tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82930982011-12-14T22:10:55.334-05:00Law, Politics, Pop Culture and a Better MousetrapOlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11085427666649096836noreply@blogger.comBlogger321100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293098.post-1117722363190642412005-06-02T09:55:00.000-04:002005-06-02T10:29:56.340-04:00

This past Friday, I played amateur prognosticator on the 2nd week box office numbers for ROTS. Unfortunately, I didn't look carefully enough at the weekly windows the movie industry uses, so my numbers are a bit off from those used by the industry.Using a Monday (5/23) to Sunday (5/29) window, I predicted a $100 million second week. Box Office Mojo has the official box office count for that

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RETURN OF THE CHAMPJedi York has returned to his home blog of White Poet Warlord in an attempt to rescue his friend Josh Duncan from the clutches of the vile Darth Lord Dopey-Wan Kenobi.Little does York know that the GALATIC BLOGOSPHERE has secretly begun construction on a new armored blog system even more powerful than the first dreaded Death Blog.When completed, this ultimate weapon will spell

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Dopey-Wan Strikes BackIt is a dark time for the Rebellion. Although the Death Blog has been destroyed by Jedi York, Imperial troops lead by Dopey-Wan Kenobi have driven the Rebel forces from their hidden blog base and pursued them across the Blogosphere.Evading the dreadful Imperial Starfleet blog, a group of freedom fighters led by Jedi York has established a new secret blog base on a remote

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A New Dope - Same As the Old DopeIt is a period of civil war. Rebel bloggers, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Blogosphere and its hidden ruler, Sith Lord Dopey-Wan Kenobi.During the battle, Rebel blogger spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire’s ultimate weapon, the Death Blog, a fortified blog site with enough power to destroy an

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REVENGE OF THE DOPEWar! The Blogosphere is crumbling under attacks by the ruthless Sith Lord Dopey-Wan Kenobi. There are heroes on both sides. Evil is everywhere.In a stunning move, the fiendish post leader, General I-Have-A-Grievance, in concert with Dopey-Wan Kenobi, has swept into the Blogosphere capital and hijacked control of the Blogosphere. As the Separatist Bloggers try to besiege the

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ATTACK OF THE DOPEThere is unrest in the Galactic Blogosphere. Several thousand blogging systems have declared their intentions to leave the Blogosphere.This separatist movement, under the leadership of the mysterious Count Dopey-Wan Kenobi, has made it difficult for the limited number of Jedi Bloggers to maintain peace and order in the Blogosphere.Dopey-Wan Kenobi, the former Jedi Blogger, is

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THE PHANTOM DOPETurmoil has engulfed the Galactic Blogosphere. The post frequency and content of outlying blogosphere systems is in dispute.Hoping to resolve the matter with a blockade of deadly insults and embarrassment, the arrogant Content Federation has stopped all posting to the small system of Logician.While the Congress of the Galactic Blogosphere endlessly debates this alarming chain of

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If you are a statistics junkie like I am (baseball, music charts, box office numbers), then you may appreciate the fine work of the folks at Box Office Mojo. BOM tracks the box office figures for all movies released.Through Wednesday, ROTS $191.4 million, and probably exceeded the $200 million barrier on Thursday (if the viewing trend continued). Just for fun, anyone wanna speculate on the

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The Lazy Logician is not manning his blog post - after busting my hump for months about my inactivity. I wonder if he's had a weapon's malfunction? Where are you, TK-421? Over.© 2004-05 Olen York – All Rights Reserved

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Egads!! Home-made light-sabers ain't like dustin' crops boy...oops, my apologies for that slip.The Force--let alone common sense--was definitely not with them.Two British Star Wars fans sustained critical injuries after constructing their own lightsabers from fluorescent light tubes filled with liquid fuel. Great googily-moogily.I hope these folks make a full and complete recovery, but even the

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I had the opportunity to catch "Revenge of the Sith" (ROTS) for a second time over the weekend. In short - still an awesome flick, and still in my top two.I was struck by how much more sad I felt about the demise of the friendship / relationship between Obi-Wan and Anakin, as compared to my first viewing. Ewan McGregor gave a stellar performance throughout the film, and on occasion, had the

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With less than 24 hours in the rear-view mirror, and still riding an emotional high from the experience, it will be interesting to see if I hold the same opinion of this film in the upcoming weeks, months and years.For now, my personal hexology ranking is:1. Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back2. Episode III: Revenge of the Sith3. Episode IV: A New Hope4. Episode VI: Return of the Jedi5.

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Evidence of Geekdom I am presenting a pic of my ticket - I must be a diehard.I am concerned, though - I just noticed that the ticket has: "12:01 AM, WED, MAY 18, 2005" rather than "12:01 AM, THURS, MAY 19, 2005". The ticket lady screwed that up, and so help me, if I am refused entry, there will be HTP (hell to pay).

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In the previous post, I waxed disgustingly nostalgic about the original “Star Wars” film. Enough of that – and some retreating before getting to Episode V. “Star Wars” retold (remember – it is historic – a long time ago) the story of a Rebellion seeking to overthrow the despotic rule of the evil Empire. There are two parallel plot lines, one involving the Rebel’s need to destroy the Death Star

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On May 25, 1977, an epic saga began - A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….Episode IV A New HopeIt is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire.During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire’s ultimate weapon, the Death Star, an armored space station with enough power to

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After an unannounced (note: if there is no one to announce it to, can it really be termed unannounced?) sabbatical of many months, the Warlord has returned with revenge on his mind.Not really.In honor of the sixth, and purportedly final, episode in the "Star Wars" saga, I am unleashing a flurry of activity to pay tribute to my favorite film series, and on any particular day, positions 1, 2 and 10

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The newly devised "Arbitrary Choice Award" has chosen "The Lazy Logician" as an award winner. If posting irregularly is a consideration for the award, I should not be far behind. Congrats to Josh for sticking it with it better than I have. Hopefully, I will be able to dedicate some time to this adventure.

