http://unusedandunusable.powerblogs.com/ U & PU is a blawg by a Philadelphia lawyer. This is a linguistically-inclined blawg. Expect some politics, some literature, and some nonsense. Some rights reserved. All* comments welcome. *Not all comments welcome. en-us 2008-02-12T11:02+00:00 http://unusedandunusable.powerblogs.com/posts/1202815869.shtml The "Griffin dour" bit is my inability to pass up potential puns, in this case on Gryffindor, the House that Harry Potter belonged to at Hogwarts. I guess past tense is... Eh Nonymous 2008-02-12T11:02+00:00 http://unusedandunusable.powerblogs.com/posts/1202388046.shtml Today the first eclipse of 2008 will occur, for folks in New Zealand and part of Australia there'll be a partial solar eclipse starting this afternoon, their time. Today is also... Eh Nonymous 2008-02-07T12:02+00:00 http://unusedandunusable.powerblogs.com/posts/1179955730.shtml HB of How Appealing posts the following:... Eh Nonymous 2007-05-23T21:05+00:00 http://unusedandunusable.powerblogs.com/posts/1178244207.shtml Rudolph William Louis Giuliani III, coddler to corrupt cronies and all-around self-promoter, repeated his slur against Democrats tonight during the Republican presidential debate.... Eh Nonymous 2007-05-04T02:05+00:00 http://unusedandunusable.powerblogs.com/posts/1177757740.shtml I haven't commented directly on the War Against Iraq on this blawg before. I've touched on it, lots. It reflects on the judgment of the administration. It kills our best and... Eh Nonymous 2007-04-28T10:04+00:00 http://unusedandunusable.powerblogs.com/posts/1176907623.shtml President Bush speaking about the event that Wikipedia seems to have settled on calling the "Virginia Tech Massacre" (as opposed to "Virginia Tech Shootings", see the Talk page for... Eh Nonymous 2007-04-18T14:04+00:00 http://unusedandunusable.powerblogs.com/posts/1175601242.shtml I'm pretty sure that the pervasive criticisms of those members of Congress who suggest that things in Iraq are going quite well, based on their own observations, are actually about... Eh Nonymous 2007-04-03T11:04+00:00 http://unusedandunusable.powerblogs.com/posts/1175001380.shtml To quote another legal epistolary writer (Aaron Streett; the extra T at the end is probably for Terrific), "Greetings, sportsfans!" See here, for the first March issue of his periodic... Eh Nonymous 2007-03-27T13:03+00:00 http://unusedandunusable.powerblogs.com/posts/1173239745.shtml ... and convicts when the case made by the prosecution is "overwhelming" despite having personal sympathy for the defendant. See NYT, March 7, 2007, "Libby Guilty of Lying in C.I.A.... Eh Nonymous 2007-03-07T03:03+00:00 http://unusedandunusable.powerblogs.com/posts/1159972786.shtml Un-American anti-libertarians make me so mad I could spit.... Eh Nonymous 2006-10-04T14:10+00:00 http://unusedandunusable.powerblogs.com/posts/1158933530.shtml Popping my head up. Several thoughts.... Eh Nonymous 2006-09-22T13:09+00:00 http://unusedandunusable.powerblogs.com/posts/1158061534.shtml I'm still on informal blog hiatus, but this day deserves recognition. NOT Sept. 11. Everyone who remembers that day will bear the scars, and the memory.... Eh Nonymous 2006-09-12T11:09+00:00 http://unusedandunusable.powerblogs.com/posts/1157108506.shtml Blogging goes through periods of varying frequencies, as with most aspects of life.... Eh Nonymous 2006-09-01T11:09+00:00 http://unusedandunusable.powerblogs.com/posts/1155349066.shtml To my disappointment, the Heinlein Friday for this Friday wasn't done yet - not even half done yet, which would have let me post Part 1, to be followed next Friday... Eh Nonymous 2006-08-12T02:08+00:00 http://unusedandunusable.powerblogs.com/posts/1153369128.shtml I preempt (preemptively!) this week's Heinlein Friday, the recurring examination of the fiction of Robert Heinlein through a legal lens, to bring you... Eh Nonymous 2006-07-20T10:07+00:00