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Oct. 29th, 2004 11:08 pmThe day did not start off well.
I have a combination fan/light fixture in my study. I went in there this morning, turned on the light, and blam! One of the light bulbs exploded, taking the housing with it, which caused a wire to break in a puff of smoke. Fortunately, that was the extent of it. But there I was, dressed for work (not casual Friday, either), having to haul out the vacuum cleaner to get all the bits up off the rug. Ah, well, I've been thinking of replacing it, anyway, though I wasn't in any rush. I guess tomorrow there'll be a trip to Home Depot, and a call to Jon to install a new one. I just hope there's no wiring issue, but Jon will be able to tell and deal with it. He knows these buildings.
Not casual Friday because it was opera night. Aida. Excellent Amneris (Olga Borodina), good Radames, inconsistent but not bad Aida.
Good news yesterday from the Supreme Court (state Supreme Court that is). In the very last case I did in my last job, I raised a sentencing issue. My client got screwed out of a large chunk of sentencing credit by the cynical, manipulative behavior of the prosecution. The trial court disagreed with me, two of three Appellate Court judges disagreed with me, but the Supremes said I was right. Kudos to the guy who did the appeal. Unfortunately, my guy won't get the benefit because he's finished his sentence, but it'll help others down the line. Nice.
I also blew up at a guy on one of my legal listservs. He'd made an uncalled-for crack about PDs yesterday and I was biting my tongue. But there was another post today that was the last straw. A whole bunch of other folks posted to support me, and the guy ended up apologizing.
So the moral of those last two paragraphs is: don't mess with me. ;-)
I have a combination fan/light fixture in my study. I went in there this morning, turned on the light, and blam! One of the light bulbs exploded, taking the housing with it, which caused a wire to break in a puff of smoke. Fortunately, that was the extent of it. But there I was, dressed for work (not casual Friday, either), having to haul out the vacuum cleaner to get all the bits up off the rug. Ah, well, I've been thinking of replacing it, anyway, though I wasn't in any rush. I guess tomorrow there'll be a trip to Home Depot, and a call to Jon to install a new one. I just hope there's no wiring issue, but Jon will be able to tell and deal with it. He knows these buildings.
Not casual Friday because it was opera night. Aida. Excellent Amneris (Olga Borodina), good Radames, inconsistent but not bad Aida.
Good news yesterday from the Supreme Court (state Supreme Court that is). In the very last case I did in my last job, I raised a sentencing issue. My client got screwed out of a large chunk of sentencing credit by the cynical, manipulative behavior of the prosecution. The trial court disagreed with me, two of three Appellate Court judges disagreed with me, but the Supremes said I was right. Kudos to the guy who did the appeal. Unfortunately, my guy won't get the benefit because he's finished his sentence, but it'll help others down the line. Nice.
I also blew up at a guy on one of my legal listservs. He'd made an uncalled-for crack about PDs yesterday and I was biting my tongue. But there was another post today that was the last straw. A whole bunch of other folks posted to support me, and the guy ended up apologizing.
So the moral of those last two paragraphs is: don't mess with me. ;-)
