Random Ramblings

None of these are really long enough for their own post, so here you go...

* I agree with Bob Barr again, or rather he agrees with me. This whole Larry Craig thing is completely bogus and prosecution of men for interpreted hand and foot signals in the men's room is beyond silly. Don't we have better places to dedicate our criminal justice resources?

* As I think I have written about before, I do not have my ears pierced. I was afraid of getting them done as a child, and then as a teenager I developed cysts in both earlobes and a dermatologist advised against piercing. One of the cysts eventually went away, and the other one burst when I was 14 or so and left behind some scar tissue that I always presumed would be difficult to pierce anyhow. Well, last week suddenly the one with the scar tissue started to feel swollen and sore again, and I figured my cyst had returned. I intended to go to the doctor at some point, but last night when I went to turn the lobe around to look at the back, it suddenly burst. Good GOD was that gross. (No need to thank me for sharing that story, it was my pleasure.) Now I have a fat swollen earlobe that throbbed all night while I slept. That is probably not a good sign, right? What's the consensus on whether I still need to go to a doctor? Also, just in case anyone was thinking of googling earlobe cysts, trust me and avoid the images page. It is a wonder I slept at all last night.

* Why is a DA buying a red "super lawyer" cape? That might be the dumbest thing I have ever heard. Among my colleagues, the term "Super Lawyer" or "Rising Star" (two terms conferred on attorneys in Georgia as voted on by their peers) have nearly become perjorative because we make fun of the people who take acuqiring those labels a bit too seriously.

* My award for wince-inducing headline of the day (boys, you can thank me later): Oklahoma-Texas football rivalry leads to near-castration. If you possess a penis and testicles, you probably don't want to click on the link and read the story. I'll just say two words to confirm this for you: "sixty stitches."

* Shame on my former hometown team, the New England Patriots. When you work as hard as you do, and have the talent you do, why would you try to gain unfair advantage? I hope you haev a great bulletproof explanation for why you had a guy videotaping the Jets on Sunday, because otherwise you just lost most if not all of the respect of the rest of the league and the country. Even I can't defend you for this one, as things look presently.

* I know someone who's listed on Cardplayer.com! That is so cool.

* The top 25 paying jobs in the country? Well, the bottom 10 or so are all managerial types. The top 9 are all types of physicians. What's in the middle 6? Lawyahs, for one. Check it out.