• Can you spell that?

    Mommy and Daddy were having a little disagreement. Beth was caught in the middle, sitting at the table trying to do her homework. After this discussion began to wind down and mommy left the room, Beth called out, “mommy, stop being argumentative!”

    “What did you say?”, mommy asked incredulously from the other room.

    “Argumentative”, Beth responded.

    “That’s what I thought you said, I just couldn’t quite believe it. Did you learn that word from daddy?”

    It is a parents responsibility to teach their children, but my wife feels that I should be a little more selective in what I teach.

  • Going back to see the mouse, again.

    Yes, by this time next week I will have more fresh memories of Disney’s world to pack away with the others. This trip however offers something unique, a visit with an old friend. I decided to do something that runs entirely contrary to the momentum that my life has achieved in the last thirty odd years. I initiated contact with this old friend that lives in the Disney metropolitan area, and arranged a meet and eat. Thoughts of this trip have consumed my idle thoughts for the last couple of days, so you can imagine that I can’t wait to go. Why didn’t I try this before?

  • Try and Fry.

    What do you think about capital punishment? Do you think we should try ’em and fry ’em or do you think we should be “weak on crime.” How I feel is irrelevant to the point I would like to discuss (even if I am weak on crime). Apparently there is a new tactic being employed by those who would see the death penalty outlawed, one that has had good results in the state of Illinois. The gist is, how do those that end up on death row get there? The answers apparently led death penalty advocates and opponents alike to seek an end to executions in Illinois. Someone I was speaking to earlier today was not impressed. “What about people whose attorneys fell asleep at trial? Do you think they got a fair trial?”, I asked. Our criminal justice system apparently is overwhelmed, much like all of our other “systems” in this country. As a result, there apparently are corners of the country where appointed legal representation is not exactly world class. I reminded my conversation partner that we, as a society, have decided that legal representation in criminal matters is a basic right. I was advised that F. Lee Bailey does not do pro bono. It’s funny how people tend to make my point for me. I wondered if justice is reserved for those who can pay for it. I wonder if the right to legal representation is satisfied by a license to practice law and a pulse.

    I saw the look on the other person’s face and I wondered why I try.