Not Quite Sure How...

196.8 pounds this morning.   My new goal is 190.

The Recent School Shooting

You would think that AR-15s are the norm in mass murders from the way defenders of these laws rant about the subject.   But once again, the gun is a handgun because they are concealable.  This 12/2/21 New York Post article indicates that the shooter shared a picture of his pistol on social media.  In light of his behavior problems at school, the only question that I have for the parents is: "What were you thinking?"

If a teen wants access to a gun, you as a parent need to think through the possibilities: suicide, aggression, showing off to friends, mental instability. 

"You Say You Want a Revolution..."

Legal Insurrection reports that Sen. Sheehan (D-NH) is threatening revolution if the Court overturns Roe v. Wade (1973).

You know it is like the party blaming a riot on President Trump encouraging people who were not even there to go to the Capitol is not aware that revolutions require more than bear spray and stupid hats with buffalo horns.  

They also are imagining this vast army of fierce pro-choicers.  As I have pointed out in the past, even many who call themselves pro-choice support support restrictions at the extreme ends of the spectrum.   A complete overturn will have no effect at all in most of rhe Blue States.  Perhaps California can pay Idaho women who want abortions to fly there.  Or perhaps the mysteries of contraception can be explained to both women and men.  Men might also learn from watching their wild peers get saddled with 18 years of child support payments.

The Addams Family

I am watching the original series from the 1960s.  There are so many great sight gags.  Morticia throws the leftover breast of alligator into the aquarium of Tristan and Isolde (piranhas). After a few seconds of bubbling water, the wishbone flies into the air.

Carolyn Jones and John Astin have such flawless comic timing.  The little girl who did Wednesday was amazingly good.  And the giant playing Lurch was just amazing with what could have been a simple one faced monster.

Ladders Again

 What I really need (and I am prepared to pay a lot of money to have made) is a very light (perhaps carbon fiber) ladder with handrails who top step is 36" above ground level, with legs about 36" wide.  Where do I go?  There seem to be a lot of UK companies offering "wide" stepladders.  Why not in America?  Are our construction workers not wide enough?

I seem to have found an adequate ladder.  It is a smaller version of the behemoth warehouse ladder that I had up on the mountain, which was taller than I really needed.  Made in Mexico, not China.

Emacs

 I used to know enough MLisp to make emacs do what I wanted (on good days).  I am trying to bind undo to ideally F9 or Ctrl-Z.  I added this to my .emacs file:

(global-unset-key "\C-z")

(global-set-key "\C-z" 'advertised-undo)

Any idea what I am doing wrong? 

Just Made My Day

 Someone asked me to write an article about a case that I have not been following.  

They cited me: Duncan v. Becerra (9th Cir. 2021) 25 n. 7.

While the en banc appeal has reversed this today, the opening of the deicision was veery nice:

In the wake of heart-wrenching and highly publicized mass shootings, the state of California barred its citizens from owning so-called “large capacity magazines” (LCMs) that hold more than ten rounds of ammunition. But even well-intentioned laws must pass constitutional muster. California’s near-categorical ban of LCMs strikes at the core of the Second Amendment — the right to armed selfdefense. Armed self-defense is a fundamental right rooted in tradition and the text of the Second Amendment. Indeed, from pre-colonial times to today’s post-modern era, the right to defend hearth and home has remained paramount.