Shoot, I forgot about St. Patrick's day! Well, small wonder. Today (Friday) was busy too, but things are finally winding down. I did good work for a truck driver who was falsely accused of driving under the influence (of pretty innocuous medicines) because he was having difficulty controlling his big truck (he probably *was* going a bit too fast) coming down out of a mountain pass in very strong gusty winds. I expect every juror knew what that place is like, and I wouldn't be surprised if several of them take the same or similar medicines. The prosecutor, highway patrol officers, and the Department of Justice criminalist all evidently overreached in an attempt to get a conviction, and got a "not guilty" verdict instead. Satisfied customers, that's what we want!
Some more resting up and catching up tomorrow; off to the Bay Area for a day trip on Sunday, with a ramen dinner (in the old sense--midafternoon) with Naomi at what is supposed to be a very good ramen restaurant.
It's been raining all week in the SF Bay area, but just got here this evening (Friday).
Only three weeks since I got that steroid shot in my knee, but it is now 100% pain free and has full motion. The leg is a bit weak after being favored for more than four months, but that will cure itself.
The last paragraph highlights the formal legal intertwining of religion and civil governance in England. That, and the formalized legal role of the state church in education, strike me as the two most striking anachronisms in English society. It seems to be an (admittedly attenuated) persistence of the model established by Charlemagne--who was undisputedly an effective ruler, but a monster in many ways.
I suppose that the centripetal forces at work in the Anglican Communion will now soon tear it to pieces, which would be unfortunate. Well, only good wood splits, as the old saying goes, and Williams made a truly great and noble effort to hold those forces in check.
All I can say is that I'm glad for him, and glad he'll have a "real" job again. The Anglican Communion hasn't really appreciated what they've had. I hope he writes more books.
"If I moved my computer monitor close enough to see the screen clearly, it was nearly in my lap. If I left the monitor where it should be, I had to lean forward awkwardly."
Either this guy needs a bigger computer screen or a different pair of glasses. Even *I* -- someone legally blind -- can comfortably read my computer screen from 12-18". But, as suggested later in the article, neither distance glasses nor reading glasses are right for computer use. It happens that my eyes are just right without glasses, but may people will need trifocals.
Looks like we're going to be staying in the 20 to 25 degrees above normal for the next week or so. I think I can live with it. No washing or roadwork today, but did play in the garden, grubbing up clover, and transplanted a couple of volunteer phlox. More of the destroyed day lilies are making it back up. The Surprise Lilies are up. No minor bulbs yet. They get sparser each year, so maybe this'll be the year of none? Bee Balm seems intent on traveling into the road, so may transplant those guys *across* the road into the new garden.
Thinking of the plants crossing the road makes me think of that plant the Widow Gonzales lined up to wrestle Gordo...
Gotta look up Surprise Lillies. Naked Ladies are very durable flowers in the parts of California where I have lived; it is common to see them growing along roadsides where the houses in front of which they were planted have completely vanished. Flowering quince ditto, although that is a bush.
I didn't know that, Alan. Though I was familiar with the *name* and looks of Naked Ladies, I hadn't put their "growth habits" together with the Surprise Lilies. And they are that: I haven't a klew as to where they came from! One August, just a handful blooming in the garden. Next year, caught the leaves before they disappeared. I've asked neighbors if *they* sneaked in and planted them? All have denied it. So the mystery remains.
And the top o the mornin' to ya. It's after Dr. Dean is bein' first on this fine Saint Paddy's Day.
ReplyDeleteShoot, I forgot about St. Patrick's day! Well, small wonder. Today (Friday) was busy too, but things are finally winding down. I did good work for a truck driver who was falsely accused of driving under the influence (of pretty innocuous medicines) because he was having difficulty controlling his big truck (he probably *was* going a bit too fast) coming down out of a mountain pass in very strong gusty winds. I expect every juror knew what that place is like, and I wouldn't be surprised if several of them take the same or similar medicines.
ReplyDeleteThe prosecutor, highway patrol officers, and the Department of Justice criminalist all evidently overreached in an attempt to get a conviction, and got a "not guilty" verdict instead. Satisfied customers, that's what we want!
