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President Obama and Ch. J. Roberts re-did the oath of office, just to be on the safe side. More description in the Washington Post. Arguably, maybe one could blame Ch. J. Roberts’ flub to the Curse of the Split Infinitive and how grammatical people try to correct what they (instinctively) think is not grammatically correct [...]

I have heard much talk about superheroes this past week. I tried to get a copy of the Obama Spider-Man comic book last week, mostly because my wife asked me to find a copy. I was relegated to pre-ordering the second printing that should arrive this week. But Obama is not Spidey – there were [...]

History and the peaceful transition of government: welcome to a new era with the inauguration of 44th President of the United States of America, Barack Hussein Obama. I felt proud and happy for Joe Biden and being sworn in by J. Stevens. It was a bit of a keystone for a big career and life [...]

I am ridiculously behind the Battlestar Galactica bandwagon (I tried, I really did, to get on it; but my access to SciFi channel’s ridiculously hampered and I have yet to get the dvds, if they’re out there already). The last episodes begins, and even the Times is writing up on it; any word on who [...]

The passing of Patrick McGoohan, best known for his role as Number Six of “The Prisoner,” and his famous line, “I am not a number!” Entertainment Weekly’s Ken Tucker has commentary, as does David Bianculli. I recommend watching “The Simpsons” episode where they parodied “The Prisoner” – and Homer Simpson’s stealing Number Six’s raft. My [...]

Still can’t believe that it’s 2009. NY Times’ A.O. Scott on “The Apartment,” a New Year’s in New York kind of movie, with a touch of darkness but a touch of hope. There’s a lot of darkness out there, so it’s kind of hard to stay hopeful. There are plenty of reasons why the US [...]

(Fake) law and tv: this was a great interview with Sam Waterston on NPR, remembering his past roles – not just “Law and Order” (although that’s been pretty cool though). Plus, this week’s episode of “Law & Order” was pretty good, actually, considering how many plotlines kept unraveling. Basically, they took off a story that [...]

I can’t believe it’s already 2009. Getting ready for the inauguration: apparently, the US Supreme Court’s going to rely on some nifty little traditions; a fascinating look back on history on Law.com. Somehow, I shouldn’t be surprised that this NY Times blog post came up – I was wondering the other night on whether the [...]

Welcome to my annual New Year’s message/note/blog posting. You’re getting this because you somehow participated in my life this year, or – for this year most significantly – are one of the many people I’ve connected or reconnected with through Facebook. The procedure is as follows: I  review statistics of the past year, followed by [...]