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Misc Rants #13

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The husband of convicted child killer Andrea Yates is suing to block release of crime scene videos to two TV station that requested it. Under Texas law the district attorney’s office must release them.

“The only legitimate public interest in the contents of the videotape was served when it was played for the jury at the [...]

Premonition about 9/11?

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I’m moving some of my old OpenDiary entries to this site and I came across an entry I posted on 9/11/2000 and thought I would repost it (please pardon the language):

I’ve been reading this book by Heinlein called “Friday.” Its a novel set in the not-so-far future where America is balkanized into separate, warring nations [...]

Misc Rants #4

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Second New Comet May Be Visible in Late April: “On March 18, just as newly found comet Ikeya-Zhang was making its closest approach to the Sun and wowing observers around the Northern Hemisphere, yet another Japanese observer discovered another new comet. This second comet has an outside chance of also becoming visible to the unaided [...]

Lawyer rant #28643…

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Quick joke for you… What do you call 500 dead lawyers on the bottom of the ocean? A good start!

Lately on the TV I’ve been hearing these ads that on the surface sound real helpful. They ask you whether you had ever taken a particular drug whether or not you ever had problems with it. It [...]