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May 28, 2011

Bat Country: Travel, Work, Rum & Writing.

Booze and cigarettes are essential to good journalism. --Jack Shafer, Slate

During the last Pagan tradition-based Christian drinking season (i.e., Christmas), The Economist's Gulliver at the magazine's Business Travel desk asked: Time for a Tipple? Read it. But don't try some of this stuff at home. And unless you're a pro, don't do any of it alone. Note: In photos below, Messrs. Thompson, a writer, and Acosta, a lawyer, are seen traveling and working circa 1970.

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May 24, 2011

Those Geniuses You Hired? How's That Working Out For You?

Energy. It's 75 percent of the job. If you haven't got it, just be nice.

--Paul Arden, Saatchi & Saatchi legend, in 2003.

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May 23, 2011

Things to Do In Denver. Like Yesterday.

"Redman" by Peter Toth. 37'. US 34. Loveland, Colorado.

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Happy Birthday, Mr. Oliver. D-d-d-d-Dartmouth, Dude.

Holden H. Oliver (1968- ).

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May 22, 2011

June 16, 1904.

June 16th will mark the 107th Bloomsday, honoring James Joyce and recreating the events of his novel Ulysses, all of which take place on June 16, 1904 in Dublin. It's celebrated dutifully in Dublin, New York City, Paris and every city, village and hamlet on the planet with pluck, verve, and a spring in its stagger or step.

Joyce and Sylvia Beach at her Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris.

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Rakofsky Bad. Defendant Lawyers, 4th Estate & 1st Amendment Good.

See above for my take on the Rakofsky suit. But let's not foul the nest. JR's been covered. Way too much was written by bloggers on the day of and in the days following his murder case mistrial. Way too much was written when his lawsuit filing broke. Quit piling on. Blogosphere is starting to make Rakofsky as a person look truly interesting--if not brave and good--and make us lawyer-bloggers look Small, Prissy, Idle, Low-Rent & Mean. Not ever the goal of writing about him. Interesting and critical things going on in Middle East, Ireland, U.S. Supreme Court, Spain, Libya, China, Vatican, Utah and Hamilton, Ohio. Maybe do some work for Clients? Law Review article? Read about the Mystery Schools? Get some exercise, maybe? Dwarf-Tossing out of doors? Or indoors? Cross-River Gorilla hunting in Western Africa--but with hand guns? By the way, it's not cool to get sued by anyone--even by a bad actor or a duffer. A good, bad, ugly or even very bad American civil law suit from a defense standpoint is expensive, protracted and tough to shut down. No one ever "wins". Once it happens, you don't talk about it. Once you're served, you don't tell everyone you meet about it. Talking, writing and venting post-suit hits already-raw nerves, fans fires, generates unneeded "evidence", virtually ensures a regime of super-expensive discovery, makes co-defendants turn on each other, and stretches out proceedings and pretrial by-play by months and even years.

Piling On is Low-Rent, Mean-Spirited & Prissy. And Expensive. Move On.

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Santa Monica Playhouse: Locked and Loaded.

A new play by Todd Susman, extended until June 26. With Paul Linke, Andrew Parks and Terasa Sciortino.

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