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Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart issued an apology for the statements noted here in a previous entry.The San Francisco Gate reported:On Wednesday, Swaggart said he has jokingly used the expression "killing someone and telling God he died" thousands of times, about all sorts of people. He said the expression is figurative and not meant to harm."It's a humorous statement that doesn't mean anything. You

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From Hugh Hewitt: Chris Matthews, on bloggers, last night: "Even a broken clock is right twice a day." If bloggers are right only twice a day (like a broken clock), they beat Matthews, who is right only once per day - he does manage to correctly identify himself, by name, at the top of his misnamed show. The arrogance of the unelected fourth branch of government is astonishing.

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Courtesy Ratherbiased.com (via Daryl Cagle at Slate) Apt reference, considering Rather interrogated Nixon during the Watergate episode. It seems the ghost of Nixon has taken over Rather - maybe there is another Exorcist movie to be made.

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US soldier injured - not in the line of duty, but at a Toby Keith concert in Columbus, OH. NBC4i.com (Hat Tip: Backcountry Conservative) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A local soldier back from the war in Iraq said he was beaten at an area concert because of what was printed on his T-shirt, NBC 4's Nancy Burton reported. Foster Barton, 19, of Grove City, received a Purple Heart for his military service in

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Prof. Volokh, the author of my most recently purchased book “Academic Legal Writing”, has a couple of entries related to the former uber-evangelist Jimmy Swaggart and his recent yammerings. See here and here for Prof. Volokh’s thoughts. BTW - if you are a legal academic, or wish to write academic articles in a legal context, do yourself a favor and purchase "Academic Legal Writing". This book

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Yikes - what a weekend. Marshall's defense played well, for the third consecutive weekend, and kept the team in the game until the end before losing 13-3 to the Georgia Bulldogs. Marshall had an opportunity to score a touchdown or kick a fg, having a fourth and less than a yard at the Georgia three. Marshall gambled and missed on a rollout. The momentum seemed to switch to Georgia for the rest

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My beloved Marshall Thundering Herd are on the road again this week, teeing it up between the "hedges" of Sanford Stadium. The Herd is coming off of an encouraging, but disappointing loss at Ohio State, which followed on the heels of a shocking home opening loss to Troy. In retrospect, Troy is a much better team than most folks thought, and Marshall appears to be a little better than it

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The European team dominated the opening eight matches and have a comfortable 61/2 to 11/2 lead. I do not expect Saturday to be any better. US Captain Hal Sutton has justifiably resorted to reshuffling the line-up to try to create better chemistry among the pairings. The Phil Mickelson-Tiger Woods pairing generated zero points for Team USA. Mickelson has stirred a little controversy, albeit

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Very interesting and cogent assembly of the rationale for and against the principle of "one man, one vote". Highly recommended. Hat tip to Josh. I have come to the realization that one-man, one-vote is likely the best we can do at this point, although one has to wonder about the viability of a basic literacy test (in lieu of an issues test recommended by Josh) to ensure a minimum level of

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As an intellectual property attorney (patents, trademarks, trade secrets and copyrights), a coined term usually catches my eye, and sends the wheels in motion in for potential trademark protection. Kevin at Whizbang has cannibalized NBC's self-described Summer Olympic coverage ("plausibly live") to describe CBS's pathetically lame explanation for Rathergate - "Plausibly Real". Better than "

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My previous post attempted to analyze Josh's frustration with democracy, addressing the potential need for a "voting test" to set a minimum level of political competence among the electorate. In theory, a "voting test" is desireable as an attempt to (a) increase the collective intelligence of the electorate, which should lead to voting results more reflective of the electorate's desire(s); and/

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CBS will issue a statement by EMAIL at noon purportedly addressing the allegedly forged memos (courtesy of Backcountry Conservative via Instapundit). Rather has personally defended the "60 Minutes II" piece on several CBS Evening News broadcasts, and has been firmly castigated by the blogsphere for his lack of a defense. Rather's rather pathetic defenses have attempted to redirect the questions

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Josh - The Lazy Logician presents an interesting reaction to democracy, appropriately timed for an important presidential election cycle. Unfortunately, this topic is so deep, I will probably have to address particulars one at a time. I admit it. I'm frustrated with democracy. My frustration stems from those who pay no attention to the issues in elections, but rather they vote for their party

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For me, Sept. 11th will always have dual connotations. 1. Sept. 11th is my baby brother's birthday (Happy Birthday, 'Lil Bro'). 2. Sept. 11th, 2001 - Much can be said, and little needs to be said. Although I am a patent attorney by day, and the English language is my pallet, I grope for the appropriate words to accurately verbalize my feelings concerning the terror attacks on America. I

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No longer a bystander - now a participant. Whether I become the bug or the windshield will be determined by the 'sphere, so be gentle. Good luck in understanding the warped meanderings and/or analysis of the White Poet Warlord. Well, that sounded ominous and menacing enough. But, I must confess that I'm neither (certainly not ominous). Briefly - I am a husband, father, a patent attorney (

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