Supplemental Jurisdiction

Laziness

So, I've been really lazy about updating the ol' blog roll. I finally got around to doing some of it today:

* Divine Angst got a brand-new domain a couple of months ago. Now you only have to click once to get there.

* I'm not really sure what Inter Alia is, but a couple of weeks ago they posted a review of SJ, which I now reprint in its entirety:

Supplemental Jurisdiction is a semi-anonymous blog written by a lawyer living in a certain Midwestern city. Some of the posts are related to the law, some aren't.

Not the most detailed review (or accurate for that matter; SJ is soooo much more), but whatevs, like I do with women, I'll take whatever I can get. That review deserves a spot on the roll.

* Decision of the Day changed addresses, like, a year ago and I'm finally getting around to updating it. Awesome blog.

* Undercounted Sassy gets on the roll because she praised my ability to correctly spell KeyCite. Just for that, I'm considering proposing to her.

* Just like in real life, Above the Law takes the place of Underneath Their Robes.

* I finally added Law Target. Again. Here's the deal, Essien at LT added SJ a long time ago, even writing me a nice email. Initially I responded by adding his link, but then I started to sort of freak out at his gunner-type tendencies so I took it off. And trust me, the man is gun-tacular. He's a one-man gun show. He should have his own 7-day waiting period. (Must . . . stop . . . gunner jokes . . . now!) Anyway, I've come to realize that his blog is fairly enjoyable and he's pretty interesting, even if gunnerific, so it is overdue that I add him to the list.

Birfday

Well, we're celebrating SJ's birfday around here, sort of. The current incarnation of this blog officially launched on January 19, 2006. However, as some of you may remember, I took a good month or two vacation last fall, so I sort of think that means the birthday doesn't really count. On the other hand, good old SJ has actually been kicking around the instanet for almost two years (come March, I believe). Any way you look at it, I've been doing this for a pretty long time, even if I do sometimes wander off for weeks, or even months, at a time.

As a result, I have some birthday presents:

First, no more password protection. I feel fairly confident that casual googling will no longer reveal my true identity, so like Ronnie, I'm tearing down this wall.

Second, I'm going to do another "Best Of SJ." This is completely subjective on my part, although I will take suggestions. When I started the new SJ, I did this to fill up some space while I thought of new posts. Now, I'm doing it so that I can get two posts out of one (ill-considered) idea. So lazy.

Finally, I promise to work on something special, similar to the "trailer" I worked up last year for the blog's return. I'm more creative in theory than in reality, but I'll give it the old college try.

See y'all on the flip side.

A Note About Gatekeeper

So recently I've become slightly paranoid about the possibility of losing my semi-anonymity. Not that I'm too worried about being found out; aside from my usual crass remarks, I think we all agree my comments are rather harmless. Anyway, I expect the paranoia to soon pass and I'll be back to my usual ways: drinking alone and leering.

Update

I've been out of town since Thursday for a conference, but I'll be posting again shortly. In the meantime, I thought I'd relate some quotes I heard at said conference:

"You're my boy, Blue."

"Team RamRod!"

"Try not to leave that beer bucket within arms reach of those children."

Right, so, anyway . . . .

Long Time . . .

Word up, my peeps!

Yeah, it has been awhile. Like, what, a month and a half? Apologies. SJ's back, baby (and hopefully now won't get taken off of Blonde Justice's blogroll).

Ok, so you're probably asking, "Sheet, dawg, you just left us hanging back in September. Why should we take you back now?"

Answer: Because you need me. If it weren't for me, you'd have nothing--absolutely nothing--in your life. Seriously, while I was out livin' it up, partying every night with models and super-hookers (or was it supermodels and hookers? doesn't matter), you were sitting at home, reloading 28usc1367.com every 30 seconds, seeing if I had bothered to post any of my witticisms. Well, I didn't because I was busy using those witticisms to score with super-hookers. So you just sat there and cried for almost two months, waiting for me to come home.

Well, here I am, well-tanned and stocked up with penicillin (damn super-hookers). Now bake me a pie.

Since I last spoke at you (because, as we all know, this is monologue, not a dialogue), I gots a new job, one that has taken up a lot of my time and made posting difficult. On the other hand, I now have enough money to buy and sell orphans. Not that I would. Generally it is hard to turn around an orphan quickly enough to avoid having to feed them something, or let them use the bathroom, and I didn't sign the foster parent paperwork just to end up being some kid's father. Just so you know, though, I'm doing ok.

Anyway, I don't have a lot of time to make any great observations, so here are some quick hits:

1. Rush Limbaugh is a big fat idiot.

2. November 7 is a referendum on the soul of Virginia.

3. "Crying" by Roy Orbison just came up on my playlist, and I totally had a Mulholland Drive moment.

4. Time Goblin!

UPDATE: I've noticed some people have added me to their blogrolls, and I am into reciprocratin'. So, I've updated my list. If you want me to add your blog, just shoot me an email.

Back to the Future

Hey, my few remaining, yet loyal, SJ readers. I'm back from hiatus! Since we last spoke, I finished up my old job and am now a few weeks from starting a new, bettter paying one. I traveled to sunny L.A., caught a hellacious cold (which I am just recovering from), and went on a vacation to the Northwest Territory. Currently I am chillaxin'.

So, rejoice, SJ is back. Starting immediately we'll get back to the old basics, and next week I've got some tales from my trips to share.

By the way, I don't know if I've already mentioned it, but I've got a huge beef with end of Back to the Future (which leads into a main plotline of Back to the Future II): When Doc comes back, crashing into Marty's trashcans and telling him "something has to be done about your kids," what the hell is his hurry? You're in a damn time machine; you've literally got all the time in the universe to solve this "problem." Why, then, must you rush Marty, who just got back into 1985, and in your haste, expose Marty's girlfriend to the whole time-travel thing, increading the potential for a "paradox?" Seriously, Doc, you could have just come home, made some supper, watched a football game, and chilled for years before bringing Marty to the future and fixing his kids. At least wait a day or two until after Marty's come back from the lake. Jeebus.

New Design

As you've already notice, we've got a new design kickin' here at SJ. Let me know what you think. I'm only sort of ok with the banner; I like the picture but it is sort of hard to read the text.

For those interested, the banner image is from George Caleb Bingham's The County Election (1851-52).

First Amendment

FYI:  Although I don't care for the word, I have removed "moist" from the banned list. 

After all, you can't hold a whole website responsible for the behavior of a few sick, perverted individuals. For if you do, then shouldn't you blame the whole blogging system? And if the whole blogging system is guilty, isn't this an indictment of the internet in general? I put it to you, Greg: isn't this an indictment of our entire American society? Well, you can do what you want to us, but we're not going to sit here and listen to you bad mouth the United States of America. Gentlemen!"

Like CAFA, but more plaintiff friendly

Welcome to the new Supplemental Jurisdiction. All the goodness you expect from SJ, minus the crappiness of Blogger. We'll get the new posting up soon folks, but expect to see some new features and changes. For example, we'll be introducing "Bluebooking Your Friends." I'm not really sure what BYF is going to be about, but what I'm thinking is I will take emails my friends write me, and I will correct them in annoying ways, and keep doing it until my friends tell me to screw off.

Coming Soon . . .

. . . the return of Supplemental Jurisdiction.

The official trailer can be found be found here.