Free Comic Book Day
by My GeekSon has shown some interest in comics. At bedtime, we have occasionally read a “racket noggle.” (His preferred pronunciation of graphic novel.) With the …
Year: 2009
My First Post on GeekDad
The folks over at GeekDad on Wired.com accepted me as a contributor. (You can see me listed as an additional contributor in the right-hand bar.) …
Urbanization of Dubai
Dubai undertook a massive engineering project to create hundreds of artificial islands along its coastline. This is the Palm Jumeirah, the first of the palm …
Book Review – The Nine by Jeffrey Tobin
You would expect a book about the inner workings of the United States Supreme Court to be dry and boring. I did, which is why …
Meta Darth Vader
Too much going here. The Son wearing his Darth Vader costume playing Lego Star Wars on the Wii as Luke Skywalker. Makes me proud and …
Colbert in Space
NASA opened itself to the public for help in naming the latest module for the International Space Station. After over 1 million votes, the winner …
Application to Write for GeekDad – Doug Cornelius
As a long time reader of reader of GeekDad I was stunned that there would be openings to join merry clan. So of course I …
Obama Knows Where the Wild Things Are
President Obama did an excellent reading of Where the Wild Things Are as part of the White House Easter Egg Roll. This book is a …
A Wall of White – My Book Review
I wanted to really like this book. But I didn’t. Jennifer Woodlief tells the story of the 1982 avalanche at the Lake Tahoe ski resort …
Round-up of Blog Posts from Compliance Building
Here is a list of posts from my Compliance Building blog on compliance and business ethics for the week: Waiving the Attorney-Client Privilege By Seeking …
Online Social Networking: Is It a Productivity Bust or Boon for Law Firms?
I recently had an article on Faceblocking published in the March 2009 issue of Law Practice Magazine: Online Social Networking: Is It a Productivity Bust …
Joker One Book Review
Joker One is the story of a Marine platoon commander and his platoon’s deployment in Ramadi in 2004. It is a great story and great …
How Bad Was The Snow? This Bad!
I found this satellite picture of the snowstorm on December 3 to be very impressive. That’s a lot of snow! From NASA’s picture of the …
Imported Posts from Real Estate Space
by I turned the “lights out” on Real Estate Space, my blog on commercial real estate finance law. I decided I want to better own and …
Brandeis Reverses Rose Art Decision
As an alum, I received a message from Jehuda Reinharz, President of Brandeis. Although the previous message was clearly that they the school was closing …
Book Review – High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed
This book managed to squash any latent desire I had to take up high altitude mountaineering. In High Crimes, Michael Kodas tells us about his …
Compliance Building
With my move from Goodwin Procter to be Chief Compliance Officer at a real estate company, I have been using a blog to keep my …
Web 2.0 – Leveraging New Media to Maximize Your Securities & Compliance Practice
On February 17, 2009, Securities Docket is sponsoring a webcast that will look at the numerous ways that securities and compliance counsel and professionals can …
Web 2.0 – Leveraging New Media to Maximize Your Securities & Compliance Practice
On February 17, 2009, Securities Docket is sponsoring a webcast that will look at the numerous ways that securities and compliance counsel and professionals can …