"Fun Facts Saturday" The Pink Plastic Flamingo Mystery Lawn Decorations When I grew up in Garden Grove, California, everyone had plastic pink flamingos decorating their front lawns. (We couldn’t afford such frills.) Then, one day, I suddenly noticed that all the plastic pink flamingos had disappeared. There must have been millions of them. What happened? … Continue reading A “Flamboyance” of Flamingos (Pink or Plastic) (5 Fun Facts)
"Court Case Friday" “We don’t catch the smart ones.” One of my favorite “criminals are stupid” cases, took place in rural Oklahoma. Two officers were on routine patrol in the middle of the night. As they drove down a residential street, they saw the defendant breaking into a home. They cuffed him and put him … Continue reading The “Dumb Criminal” and the Fake Lie Detector (Plus, Vintage Photos of Early Lie Detectors)
"Patriotic Wednesday" "Remember the Ladies" In a famous letter to her husband, Abigail Adams pleaded for the Founding Fathers to “remember the ladies.” If they didn't, Abigail threatened a second revolution by the women. (John Adams called her idea, the "Petticoat Revolution.") Sadly, so many of the heroic Founding Mothers have been forgotten. Margaret Corbin … Continue reading Margaret Corbin: American Revolution War Hero
"Sunday Sermon" Prophets are sometimes so crushed by the crucible of their callings that they become discouraged and depressed. They become so overwhelmed by the burdens of leadership that they develop a "death wish." They reach wit's end, and plead, with the Lord, “Just kill me!” 1. Moses - crushed by the burdens of leadership … Continue reading When Prophets have a “Death Wish” – Moses, Job, Jeremiah, Jonah, Elijah, Paul
"Fun Facts Saturday" After the fall of the Roman Empire, people feared the invading barbarians, and fled to the safety of the marshy lagoons of Venice. They drove trees down through the mud to the hard compressed clay and limestone bedrock. They then erected buildings on these pilings. Venice survived by shipbuilding. But it could … Continue reading The Merchants of Venice Stole the Body of Saint Mark in Order to Make the City Famous
"Court Case Friday" I arraigned an in-custody defendant for drug possession. At the time of his arrest, he gave the name of “Juan Aguilar Guzman” with a date of birth of 6/28/73. When the police ran the name through the computers, it turned out that Juan had an immigration hold. Plus, he had been convicted … Continue reading “My” “Dumb Criminal” – Too Many Wrong AKAs (Bonus: vintage & celebrity mugshots)
"Patriotic Wednesday" (Instead of reading this lengthy article, you may want to watch: “John Adams: Revolutionary and Founding Father,” by local Attorney/Criminal Law Specialist, Dyke Huish, August 6, 2015, on YouTube) John Adams John Adams was a giant among the Founding Fathers. He served on the steering committee with Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin that … Continue reading At Great Risk, John Adams Defended the Hated British Troops of the “Boston Massacre”
"Sunday Sermon" The Highlight of My Week Attending church is a pain - literally. I am convinced that the pews and chairs were designed by the devil himself. My wife observes the sweat on the back of my head as the barometer of my back pain. Sometimes, it takes days for my back pain to … Continue reading The Sacrament – A Time to “Remember”
(Fun Facts Saturday) Sloth, the animal, is named after the one of the "7 deadly sins." “Sloth” means lazy, idle, lethargic, and sluggish. (1) Sloths have the lowest metabolic rate of any mammals. (2) Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins. Dolphins can hold their breath for 10 minutes, but when a sloth slows … Continue reading Sloth: the Animal, not the Sin (13 Fun Facts)
"Court Case Friday" If criminals are dumb, then young, inexperienced juvenile criminals are often the dumbest. As a young attorney, I prosecuted a dumb teenage marijuana dealer. A police officer was on patrol near the parking lot of Huntington Beach High School. The officer was in full uniform, and he was driving a black-and-white police car. … Continue reading “My” “Dumb Criminal” – He Sold Drugs to an Officer in Uniform
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