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Walking through a Westside neighborhood today I imagined how it might look to a Martian landing on any of the front lawns (now that we know ...

Realty sets in as I watch the following plants proliferate at an alarming pace: dandelions, violets, and defiant lamium (which took over an ...

The NYT today provides an assessment of the four most likely Kerry running mates: Edwards (+charisma, but he wont even deliver NCarolina), G...

Had I remembered that clocks leap forward today, I would not have turned off the computer at 1:30 (meaning 2:30) last night, especially sinc...

Today, the April breezes and skies and trees were so stirring that I took no fewer than TWO long walks, though the first one was better than...

I hate being wasteful –spending money on things that prove to be completely worthless, too horribly bad for even the garbage can. Last mo...

A Washington Post poll shows a decline in people’s perceptions about how compassionate GWB really is. Here’s one set of responses: Bush...

…appears in the NYT today ( here ). It is about an old (perhaps 84 yrs?) Kenyan man who took advantage of the government’s decision to make ...

Did anyone catch the Cap Times review of the 3-day show opening this week-end at the Barrymore? It’s titled ‘Puppetry,’ and it is about, abo...

Ollie, my canine, was well trained (emphasis on ‘was’). I believe I have bragged ad nauseam about his independent quick run in the unfenced ...

A reader (referring to blog posts below) asked today how is it that I got all my plants to bloom this early in the season. This reader, obvi...

I apologize – these updates are now loading here fast and furious, but my plants are rapidly breaking ground and it is a joyous expe...

Yesterday, in our discussion of custody and physical placement (in the Family Law class) I gave examples of cases I had worked on that had, ...

My friends and readers have let me down. One after another, they question the authenticity of blog posts today JUST BECAUSE IT’S APRIL 1st! ...

A reader asks where I am able to procure 100% fox urine (see Spring Update posts below). Well, naturally, I don’t chase down the animals mys...

A reader and a friend sent me the following email message late last night: “It is now April Fool's day. meaning I refuse to talk to y...

A guest lecturer from Taiwan came to my class yesterday to address issues of Family Law in the context of changing norms and values. His own...

Missing UW student found, minimum wage bill passes in Madison (one of just a handful of cities in the country now with a minimum wage that’s...

The weather leaves much to be desired, BUT the white campanula is really shooting up, and the geranium is forming a thick mat. The ver...

A finding that is worth sitting up for: according to a UC San Diego study (published in Psychological Science), people pick pure-bread dogs...