tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.comments2023-12-18T10:15:52.664-06:00Gillette-Torvik BlogBart Torvikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13661031240106200076noreply@blogger.comBlogger1054125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post-1701019691053716292020-08-22T03:54:11.187-05:002020-08-22T03:54:11.187-05:00great content
Buy Gillette Fusion Ultra Sensitive ...great content<br /><a href="https://glotradeltd.com/product/gillette-fusion-ultra-sensitive-hydra-gel-mens-shave-gel-twin-pack-14oz/" rel="nofollow">Buy Gillette Fusion Ultra Sensitive Hydra Gel Men’s Shave Gel Twin Pack, 14oz<br /></a><br />Gillette Fusion Hydra Gel Ultra Sensitive Shave Gel, 7 oz., 6 Count: ... Gillette Fusion5 Men's Razor Blades - 16 Cartridge Refills (Packaging May Vary), Mens ... I am giving 2 stars for one reason: I bought several of these in a pack and 2, SO far newshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15270318832044801038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post-53134755039013403372017-11-29T08:30:39.245-06:002017-11-29T08:30:39.245-06:00Hadn't seen the hay bales photo before, that w...Hadn't seen the hay bales photo before, that would make a good picture to hang on the wall. Thanks for the list Adam!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07700076746002171059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post-19765160547007726952017-11-28T12:23:37.461-06:002017-11-28T12:23:37.461-06:00Well, then next year is your turn.Well, then next year is your turn.Adam Gillettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14498496568932193475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post-11330288370206787112017-11-28T09:07:49.915-06:002017-11-28T09:07:49.915-06:00I look forward to this becoming an annual Gillette...I look forward to this becoming an annual Gillette-Torvik Blog tradition. Great stuff.Bart Torvikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13661031240106200076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post-43491302842928367602017-11-24T07:59:20.904-06:002017-11-24T07:59:20.904-06:00The typos are indeed awe-inspiring.The typos are indeed awe-inspiring.Adam Gillettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14498496568932193475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post-30060073403881296232017-11-23T04:25:32.258-06:002017-11-23T04:25:32.258-06:00Thanks for posting Adam! We have some items in com...Thanks for posting Adam! We have some items in common, among which are rainbows. I have to admit though that my list would have many more dogs in it! Probably more animals in general, in fact.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07700076746002171059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post-77944226622969293762017-10-07T12:13:41.147-05:002017-10-07T12:13:41.147-05:00Great post Adam.Great post Adam.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07700076746002171059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post-25635882977080187902017-10-04T18:27:03.970-05:002017-10-04T18:27:03.970-05:00Glad you liked it!Glad you liked it!Adam Gillettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14498496568932193475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post-78420283924862856602017-10-04T12:53:15.816-05:002017-10-04T12:53:15.816-05:00You cover a lot of ground there. Good reading.You cover a lot of ground there. Good reading.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07700076746002171059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post-55206555218975967042017-08-12T20:17:20.608-05:002017-08-12T20:17:20.608-05:00I guess I favor the colloquialism. My tendency to ...I guess I favor the colloquialism. My tendency to the colloquial is one of the things, along with not petitioning, that kept me off law review.Adam Gillettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14498496568932193475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post-7000386167784994982017-08-12T10:39:43.256-05:002017-08-12T10:39:43.256-05:00Whew, lots of questions in this post. We'll se...Whew, lots of questions in this post. We'll see if I can get to them all.<br /><br />The main question is about the two-day sentence for biting off part of a person's ear. I'm okay with it. I'm not a fan of a long prison sentences in general. In this case it seems undisputed that two guys guys got into a crazy fight and then during the fight one of them bit of part of the other guy's ear. Once a fight starts, men very much turn into animals in my opinion, so what really matter to me is not so much what the guy did during the fight, but what kind of fight was it? Was it a fight started because one guy ambushed another guy and bit his ear off (worse), or a fight that the other guy started and he was just doing his best to survive (better)? Seem like it was somewhere in between.<br /><br />On "pleaded" vs. "pled" I'm very much opposed to "pled" as the past tense for "plead." The most accepted usage (AP sytle, e.g.) is "plead, pleaded, pleading." In other worse, "How do you plead?" "Yesterday, the defendant pleaded guilty." "Damn, lots of people pleading guilty these days." "Pled" is a colloquialism.<br /><br />The comments about the suits in court reminded me of my days as a judicial extern in Hennepin County family court during law school. Very few lawyers in that court wore suits to court (almost no ties), and the clients certainly made no effort to dress up. (I recall one woman in particular, a very handsome woman, who wore a sheer white blouse over a lacy black bra.) So it would not surprise me that a county court in North Dakota would have lots of people not wearing suits and ties.Bart Torvikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13661031240106200076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post-26716415310060699732017-07-27T16:06:30.070-05:002017-07-27T16:06:30.070-05:00And us, we hadn't been born yet.And us, we hadn't been born yet. Adam Gillettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14498496568932193475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post-90997481311813303732017-07-27T07:47:07.615-05:002017-07-27T07:47:07.615-05:00Good post. We have a very long way to go.Good post. We have a very long way to go.