Tort Reform
Overheard this morning at breakfast:Lawyer #1: “Being a litigator is like cleaning the Augean Stables: it’s not particularly pleasant work, but you know you’ll always have a job.”Lawyer #2: “That’s nothing. You should try representing in...
The Devil’s Book of Aphorisms: Part 1
The safest road to Hell is the gradual one—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.
All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be.
— C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letter...
Signed in Blood
A friend emailed to tell me he was out last night and heard someone yell “TED!” outside a bar, restaurant, and adult bookstore.1 He spun around and looked, then had a good laugh.
I told him he could pretty much count on it that whenever and where...
Tie Me to the Mast, Lads
Browsing the public twitter pages of old friends and acquaintances this morning has reminded me of whom I miss and why.
It has also reminded me why I am delighted to continue missing them.
Back to the hermit cave…
© 2011 The Epicurean Dealma...
Why Oh Why Didn’t I Take the Blue Pill?
Cypher: "You know, I know this steak doesn't exist. I know that when I put it in my mouth, the Matrix is telling my brain that it is juicy and delicious. After nine years, you know what I realize? [Takes a bite and chews]... Ignorance is bliss."&md...
Why Oh Why Didn’t I Take the Blue Pill?
Cypher: "You know, I know this steak doesn't exist. I know that when I put it in my mouth, the Matrix is telling my brain that it is juicy and delicious. After nine years, you know what I realize? [Takes a bite and chews]... Ignorance is bliss."&md...
Adiós Muchachos, Compañeros…
Tired of the life I lead,Tired of the blues I breed, Tired countin' things I need, Gonna cut out wide and that's the truth,Get a brand new man while I got my youth. Tired of the clothes I wear, Tired of the patches there, I'm tired of the crows I scare...
The Blind Men and the Elephant
A HINDOO FABLE.I.IT was six men of IndostanTo learning much inclined,Who went to see the Elephant(Though all of them were blind),That each by observationMight satisfy his mind.II.The First approached the Elephant,And happening to fallAgainst his broad ...
The Two Beds of Procrustes
In the Greek myth, Procrustes was a son of Poseidon with a stronghold on Mount Korydallos, on the sacred way between Athens and Eleusis. There, he had an iron bed in which he invited every passer-by to spend the night, and where he set to work on them...
She’s Got Legs
That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can't say "No" in any of them.— Dorothy Parker, 1893–1967I suppose I should say up front, Dear Readers, that as a heterosexual male of a certain age—one with what I suppose are all the common...
Milestone
Early this morning, O Dearly Beloved, while the East Coast of the United States slumbered (or at least I did), some poor benighted soul clicked an unsuspecting key on their computer, and the 1,000,000th page of this opinion emporium was summoned from t...