Some more resting up and catching up tomorrow; off to the Bay Area for a day trip on Sunday, with a ramen dinner (in the old sense--midafternoon) with Naomi at what is supposed to be a very good ramen restaurant.
It's been raining all week in the SF Bay area, but just got here this evening (Friday).
Only three weeks since I got that steroid shot in my knee, but it is now 100% pain free and has full motion. The leg is a bit weak after being favored for more than four months, but that will cure itself.
Rowan Williams resigns Archbishopric of Canterbury:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/mar/16/archbishop-canterbury-resignation-speculation-successor
The last paragraph highlights the formal legal intertwining of religion and civil governance in England. That, and the formalized legal role of the state church in education, strike me as the two most striking anachronisms in English society. It seems to be an (admittedly attenuated) persistence of the model established by Charlemagne--who was undisputedly an effective ruler, but a monster in many ways.
I suppose that the centripetal forces at work in the Anglican Communion will now soon tear it to pieces, which would be unfortunate. Well, only good wood splits, as the old saying goes, and Williams made a truly great and noble effort to hold those forces in check.
Well done, Alan! Thanks for making justice a little more just.
ReplyDeleteThat's SUPER about your knee!!
Sounds like a good weekend in store! Enjoy!
All I can say is that I'm glad for him, and glad he'll have a "real" job again.
ReplyDeleteThe Anglican Communion hasn't really appreciated what they've had.
I hope he writes more books.
I haven't read any of his books, but I should expect them to be well written, well considered, and humane.
ReplyDelete"If I moved my computer monitor close enough to see the screen clearly, it was nearly in my lap. If I left the monitor where it should be, I had to lean forward awkwardly."
ReplyDeleteEither this guy needs a bigger computer screen or a different pair of glasses. Even *I* -- someone legally blind -- can comfortably read my computer screen from 12-18". But, as suggested later in the article, neither distance glasses nor reading glasses are right for computer use. It happens that my eyes are just right without glasses, but may people will need trifocals.
Looks like we're going to be staying in the 20 to 25 degrees above normal for the next week or so. I think I can live with it. No washing or roadwork today, but did play in the garden, grubbing up clover, and transplanted a couple of volunteer phlox. More of the destroyed day lilies are making it back up. The Surprise Lilies are up. No minor bulbs yet. They get sparser each year, so maybe this'll be the year of none? Bee Balm seems intent on traveling into the road, so may transplant those guys *across* the road into the new garden.
ReplyDeleteYou're nice to help them cross the road. :-)
ReplyDeleteDemographic trend of electoral significance? Maybe the Dems will catch this wave?
ReplyDeleteSingle women:
http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/03/single_women_are_the_new_swing_voters_but_which_way_do_they_lean_.single.html#pagebreak_anchor_2
Thinking of the plants crossing the road makes me think of that plant the Widow Gonzales lined up to wrestle Gordo...
ReplyDeleteGotta look up Surprise Lillies. Naked Ladies are very durable flowers in the parts of California where I have lived; it is common to see them growing along roadsides where the houses in front of which they were planted have completely vanished. Flowering quince ditto, although that is a bush.
Thanks to the marvels of modern technology that didn't take long; Surprise Lillies ARE Naked Ladies!
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Took Winnie for a "girls' morning out"
ReplyDeletehttp://bitesizethinkings.blogspot.com/2012/03/winnie-at-dog-park.html
More about naked ladies:
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Said to be from Japan or China, but Miyoko never saw them before coming to California.
Related: hurricane lily (we have these in our yard; Miyoko knew them from childhood in Japan, where they are called higanbana--equinox flower).
I didn't know that, Alan. Though I was familiar with the *name* and looks of Naked Ladies, I hadn't put their "growth habits" together with the Surprise Lilies. And they are that: I haven't a klew as to where they came from! One August, just a handful blooming in the garden. Next year, caught the leaves before they disappeared. I've asked neighbors if *they* sneaked in and planted them? All have denied it. So the mystery remains.
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