Gimme Some Erwin, Baby

This chick has some weird ass fetishes. Erwin Chemerinsky’s Original Con Law ranks #4 in most necessary books to have AT ALL FUCKING TIMES. It is essential to my survival. #1. Huck. #2  The Adventure’s of Huckleberry Finn #3. The COMPLETE works of Ralph Waldo Emerson – MUST include speeches; specifically –  Fugitive Slave Law…

Coutney Barnett being adorable and awesome

All the live versions of “Pedestrian at Best” are so varied that the object randomness of the range of options is actually a constant. I picked this one, not becaue it’s the best version; best sound, best of  the shifting beat of the lyrics- syncopated or not so much – but because it’s the most…

American Hustle: the critical line

“Also, always take a favor over money. I think Jesus said that as well.”                                          ლ “Irving Rosenfield”/Christian Bale

Not my Theme Scene but now necessary: Stephen the Irishman

I would prefer just the first scene, truth be told, but I made the decision to include – because of its example of pure perfection in character definition. (Keeping in mind that several things are happening at once, but for the audience, the primary issue, although as is the case in the most intricately executed…

One of my (secret) Theme Scenes

Like “Extraordinary Machine” is my theme song, I have secretly cherished one, 27 second scene from Braveheart and never ceased to see it and hear it in my mind. For what, now? How long has it been? I can answer that. It has been eleven years and eleven months. My foxholes I no longer dig…

How We Play Chess: You Don’t Wanna Trade Queens With Me

℘ extracted from the justice/how we play chess combo post on Wednesday-ish ℘ While I – as citizen of the world – came on here to write the grand, world-altering legal theory of a lifetime; I –  as Serene – was distracted by capitalization and instead now first want to write first about “how we play chess.” There’s also “how…

Justice and the Course of History

(extracted from the rambling version that includes “how we play chess”) Justice and the Course of History And so now I will attempt to briefly set down my idea that could practically be accomplished right at this moment – depending on whether the U.S. Supreme Court could be persuaded to address the issue, which I believe…

More Native American Injustice

“…the medical examiner concluded that the bullet entered the back of Murray’s head, above and behind his left ear. Murray was right-handed. No soot was found on Murray’s hands. When the investigation into the gun concluded, the FBI destroyed it.” Jones v. United States Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Docket: 15-5148…