A Few Good Things

[browngirl]

There has been a great deal of bad news this week in various spheres of my life and my friends' lives. Here are a few things I came across that pleased me.

marydell linked me to this story about sportsmanship and high school softball.

I can't remember who linked me to Dreamwidth user Happydork's Picspam Thursdays but that's how I found this article about the wedding of Mr. Thom McCaffrey and Lance Corporal James Wharton of the Household Cavalry, and many other wonderfulnesses besides.

bikergeek told me about this hilarious legal decision and solvent90 told me more about this wonderfully snarky judge.

ETA Via valkyrwench's spot-on open letter to Rep Barton, apologist for and apologizer to British Petroleum, Joe Barton would like to apologize to...

Comments

[janetmiles.livejournal.com]

Those court decisions are lovely!

Have you seen this one?

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

That was hilarious! "Both attorneys have obviously entered into a secret pact — complete with hats, handshakes and cryptic words — to draft their pleadings entirely in crayon on the back sides of gravy-stained paper place mats, in the hope that the Court would be so charmed by their child-like efforts that their utter dearth of legal authorities in their briefing would go unnoticed. " *bahahagiggle*