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Cake day: July 10th, 2023

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  • Hey Arnold! It’s a little older but wonderful to watch and subtley shows some serious issues (one character’s mom is pretty obviously an alcoholic, even if you never see her actually drinking, but it’s not too blatant for naive minds)

    Also, Pepper Ann is criminally underrated. It never gets particularly serious or anything, but it’s a good coming of age show with a pretty relatable female main character. One thing that’s stuck out for me is that pretty much anyone would think she’s a pretty cool girl they’d want to be friends with, but she feels hella awkward around most people. Good way to bring up that you may feel a bit awkward, but sometimes you need to fake a little confidence and others may take it better than you’d think



  • Grand juries are usually formalities with a very low bar. There’s a phrase that you can indict a ham sandwich. Not getting a “true bill” is honestly an embarrassment that many prosecutors never see in their entire career.

    I could have seen this get blocked here, but there are still many steps ahead, each will get harder to move forward with.

    Fun fact: I just wrapped up a case as a juror (not a grand juror) this morning. We rendered a verdict of not guilty because there was plenty of reasonable doubt to be had.


  • My egg salad sandwich at a Colorado courthouse cafeteria yesterday did not have olives in it. I’m not sure I’ve seen that before. But I could totally see it, especially since I’ve seen an olive since garnish on a deviled egg which is basically egg salad with the white as a boat for the rest. That was probably in the Midwest



  • Not sure I agree with that. I’ll take an unexpected five bucks because of Red Bull’s false advertising that some ingredient doesn’t have literal energy (calories) to it. I wouldn’t start my own lawsuit over it, which may or may not be as successful. More importantly, every class action notice I’ve ever gotten had instructions to opt out and initiate my own legal action if I so choose. Also, if we’re talking about a class that includes thousands/millions of people, there are only so many lawyers involved in whatever specialty.

    Tl;dr class actions penalize companies on behalf of those who wouldn’t realistically file their own lawsuit while still allowing those who would.