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“May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

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You Can’t Make This Stuff Up

The fact patterns of published legal opinions are better than fictional short stories.  Each opinion has a set of facts, a conflict, and a resolution.

Beard v. Kindler: Mr. Kindler’s amazing escapades sealed his death.  But, thanks to Westlaw, the heinous deeds of Mr. Kindler will be remembered by civilizations long after our union is dissolved.

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When I Make Myself Sick

I just found myself repeatedly punching my hand with a scowl on my forehead, a grin on my face, and a shout: “We got ‘em! We got ‘em!”  The cat was startled, and the dog came over to check if I was OK.  I haven’t been so pleased since I discovered FOIA.

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Wallace v. IBM

Open source software engineers don’t realize that their free labor is actually protecting the Microsoft monopoly.

Linux is a barrier to market entry that prevents any commercial company from selling a new operating system to compete with Microsoft.  If you want to compete in the operating system market, you have to beat Windows (already a monopoly) and you have [...]