I shall smite thee with my kick-ass legal filings.
- Tropical systems usually approach Florida from the east or west, sparking days of breathless coverage and riots at Home Depot. This one skipped the foreplay and formed right over our heads.
- The Tasering of America: California says to Florida, "we'll see your obnoxious college kid and raise you one 15-year-old autistic boy running in traffic."
- Anyone else following the Florida Personal Injury Protection auto insurance drama, the Oct. 1 deadline and the uncertainty of what happens if the coverage lapses? I didn't think so. You're probably too busy preparing to bend over.
- Kill the messenger? Wal-Mart goes after the lab that discovered lead and chromium in imported Chinese toys.
- Famed documentary filmmaker Ken Burns returns with a 15-hour documentary on World War II. If ever there was a subject that slipped through the cracks of the media spotlight and has been denied its fair share of exposure and celebration, it's WWII.
- Things not to wear to the airport: A circuit board adorned with blinking lights and sprouting wires that are connected to a battery. Kneading Play-Doh while wearing the outfit is also discouraged.
- The worst way imaginable to avoid life in prison? Agree to castration in exchange for only 25 years behind bars.
- Two F.S.U. players (including their best starting linebacker) were arrested in Tallahassee this morning after participating in a bar fight. I remember when F.S.U. players physically dominated opponents on the field. Yeah, it's been a while …
This article appears in Sep 19-25, 2007.