Wednesday, March 23, 2005

If this isn't legal urban legend, it is an astounding story to use sometime about " we think we are asking the right questions but, nope, sometimes life works like a John Grisham novel and we don't even know it til the end.  Sigh, also not this was in TEXAS [David Bernstein, March 22, 2005 at 4:40pm] 0 Trackbacks / Possibly More Trackbacks More on the Case with the attorney's girlfriend on the jury: Wally Olson reports: Auto Connection has some new material on the astounding $31 million verdict against Ford from Zavala County, Texas, last discussed in this space Mar. 7. A few snippets: In the testimony that followed [a Feb. 22 mistrial motion by Ford], it was revealed that not only had [juror Diana] Palacios failed to acknowledge her romantic entanglement [with plaintiff's attorney Jesse Gamez] during jury selection, but had previously been a client of Gamez in other litigation, had been an aunt by marriage of one of the plaintiffs and indeed had solicited the plaintiffs to sue Ford and Guerrero and hire Gamez as their lawyer.... Incredibly, Ford's motions were denied, but Juror Palacios was removed. The next day's Express-News carried a story about the motions and denials. But a mysterious man went around to all the distribution points in Crystal City, buying up all the papers before anyone could read them. The San Antonio newspaper management 130 miles away quickly got wind of this, replenished the newspapers and ran an editorial the following day denouncing the act as an attempt to keep Crystal Citians from learning of their local conflicts of interest. The miscreant was never identified. 6:09:08 PM    comment [] http://www.nybooks.com/articles/17895 Book review on biography of William Faulkner 5:39:17 PM    comment [] More Help Wanted: Older Workers Please Apply. A growing number of companies are hunting for older workers because they have lower turnover rates and, in many cases, better work performance. By By MILT FREUDENHEIM. [NYT > Home Page] 3:49:33 PM    comment [] Phishing Attacks Number 33 Million Each Week - Jennifer LeClaire, E-Commerce Times [Edu_RSS] This is interesting.  The number of 33 Million that is.  Is that unique occurrences?  Repeated occurences against corporate networks?  I got two this week - - both from banks I don't even have accounts with... How did these people find me? It feels like the homeless guys who hang out at Starbuck's... What is the cyberspace Starbuck's equivalent for being an easy mark? 11:18:13 AM    comment [] Mensa wordplay courtesy of John Dvorak. Courtesy of John Dvorak's blog. Some very clever wordplay. Although I’ve never seen this printed in the Washinton Post it’s called the The Washington Post Mensa Invitational. And once again it supposedly asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. The University of California Alumni Magazine does somethihng similar to this every month, by the way, but has failed to post it on the net for a decade. Maybe I’ll post a few of the better ones myself. Here are this year’s winners. None of them get through spellcheck. 1. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with. 2. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly. 3. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future. 4. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid. 5. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period. 6. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high. 7. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn’t get it. 8. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late. 9. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness. 10. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.) 11. Karmageddon: It’s like, when everybody is sending off these bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it’s like, a serious bummer. 12. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you. 13. Glibido: All talk and no action. 14. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. 15. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you’ve accidentally walked through a spider web. 16. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out. 17. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you’re eating. And the pick of the literature: 18. Ignoranus: A person who’s both stupid and an asshole. via B. Delaney [McGee's Musings] 7:19:59 AM    comment [] http://www.datsi.fi.upm.es/~frosal/docs/25mdq.html  even with behavioral interviewing, i think these are still worth reviewing. 7:09:30 AM    comment []

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