Munched upon a taco crispy, wondering just what it's missing, Tried many a quaint and curious salsa, no forgotten bowl. Chewed some more, still kvetching, when suddenly there came a pecking, As of someone gently checking, like a waiter on patrol.

My age plus not having kids means that when I saw this post, my first thought was "I don't remember a school scene in 'Arthur.'"

I still hold out hope that someday all writers will bask in the warm embrace of WordPerfect.

Continuing my thread of appellate federal public defender hiring announcements: The Northern District of Alabama FPD Office is hiring an appellate attorney! You could live in the same city as the world's largest statue made of cast iron! www.fd.org/sites/defaul...

Surprised there's no Kentucky case law on this. Maybe they'll refer to Florida's "tipsy coachman" doctrine. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipsy_C...

I can only dream of being this unreachable. "Thank you for your email. Unfortunately, I am way, way, way out of the office. If you need immediate assistance, please contact...."

My stepdad told me once that this was the feeling 68 years ago yesterday when LBJ made his surprise announcement he wouldn't run for re-election. My stepdad was in college and everyone was scared they'd get drafted or LBJ would say he dropped the bomb or something. The uncertainty was overwhelming.

In awe of everything going on behind the scenes to prepare for and support this space launch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq3t...

I feel like going "shirts vs. skins" would have been an obvious solution here: www.nytimes.com/athletic/715...

Where's your spirit of adventure, Raffi? Imagine if Lewis & Clark had said that!

Not one you see every day: prosecutor's law license suspended for two years after he withheld exculpatory evidence from a criminal defendant. Virginia Supreme Court decision affirming that decision: www.vacourts.gov/opinions/opn...

A heads-up that this clip contains (movie) violence, but I have to post it because it contains my favorite fight-scene line of all time: "If you come back in here, I'm gonna hit you with so many rights you're gonna beg for a left." www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrFm...

Assume I have a joke about economics.

Rand Paul should know dueling law very well, thanks to the provision in the Kentucky constitution requiring that all state officials and attorneys swear an oath that they've never fought a duel, "sent or accepted a challenge to fight a duel," or seconded one. apps.legislature.ky.gov/Law/Constitu...

🎶Packing for a vacation far away... Weighed my bag and it was over! So many things that I wanna take... Plus I gotta check this freakin' stroller! I just want to carry-on this flight... I don't wanna check a bag toniiiight!🎶 youtu.be/4N1iwQxiHrs?...

This reminds me of one of my favorite John McPhee essays www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...

The Baylor U.-Texas Tech BUTT Bowl is more famous, but the Boston U.-Navy "BUN Game" was pretty exciting.

I had one of those weeks that made it necessary to drive 45 minutes to get a Cook Out milkshake.

When my brother was in his skater-punk phase in high school and played this tune, I thought it was about California Governor Pat Brown.

The next Senator from Oklahoma

You could also try to find an anchor of some sort youtu.be/lYdigCpEti8?...

It would have been impossible for me not to respond by citing the "Andy Griffith Show" episode where Otis the town drunk bought a car. A horrified Andy and Barney tried to persuade him not to drive, but they never assumed authority to prohibit ownership outright. mayberry.fandom.com/wiki/Hot_Rod...

I assumed that they were beaten by Muhammad Ali, after he whooped Mr. Tooth Decay. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVwK...

Odd name for a restaurant. If you go here, does that mean you're eating your friends from the sea? With friends like that, who needs anemones?

It needs a strap designed to hang it around your neck, since it won't fit in a car's cupholder.

"And if California slides into the ocean Like the mystics and statistics say it will, I predict this motel will be standing Until I pay my bill." "Desperados Under the Eaves," by Warren Zevon (1976)

"Civil Procedure Love Poem" I wrote a million years ago when I was even nerdier. The blue text was linked to the relevant Federal Rule of Civil Procedure. Looks like I covered most of the big ones except for trials and remedies, which seems appropriate given the outcome of most civil suits.

Brought to you by Woolly Willy, official hairstylist of the Tennessee Titans.

I'm glad this person wasn't seriously injured. It looks like his ride on the tracks was not as exciting as the one in "Running Scared." www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7oj...

I've decided that from now on I'm not going to call it "rolling coal." I'm going to call it "chemtrails." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling...

Saw a dude on skis doing a wild maneuver, and underneath the shot there was a box that said "Mac Forehand." I thought, "Oh, that sick move must be called a 'mac forehand.' Probably invented in a McDonald's parking lot or something." Nope, it's the guy's real name. www.teamusa.com/profiles/mac...

Come work with me! The Eastern District of Virginia Federal Public Defender's Office is hiring an appellate attorney! We're excited to find someone excellent to join our team doing the best law job around. Apply now! www.fd.org/sites/defaul...

Given how good TikTok users are at coming up with euphemistic workarounds for terms that get censored, I expect we'll soon start seeing posts extolling electric vehicles because of the need to phase out Internal Combustion Engines.

Guy looks like a Roz Chast cartoon come to life

Wife: "Maybe I should do some more pickling." Me: "You could pickle some of those socks you've been knitting." Wife: "You mean combine two of my hobbies?" Me: "Yeah...you'd be a knit-pickler!" She did not enjoy that one as much as I did.

Me: *forwards email to group I am a member of* My computer: *notification ding* Me: Oh, who sent me an email?!

Need your help, #lawsky! Looking for a North Carolina attorney, preferably one in Wake County (Raleigh area), who can provide advice and guidance on potentially filing a 50C civil no-contact order. Thanks, y'all!

Anytime someone has to make a belated reservation for an oral argument, and all the good hotels near the courthouse are already full, I'm always like "Well, you can either get a room at a place out by the airport and drive in like a commuter...or there's always The Moxy as a last resort."

I was looking something up in a guide for Microsoft Word, and I think it's a little *too* basic. It had a line like "The space bar is the long horizontal piece at the bottom of the keyboard. Press it to insert a space after a word or punctuation."

Story of my life

GREAT JOB ALERT: The Appellate Immersion Clinic at Georgetown Law is accepting applications for fellows! This is an incredible opportunity to do great work with incredibly smart, good people. @immersionclinic.bsky.social @brianwolfman.bsky.social www.law.georgetown.edu/experiential...

This is basically classical music by now. "Free Bird" is old enough that it's the equivalent of Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan doing their routines to "Chattanooga Choo-Choo" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy." But cooler, of course, because Skynyrd rules.

Amazed that this isn't the most popular sports franchise among the youths. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_...

It would have seemed weirdly propitious to hit 2,000 exactly on January 1, but as of today I have been tracking my calories for 1,999 consecutive days (even though the free version of the My Fitness Pal app is about as useful as a pad and pencil now).

Got off an Amtrak at Penn Station in New York once and realized that I had been sitting a few rows behind Justice Breyer for several hours.

Make a Bond movie academic Diamonds Are Forever: A Gem-Based Exception to the Rule Against Perpetuities

Been saving this one for a moment when I really needed it, and that time has come. My favorite Christmas compilation: youtu.be/8V2IrH1owdw?...

Today's typo observation: The "s" in "reverse" is very important if you're describing what you would like the court of appeals to do with the district court's ruling.

As the year comes to a close, TCM remembers the actors, filmmakers and creatives we lost this year. Gone, but never forgotten: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8_... Song title and artist: "In the Western Wind and the Sunrise" by Dave Simonett and the Sunrise.