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Legal Question: Repossessing the Roses
This week’s question is from Kelly via the form. Kelly asks: In the 2nd episode of the Girardis, you discuss how items up to a certain value do/don’t get repossessed. This made me think of Schitt’s Creek. The Roses (mostly Moira)… Continue reading
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Brain Matter
As I sat with my former seventh-grade English teacher turned grown-up friend, Kay, at brunch the other day, we bonded over our shared disdain for a man at a table just adjacent to us. He was bald, maybe 50, wearing… Continue reading
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Live Tweeting My Kidney Stone
I had a kidney stone last summer. I’m ok now! There are many possible causes of kidney stones, but I can already tell you what caused mine: the pandemic. Seriously, I blame COVID. I used to drink off-brand La Croix… Continue reading
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Home Remedy
There was a period in my early thirties that I had a lump behind my right ear. Maybe it was there for a year, maybe 5 years. But right at the base of my ear where my lobe dangles near… Continue reading
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Legal Question: The Cost of Naming Your Juice
This week’s question is from Aaron via the form. Aaron asks: In the song “Big Poppa” Notorious BIG attempts to entice a girl to rendezvous with his crew at the bar around 2 with an offer of “cheese, eggs and… Continue reading
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The Most Shameless Women This Country’s Ever Seen
I’ve been watching a lot of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills recently. I never really liked reality shows before. I only started watching because we were covering the Erika Jayne/Tom Girardi scandal on Sinisterhood. This is only for work, I told myself when I pressed play. I… Continue reading
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Legal Question: Consequences for Airplane Shenanigans
This question was inspired by a text from my mom. She sent me this article from her personal favorite news source, TMZ. It’s about a woman who had a mental health episode on a plane and tried opening the door while the… Continue reading
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Showing Up
It’s after midnight, eastern time. I am sitting in a hotel room in Philadelphia, listening to Bo Burnham’s INSIDE. Kolchak: The Night Stalker is muted on the TV. I am going to send this out to you all in the morning. I usually… Continue reading
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Legal Question: Ever Heard of a Camera? Why Do We Use Courtroom Sketch Artists?
This week’s question is from Alex via the form. Alex asks: I just watched Evil Genius on Netflix and was struck by the interview with the courtroom artist. He described his shifting interpretation of the defendant as the trial progressed, and it… Continue reading
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Just As It Once Was
Earlier this month, I drove out to a town just west of Dallas-Fort Worth called Mineral Wells. It’s a good hour from Fort Worth, which is already a good hour from my house in East Dallas. It was one of… Continue reading
Heather versus the World 