Another Friday night, another evening spent falling asleep on the sofa during the movie we were watching. Another Saturday morning spent wondering what the hell happened at the end. My celluloid narcolepsy used to occur only when I watched films which were in black and white or which had subtitles (so Wild Strawberries was a particular problem). But these days it happens …
Ode to Joy
I spoke in my previous post about this blog’s mission to inform and educate as well as to entertain. On we go. A while back I posted a video of singing chickens. While doing our very serious research on this issue, we also found this, which my children actually preferred to the chickens, probably because there are lots of explosions.
Free Legal Advice!!! Kind of.
This blog isn’t just about shameless self-promotion. Oh, well, all right, yes it is, but occasionally I like to throw in a nugget or two of useful information, something you can amaze your friends with should the opportunity arise. So here, for your edification, are a few fascinating legal insights into the whole citizenship issue. And, hey, since it’s you …
Shifting Allegiance?
Six and a half years, I’ve been here now. This is where my children have spent ten of their aggregate twelve years on this earth. This is where my wife was born. This is where I work, live, and play. While I was apparently looking the other way, my roots have been burrowing quietly into this soil, and it seems …
New iPhone Commercial
This is genius. And very funny.
This Isn’t Free Speech. It’s Just Cheap.
Enough with the vasectomies already. Allow me to vent. The First Amendment does not give an absolute right to say what you want. Freedom of speech has its limits. You may not exercise your freedom of speech to the detriment of other people’s freedoms by, for example, inciting racial hatred or encouraging others to commit crimes. The question, of …
Clarification
People have been looking at me slightly funny all day. I’ve had many polite enquiries about my health. When I got to soccer this evening, the manager of the facility looked at me in astonishment. “You’re playing?” he said, eyebrows raised. “After – you know.” He made a discreet snipping gesture with his fingers. OK, not that discreet actually, but that’s …
Snip, Snip
The nurse was awfully nice. She asked me what I did, how long had I been in the States for, did I like Missouri, all the usual stuff. I lay back and did my best to answer naturally, but it was a little difficult to concentrate, because further down the bed my testicles were on public display, sitting primly on …
Grieving at a Distance
Last week I got some terrible news. A friend of mine, Simone Katzenberg, has passed away. Simone was a divorce lawyer I had known in London. She was South African by birth. We had got to know each other through our shared interest in writing. We used to meet up every so often in coffee shops early in the morning …
Pet Peeve #1
My friend Tim sent me this excellent link: http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com I don’t think much more needs to be said, other than perhaps bravo. Or rather, “bravo”.