Author: Dan Hull
The Judgment of Paris
Paris was a bold man who presum’d To judge the beauty of a Goddess. —John Dryden The Judgment of Paris, Lucas Cranach […]
Easter
Happy Easter, y’all. The time of new beginnings. Step back from the canvas. Sharpen the tools. Get a religion. Call someone who […]
Charlotte Rampling: Still smoldering in three languages.
Great gifts, persistence and drive are hard to beat. If you don’t know who Charlotte Rampling is, do find out. Ah, Charlotte. […]
We need Chuck Norris.
Just checked my news curator-aggregator (Flipboard) and every article says everything everywhere is all fucked up. We need Chuck Norris right now.
Jack London on Writing
You can’t wait for inspiration; you have to go after it with a club. “” Jack London
A Federal Discovery Rule Sleeper You Can Use: Rule 27, Fed. R. Civ. P.
You hosin’ us, Mr. Hull? Rule 27 of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is “Depositions to Perpetuate Testimony”. It’s not […]
Holy Surprises & Saving Graces: Fed. R. Civ. P. Rule 56(d).
Early-in-the-case Rule 56 motion. Note well-dressed Brit General Counsel taking a bullet. Rule 56 (d) When Facts Are Unavailable to the Nonmovant. […]
Mary Harris Jones, “Grandmother of All Agitators”
Big ones. School teacher, seamstress, businesswoman, community organizer, Chicago girl and Ireland-born, Mary Harris “Mother Jones” (1837-1930) had big ones. What a […]
Dylan Thomas reading Fern Hill
Dylan Thomas (d. 1953) reads Fern Hill: “Now as I was young and easy under the apple boughs….” His voice–those Welsh pipes–was […]
I’m OK – You’re a Narcissist: “Narcissism” is the Newest Cooties
We all like to feel special, unique and, at times, superior. It doesn’t mean we are insular, evil or bonkers. It doesn’t […]
Newly Improved and Righteous: 107 Things Long-Divorced Amoral Lawyers Know
WJC and writer, January 1, 2009, noon, Charleston 1. Date no one named Zoe, Brigit or Natasha. 2. No one you just […]
Rule 7: Know Thy Client
See Rule 7: Know the Client. Every great client wants you to know him, her or it. Take time out to learn […]
Ray Davies: A Nod to Old Blighty.
Ray Davies cries “Victoria”, Glastonbury 2010
Michigan Links, Golf and Eddie Guest, the People’s Poet, 1919.
Guest in Detroit, 1935 Enormously popular for the first half of the 20th century, Detroit’s Edgar A. Guest (1881-1959) charmed America with […]
Pointe Aux Barques, Michigan
For me, it beats Big Sur and the Austrian Alps. My favorite place in the world, it is desolate in the winter […]
Redux: The War Against Legal-Speak
Sir John Popham (1531″“1607) was an MP, Speaker of the House of Commons, and Lord Chief Justice of England. We think he […]
London 1835: Ben Disraeli Disses Daniel O’Connell.
Yes, I am a Jew, and when the ancestors of the right honorable gentleman were brutal savages in an unknown island, mine […]
The Lorica of Patrick
I bind to myself today The power of Heaven, The light of the sun, The brightness of the moon, The splendour of […]
Irish Guys: All The Wrong Stuff.
Saint Patrick’s Day is on Sunday. For starters, be advised that real Irish-American males do not wear green on March 17. They […]
Hôtel du Jeu de Paume: 54, rue Saint Louis en l’Ile.
“Welcome back, Monsieur Hool.” This is Hôtel du Jeu de Paume, the non-oath version. Erected in the 17th century, it once housed […]
Happy Birthday, J. Dan Hull, Jr.
John Daniel Hull, II, 1900 – 1987. My grandfather – always a class act. I spent his last 15 or so Thanksgivings […]
Whitman channels Emerson
“I was simmering, simmering, simmering. Emerson brought me to a boil.” –Walt Whitman (1819-1892) Writer Jack London thought you could not wait […]
Badness in Depositions: “Stop me before I coach again.”
An objection must be stated concisely in a nonargumentative and nonsuggestive manner. –from Rule 30(c)(2), Fed. R. Civ. P. Defending lawyers who […]
Daniel Patrick Moynihan: The Irish.
“There’s no point in being Irish if you don’t know that the world is going to break your heart eventually.” –Daniel Patrick […]