@smouritsen.bsky.social
Attorney. Interested in law and language.
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This Christmas I learned an important lesson: “The boys in the NYPD choir” is meant to be ironic. There is no choir.
It’s Christmas Eve again in the drunk tank, and the cops are also drunk and singing about home.
Follow me for more holiday insights that were obvious to everyone else.
It’s Christmas Eve again in the drunk tank, and the cops are also drunk and singing about home.
Follow me for more holiday insights that were obvious to everyone else.
January 6, 2026 at 3:08 AM
This Christmas I learned an important lesson: “The boys in the NYPD choir” is meant to be ironic. There is no choir.
It’s Christmas Eve again in the drunk tank, and the cops are also drunk and singing about home.
Follow me for more holiday insights that were obvious to everyone else.
It’s Christmas Eve again in the drunk tank, and the cops are also drunk and singing about home.
Follow me for more holiday insights that were obvious to everyone else.
Backyard trail cam caught another one of them giant striped-tailed squirrels.
January 4, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Backyard trail cam caught another one of them giant striped-tailed squirrels.
My kid has to do a high school paper on a book. Cuz I’m such a fun dad, we’re reading Hannah Arendt together. This bit jumped out at me:
January 3, 2026 at 3:42 AM
My kid has to do a high school paper on a book. Cuz I’m such a fun dad, we’re reading Hannah Arendt together. This bit jumped out at me:
If your law firm doesn’t have a style guide then it’s not a law firm but just a bunch of lawyers sharing a building.
what’s your most strongly-held but super niche opinion?
a woman wearing headphones and a black shirt is sitting in a chair with the word weirdo written on the screen .
ALT: a woman wearing headphones and a black shirt is sitting in a chair with the word weirdo written on the screen .
media.tenor.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:45 AM
If your law firm doesn’t have a style guide then it’s not a law firm but just a bunch of lawyers sharing a building.
WRT One Battle After Another: I believe it was Chekov who said that if you show Benicio Del Toro in karate pants in Act II, he has to have an epic karate fight in Act III, SMH.
December 28, 2025 at 6:20 AM
WRT One Battle After Another: I believe it was Chekov who said that if you show Benicio Del Toro in karate pants in Act II, he has to have an epic karate fight in Act III, SMH.
If you’re cold, they’re cold. Let them in.
(Photo credit to kid heading to swim practice.)
(Photo credit to kid heading to swim practice.)
December 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
If you’re cold, they’re cold. Let them in.
(Photo credit to kid heading to swim practice.)
(Photo credit to kid heading to swim practice.)
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Today is the feast day of St. Stephen. Please check in on your local Stephens and make sure they are feasting. Thank you.
December 27, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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I was born in 1518.
In the village of Glenfinnan.
On the shores of Loch Shiel.
I am immortal.
I have no food allergies.
In the village of Glenfinnan.
On the shores of Loch Shiel.
I am immortal.
I have no food allergies.
I was born in April 1805
Napoleon was master of Europe
Only the BRITISH FLEET stood before him
Oceans were now battlefields
Napoleon was master of Europe
Only the BRITISH FLEET stood before him
Oceans were now battlefields
December 25, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I was born in 1518.
In the village of Glenfinnan.
On the shores of Loch Shiel.
I am immortal.
I have no food allergies.
In the village of Glenfinnan.
On the shores of Loch Shiel.
I am immortal.
I have no food allergies.
My sister sent me this picture from the car wash in the town I’m from.
December 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
My sister sent me this picture from the car wash in the town I’m from.
If you spent 4yrs giving cover to a dangerously incompetent, malevolent sociopath but then on J6 you did the only thing you were lawfully allowed to do, you should get one (1) pat on the back but then withdraw from public life in shame & ignominy & forever be remembered as an unprincipled sycophant.
Let’s air those grievances. I want to hear your pettiest gripes on this the holiest of days.
December 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
If you spent 4yrs giving cover to a dangerously incompetent, malevolent sociopath but then on J6 you did the only thing you were lawfully allowed to do, you should get one (1) pat on the back but then withdraw from public life in shame & ignominy & forever be remembered as an unprincipled sycophant.
Once (2006) - Say It To Me Now (by Glen Hansard)
YouTube video by bogdan dincă
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 7:28 AM
10yo: MY TEACHER SAYS TO USE MY INSIDE VOICE BUT THIS IS JUST MY NORMAL SPEAKING VOICE!!!
December 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
10yo: MY TEACHER SAYS TO USE MY INSIDE VOICE BUT THIS IS JUST MY NORMAL SPEAKING VOICE!!!
