Cold Wintery Snowy December

A slushy and snowy messy December day.

Fascinating Slate article on the kinds of district court judges that Obama should take a look at in deciding who to appoint for the appellate level – and there are a lot of positions to fill.

Oh how sad – the passing of Majel Roddenberry, the widow of Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek – most famous for her roles as “Number One” in the pilot, the Enterprise’s first officer (a woman of authority in the final frontier, a pioneer for the 1960’s); Nurse Chapel; Mrs. Troi in “ST: The Next Generation”; and of course, the voice of the computer in almost all the ST series and the movies.