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Jury duty is over, which means I am now free to talk about the trial. It was a criminal case, United States vs. an Ethiopian (whose name I will leave out of here), on three counts: possession of a dangerous weapon, assault with a dangerous weapon, and a separate, lesser charge of assault. Presiding was […]
My notes on LOST are delayed a week because of the rigors of jury duty. I’ll have more to say on the most recent episode a little after the DC justice system has spit me back out of its crowded maw. First, read DCeiver’s Pompatus of Lost 2.21. Lots more spoilers follow after Mad Eko. […]
(Irony.jpg, uploaded by brownpau.) Outside the US Department of Labor. Don’t worry, he’s not dead, just sleeping.
Update: See Lost Bags: Followup for the resolution of the problem. Airtran sent me a replacement bag. On May 7th, 2006, I and my brother were booked for Airtran #109 from Orlando International Airport (MCO) to Atlanta (ATL), to transfer to Airtran #182 to Washington National Airport (DCA). We arrived at MCO to find that […]
Here’s the travel log for my trip to Orlando with the family, to attend a McDonald’s Convention and visit the theme parks. This was my first visit to Orlando and Walt Disney World in eleven years, and it was nice to get a break and see the new stuff, while also dipping into some nostalgia […]
(IMG_6430.JPG, uploaded by brownpau.) (Little known fact: the “BP” in “airBP” stands for “Brown Pau.”) See photos from the trip in the Orlando 2006 photoset. Travel log coming soon, with a bonus air travel whine about Airtran Airways and luggage. Right now I’m going to show my brother around DC.
(IceCream.jpg, uploaded by brownpau.) Lining up for free ice cream at Ben and Jerry’s in Union Station now. I’m getting Phish Food. Update: Phish Food was out, and wow, you know demand is high when vanilla has run out. I got Chunky Monkey instead.
(Corner.jpg, uploaded by brownpau.) My sitting corner, with a folding lawn chair cushioned by a comforter, in the shade of a norfolk island pine. Just testing mobile posting. I’m limited to eight character filename-based titles on the Nokia 6600, and posting by API does not assign a default category. Any tips on that?
(IMG_6181.JPG, uploaded by brownpau.) I never thought I’d see these things all together in such harmony and balance. Truly, we live in interesting times.
It’s Holy Week in the Philippines, and you know what that means? That’s right, it’s time for Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist Neal H. Cruz’s Annual Attack on The Bible! I’ve seen him re-issuing this same column with little variation, pretty much every single year, using the same tired old straw-man arguments. It annoys me to […]