damnum absque injuria

December 19, 2003

Off to Hawaii

Filed under:   by Xrlq @ 6:46 pm

Our flight to Hawaii is early tomorrow and the company Christmas party is tonight, so this will be my last entry until I return on the 28th. Have a great Christmas, and be sure to stop by here every once in a while to see what my guest bloggers are up to. Here’s hoping that my cracked ribs from last week’s accident don’t prevent me from having at least some fun in Hawaii.

Also, the answer is no, I will not be able to meet the Venomous One on this trip, unfortunately. We’re staying on a different island (Kauai) and our stay on Oahu will be much too short to arrange anything. Plus, she’s got plenty on her plate right now anyway. I do hope to have the privilege of meeting Kate in the not too distant future, preferably at a time when neither of us are recovering invalids.

Murderer’s Best Friend

Filed under:   by Xrlq @ 6:29 pm

The Sacramento Bee reports that the Campaign to End the Death Penalty is lobbying the governor to offer clemency to Kevin Cooper. They could scarcely have come up with a less sympathetic poster child for their cause. Cooper was convicted of the hatchet murders of two adults and two children, and the attempted murder of a fifth victim, in 1983, while he was supposedly in prison for one offense, and was wanted for others. DNA tests were not routine at the time, so Cooper’s lawyers later pressed for DNA tests following the conviction. They got the DNA tests they wanted, which the CEDP proudly announced would supposedly exonerate him. Surprise, surprise; it didn’t. It did, however, kill any reasonable argument (if there was any) that Cooper may be innocent.

Of course, you’ll read none of his on the “fact” sheet offered by the CEDP. Here’s a sampling of what you’ll find instead:

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Another Disappointed Googler

Filed under:   by Xrlq @ 11:35 am

Someone just ran an Yahoo! search for killer pit bull pics, only to end up here. Heh.

 

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