2013


Good Reasons to Kill #42-46: Christmas Assortment!

All on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, all non-life-threatening injuries: #42: Argued about wedding color scheme (stabbed) #43: Argued over apple fritters (stabbed) #44: Argued about location of the Big Dipper (stabbed) #45: Turned off the Crock-Pot (choked & stabbed) #46: Came…


Comical Case Names: Terrible v. Terrible

Somewhat surprisingly, there is nothing else funny about the opinion itself, but it still qualifies for the Comical Case Names Page. Terrible v. Terrible, 534 P. 2d 919 (Nev. 1975). The parties had been divorced in 1971 after a proceeding I…


England’s Clowns Are Furious

So says Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing, and he appears to be correct. According to this article in The Guardian, they are mad about a recent wave of incidents involving clowns or people dressed as clowns running around and trying…


Book Update IV: The Christmas Miracle

If I remember correctly, there are other miracles associated with Christmas as well, and to be honest this would probably be one of the lesser ones. But it did seem at least semi-miraculous that pre-ordered copies of The Emergency Sasquatch Ordinance did…


Book Update III: The Rebookening

As you may recall, when I first announced that I had written a book, I expected that it, or more specifically numerous copies of it, would be in the warehouse by December 10. It wasn't. Then I was told it…




U.S. Patent No. 8,359,664: How to Cover Yourself in Plants

Having trouble hiding from something you'd like to kill? Maybe you've considered covering yourself in plant life. Good idea, assuming you're outdoors. But depending on how you're doing that, you may be infringing. Improbable Research notes that Patent No. 8,359,664,…


Another Technical Note

You may sometimes be getting a weird-looking website (weirder than mine) when trying to access Lowering the Bar. I'm in the middle of changing webhosts, and access appears to be spotty while that change is in progress. (It's not supposed to…