Random discovery
 

This sounds kind of sad, Str8. Did you marry the wrong woman? Did you let your love go? I have kept lots of letters from old flames until very recently, when I was on a cleaning binge and tossed all sorts of stuff that used to make me sentimental, which now seemed lost in time somewhere. I think that was a defining moment in affirming that I really care for the Bunnyman, that I no longer felt the need to lug around all the old crap. But then I heard that the most serious of past Bunnymen (who I was dating when I first started posting) is getting married to "some Peruvian floozy" he met a year ago in Rio. (he called her this, I didn't and my heart kind of sunk a bit and I thought about all those letters I had trashed. But I was still glad I trashed them, and still glad I trashed the ones from like 4 others I had been keeping.

Bond
 

Orlando Bloom is to play a young James Bond in a new film about the secret agent's early years.

http://www.ananova.com/entertainment...tainment.films

I think he's too pretty for the role. Hell, Brosnan was almost too pretty for the role.

http://www.moviepublicity.com/image_...o_bloom_LA.jpg

TM

Random discovery
 

I tossed my books pretty recently. My notes etc. were tossed a few years ago. The books got banished from our house (and to my office) a few yars ago, and were thrown away a few months ago when I changed offices, mostly because I didn't fele like moving them.

Random discovery
 

I still, for whatever reason, have most of my law books related to my practice area. I can't remember the last time I touched them. And they're scheduled to be thrown out when I run out of bookshelf space (again). I also have all of my notes. They're sitting in a box in my attic, untouched since I put them in that box shortly after graduation. They've moved across the country with me twice. They will not make another move.

On a somewhat related note, has anyone taken the board specialization exam for their practice area? This year is the first year that I have enough time under my belt to sit for the exam. I'm inhouse, and I'm not really looking to move anytime soon, but you never know... Does the board specialization thing add value? My practice area is rather broad, and I'd have to study a bit to feel comfortable taking the exam. If it's not worth it, then I'm not interested.

Random discovery
 

Strangely, I've held onto the notes, I guess because they might be useful if I end up teaching. Besides, they take up only a few inches of space. I culled out all the garbage, like photocopies, and saved just the actual class notes and the syllabus.

Books I've started to pitch once it's clear I won't need them. But some of them are pretty good for first principles, which come in handy with some frequency.

Bond
 

I'd love to see Clive do it.

As for its relevance, audiences don't really seem to care. The last Bond flick, Die Another Day, was released post-9/11 (11/02) and did an astounding $160,942,139 domestically and $271,028,977 internationally. That I know this without googling makes me want to be the crap out of someone.

Bond
 

sounds like a self-esteem problem.

Bond
 

Looking to bump my crazy-ass client off the top of the list?

Bond
 

ask Atticus. He should be happy to help, what with his poop fetish.

Bond
 

TWOSIES, damn it. It's called twosies.

I mean, really.

Bond
 

I'm going with Nick Lachey, not because I actually think he'd get the role, but rather more out of a general sense of "what else can they possibly do to fuck things up?"

AR5
 

Could someone who watched last night PM me and let me know if my fat, lazy pizza friends made it through? Tivo was jacked up (I think we fixed it) and only recorded sound but not video for like 8 programs in the last two days. I have it set to tape the repeat on Saturday, but I can't wait to find out if they are out. No other episode info required.

Police charitable organizations
 

I got a call from a charitable organization that does something or another for police officers on Monday night. I think the "charitable" part exempts them from the "do not call list."

The guy who called mispronounced my name, so I claimed not to be there. He started off his spiel with: do you think, now more than ever, that we need to support law enforcement personnel?

What asshole is going to say no to that? No one is going to say "no, actually, I think the police are sucking on the government teat, and they're doing just fine." Not when the guy is calling your home phone number. So of course that's how they suck you into agreeing to give money to an organization whose purpose is unclear.

Anyhow, the guy said he'd call later when "Ms. Texan" came back from vacation.

What, exactly--besides giving you bumper stickers that you can put on your car to avoid speeding tickets--do these organizations do for cops?

Police charitable organizations
 

I don't give money to anyone who asks for it over the phone so I would have said no to his question. He has your home number, so what? He has no influence.

Actually, at home I don't answer the phone unless I know who is calling, and then frequently I still don't answer it unless I really feel like talking to that person, which is rare, so I doubt I would ever encounter those circumstances.

Police charitable organizations
 

They buy bullets. I shit you not. Apparently, practice rounds are a big expense for law enforcement, so many of these organizations buy practice rounds for cops to keep themselves in practice. They also buy bullet-proof vests.

The traditional unions also step in and defend police when they are charged with misconduct, plus the usual collective bargaining and lobbying. The firm the floor above me is on retainer to the local police union, and they do a lot of disciplinary hearings, civil rights violations defense, and criminal defense for cops, as well as a surprisingly large spin-off business of cop divorces.