact opened by officers, the prosecutions timeline was too narrow, and of course, most of the pivotal evidence was found by a racist cop who bragged about framing blacks. Seating a nearly all black jury might have sealed the deal, but this white, Catholic Republican would have voted for acquittal.
I should point out that just as everything good in this world inspires some bad, the bad inspires the good. In the wake of the Simpson trial debacle LAPD procedures, training, and diversity all improved. Even the FBI refined their DNA procedures because of the trial. One commentator on the FBI - and I forget the exact quote - said the real title of the new FBI rules might as well have been "How not to screw up another Simpson case."
In an eerie parallel to the Simpson alibi, just about an hour after I finished the book I came home and tried to cut a pan of brownies. The knife slipped and drove into the palm of my hand. Not a bad cut, but a deep one, it left a nifty blood trail across my floor. Lisa immediately joked that it would screw any alibi for the next few hours and I should lay low. But it got me thinking - what if Simpson was telling the truth (he wasn't) and the cut on his hand was just an ill-timed coincidence? The world turns on the tiniest of details.
Friday, March 11, 2016
A conversation with Smiley
Smiley: Do you think we would have been friends if we were the same age?
Me: I don't know. What do you think buddy?
Smiley: I don't think so. I don't like to hang out with, like, the real cool kids, and I don't like to hang out with the dorky kids. I like to hang out with the normal ones.
Me: So which one am I?
Smiley: (smiles)
Me: The hell with you boy.
Trump Protests in Chicago
I know somebody at work who tried to attend the Trump rally in Chicago. She said protestors trapped her in the parking structure and admits to being scared. She took video of their pathetic, violent actions. The more the extreme Left strikes against Trump in their usual loud, threatening manner, the stronger he grows. Right now people would vote for him just out of spite.
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Jeez, people online are stupid. Read a headline, jump to a conclusion, share the link, post a 100 word rant that has nothing to do with the actual content of the article, deny it when you're called out on it. Rinse and repeat.
Also irritating tonight (I suppose the hip is making me grumpy): using your voice inflection to render every sentence you utter in class into a question. You're in LAW SCHOOL. Try not to sound like you're a cross between a beaten puppy and a character from Clueless.
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