I’ve always really liked Christian Carion’s film, Joyeux Noël, about 1914
WWI ‘Christmas Truce.’ It’s great. Highly recommend if you need a break from the big-city-girl-returns-to-Snowtown-saves-the-ornament factory-&-falls-in-love-with-high-school-flame-&-organic-Christmas-tree-farmer genre.
WWI ‘Christmas Truce.’ It’s great. Highly recommend if you need a break from the big-city-girl-returns-to-Snowtown-saves-the-ornament factory-&-falls-in-love-with-high-school-flame-&-organic-Christmas-tree-farmer genre.
December 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I’ve always really liked Christian Carion’s film, Joyeux Noël, about 1914
WWI ‘Christmas Truce.’ It’s great. Highly recommend if you need a break from the big-city-girl-returns-to-Snowtown-saves-the-ornament factory-&-falls-in-love-with-high-school-flame-&-organic-Christmas-tree-farmer genre.
WWI ‘Christmas Truce.’ It’s great. Highly recommend if you need a break from the big-city-girl-returns-to-Snowtown-saves-the-ornament factory-&-falls-in-love-with-high-school-flame-&-organic-Christmas-tree-farmer genre.
One cancelled flight, two delays, and *two* ticketing errors. But in 22 hrs (not the 8 to 9 I’d planned), I went from London to Salt Lake City and it behooves us who live in an age of wonders to take a deep breadth, appreciate the miracle of flight, and try not to be dicks.
I’m working on it.
I’m working on it.
December 21, 2025 at 4:46 AM
One cancelled flight, two delays, and *two* ticketing errors. But in 22 hrs (not the 8 to 9 I’d planned), I went from London to Salt Lake City and it behooves us who live in an age of wonders to take a deep breadth, appreciate the miracle of flight, and try not to be dicks.
I’m working on it.
I’m working on it.
Silmarillion *Metal* Cover Band called Discord of Melkor. 🤘
A Lord of the Rings Cover Band called Nick Cave Troll
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Flock of Smeagols
December 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Silmarillion *Metal* Cover Band called Discord of Melkor. 🤘
Listen. I’m sure Orlando is great, but the airport’s ugly as hell. Carpet looks like it has a staff infection.
But I deplaned behind a mom & kid of the English moppet variety. Kid steps into the terminal, looks out the window at the Florida sunshine & says “So *this* is America! Amazing!”
But I deplaned behind a mom & kid of the English moppet variety. Kid steps into the terminal, looks out the window at the Florida sunshine & says “So *this* is America! Amazing!”
December 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Listen. I’m sure Orlando is great, but the airport’s ugly as hell. Carpet looks like it has a staff infection.
But I deplaned behind a mom & kid of the English moppet variety. Kid steps into the terminal, looks out the window at the Florida sunshine & says “So *this* is America! Amazing!”
But I deplaned behind a mom & kid of the English moppet variety. Kid steps into the terminal, looks out the window at the Florida sunshine & says “So *this* is America! Amazing!”
Federalism for everything except California case citation rules. Congress must intervene. Necessary and proper for date to go last.
December 17, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Federalism for everything except California case citation rules. Congress must intervene. Necessary and proper for date to go last.
I’m not here as a tourist, but I don’t want to leave town without seeing the city’s main attractions.
December 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I’m not here as a tourist, but I don’t want to leave town without seeing the city’s main attractions.
It’s been ten years of this. He’s not testing anything. Just an entire party of fellow travelers and dishonorable, unprincipled cowards.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | Trump attack on Rob Reiner tests the limits, even for his MAGA base
The president accused the Hollywood director, who was stabbed to death along with his wife, of having “Trump derangement syndrome.”
www.washingtonpost.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:13 AM
It’s been ten years of this. He’s not testing anything. Just an entire party of fellow travelers and dishonorable, unprincipled cowards.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Not saying this island kingdom has a spotless historical record, but it did produce Shakespeare, Turner, and Hobnob’s. So that’s something.
December 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Not saying this island kingdom has a spotless historical record, but it did produce Shakespeare, Turner, and Hobnob’s. So that’s something.
That is such a great headline. “These guys suck and are dumb. Is sucking and being dumb actually awesome?”
December 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
That is such a great headline. “These guys suck and are dumb. Is sucking and being dumb actually awesome?”
3 Americans Killed in ISIS Attack in Syria, Trump Says, Vowing to Retaliate
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
An entertainment, you say? An *infinite* entertainment?
December 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
An entertainment, you say? An *infinite* entertainment?
Antifa, and of course, Nargles. They’ll steal your shoes.
December 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Antifa, and of course, Nargles. They’ll steal your shoes.
Counterpoint: No.
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
December 11, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Counterpoint: No.