Iceberg Artisan (she/her)

Essentially, yes. It is a fun little game where the rules matter a ton but no one is terribly clear on what they are.

We introduced our 8 yo to it, he is obsessed!

Best practice would be for the government’s lawyer not to act like anything is confidential when she talks to the witness and not to rely on confidentiality.

Witnesses don’t always get lawyers as a matter of course and it is always a whole thing when someone testifies with an employer’s lawyer defending the deposition.

Love this!

Ah I missed questions! He didn’t retain his own lawyer probably because he is testifying about acts he did on behalf of DOGE, so whichever lawyer is defending those acts also represents him. He would get his own lawyer if he was being sued individually or under arrest.

a man with the letter h on his forehead is giving the peace sign Alt: a man with the letter h on his forehead is giving the peace sign

I can confirm, Red Dwarf is still funny.

One thing you are trained to do is notice when people don’t answer questions because generally it means they are lying or evading for a reason, and you can’t move on until you figure it out.

Great questions! They kept asking because he never answered the question. If he is uncooperative and refusing to answer questions, the length of the depo may be extended. I’m not sure on limits in that jurisdiction, it varies.

What about “bequest?”

Because he is lying. Signed, a working litigator

Even if he had, he would not have made that joke about his buddy being turned into one. It is not period appropriate.

I don’t think Delmar would have ever heard of a horny toad, I don’t think that is realistic.

Consider the lilies of the goddamn field.

Ha fuck you Hollywood douche. I’m watching opera today.

Ah. Makes sense.

We all know the political reasons pistachios are suddenly everywhere but what explains all the cabbage?

Oh shit, she already is into volcanos! I like this kid.

I am going to see if I can get her into volcanos.

My kid’s gf is autistic and her special interests align with mine (I am not autistic but still have them) and I fucking love it because she comes over and we spit Godzilla and tornado facts at each other until we both learn something and then we go our separate ways.

a grill cover with water and visible fucking pollen

Oh god damnit this shit again

A newspaper headline from over a century ago, reading: WOMEN ANARCHISTS HAVE BECOME THE TERROR OF WORLDS POLICE Their Daring Crimes Are Said to Have Out- stripped the Deeds of Brothers of the Red Search for the Woman is Becoming a Safe Rule in Crimes Proceeding From Anarchistic Violence—The Guardians of the World Nearly Always Finda Woman Implicated When a Ruler is Stricken Down—Emotional Women Lose Sense of Fear.

Happy International Women's Day. 🏴

Intact here means unneutered. 🤣 And sadly, although The Box lived for a very very long time, he died a couple of years ago.

A week or so later, I got a thank you note from the Therio Lab students, thanking me for letting them at least attempt to jack off my ex-boyfriend’s dog. Still the weirdest letter I have ever received.

The students were kind, but Lunchbox was distressed and confused by the experience so we had to cut the whole thing short and leave early.

Like this one time at NCSU, I let the Theriogenology Lab borrow my ex-boyfriend’s unnecessarily intact lab/dachshund Lunchbox so they could teach canine collection methods to vet students.

I just got a very nice email from a very unusual source and it got me thinking about other weird but nice communications I have received.

I know the overture is fun and all but the actual OPERA.

Why aren’t more people obsessed with the opera Candide? There are TWO (2) songs about syphillis. Come on, people!

Tell the truth. Did you learn the word “expectorating” from Beauty and the Beast?