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07700076746002171059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post-64259550536993591862017-07-27T00:52:07.508-05:002017-07-27T00:52:07.508-05:00It's an interesting perspective on time to thi...It's an interesting perspective on time to think of Emmet Till's death as recent because other people born in the same year he was born are still on TV. <br /><br />On the other hand, you might get a different feel if you think about other people who died in 1955 -- well before either of us was born. One example: Albert Einstein. To put a more "legal" spin on it, legendary judge Learned Hand was still alive in 1955 (he died in 1961). Felix Frankfurter was still on the Supreme Court. <br /><br />Another way to look at it is to think of people who hadn't yet been born yet in 1955. One example: Barack Obama (born in 1961).Bart Torvikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13661031240106200076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post-15420609590193895982017-05-18T08:58:36.287-05:002017-05-18T08:58:36.287-05:00The profanity is not professional conduct. I agre...The profanity is not professional conduct. I agree with that. But again, suspending someone for a year because a whisper was overheard in a microphone? The punishment does not fit the crime.Adam Gillettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14498496568932193475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post-23700346189979019972017-05-18T04:07:32.155-05:002017-05-18T04:07:32.155-05:00It seems that rolling one's eyes & using p...It seems that rolling one's eyes & using profanity to express one's beliefs does not fall into the category of 'professional conduct,' candor or no candor.Marisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post-25635942122487998852017-05-11T19:40:41.492-05:002017-05-11T19:40:41.492-05:00Well, under Emperor Trump I expect the Director of...Well, under Emperor Trump I expect the Director of the FBI to become essentially a lifetime position, Hoover style. Bart Torvikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13661031240106200076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post-33217119193508022282017-05-11T10:03:41.491-05:002017-05-11T10:03:41.491-05:00I did not see that plot turn coming. But do you re...I did not see that plot turn coming. But do you really want a limited term engagement rather than a lifetime appointment? Choose wisely.Adam Gillettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14498496568932193475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post-59245155955909469562017-05-10T09:15:42.447-05:002017-05-10T09:15:42.447-05:00Surprise -- Trump was saving me for Director of th...Surprise -- Trump was saving me for Director of the FBI!Bart Torvikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13661031240106200076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post-86215166445875759882017-04-27T13:36:36.459-05:002017-04-27T13:36:36.459-05:00Interesting research. It seems pretty obvious that...Interesting research. It seems pretty obvious that Conway is grasping at straws to come up with something to brag about.<br /><br />As long as were on the topic, we've never really discussed this whole recent Supreme Court vacancy controversy. What are you thoughts about what down — do you consider it a "stolen seat"?Bart Torvikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13661031240106200076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post-25613639919203858742017-04-26T09:03:37.692-05:002017-04-26T09:03:37.692-05:00I empathize with them about the regional pride too...I empathize with them about the regional pride too. I am proud to have been born in Iowa and also proud to now live in Minnesota. But when one lives in Virginia, how much beyond George Washington do you need to go to express your pride in your state?Adam Gillettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14498496568932193475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post-48724744587369083382017-04-25T22:57:02.994-05:002017-04-25T22:57:02.994-05:00Wow, quite an essay!
To answer your first questio...Wow, quite an essay!<br /><br />To answer your first question, the one in the post title: yes, of course.<br /><br />Next you ask, do selection processes reward the most extreme candidates ... I guess I'm a little less pessimistic about that. There's obviously some truth to what you say, to this "Big Sort" stuff. But I think things are less set in stone than we commonly like to believe. People disagree about stuff, but ultimately I think that people's ideological beliefs fall out on some kind of normal distribution like a bell curve. That means that 85% of actual voters are within one standard deviation of a centrist (whatever that means at a given moment in time. Assuming that's true, our two-party system ensures that neither party can get afford to elect too many wackos, and certainly can't stray to far from the center. That's my theory / hope, anyway.<br /><br />Re "Southern Heritage" ... Gah. It's one of those things that sort of makes you feel a little hopeless. The monument in question, according to what I read, actually explicitly honors the 1876 presidential election which ended Reconstruction and "recognized white supremacy in the South." In so many words!<br /><br />I actually empathize somewhat with southerners who feel pride of place about their home state and region. These are common emotions, human emotions, but obviously the problem is that the symbols of "heritage" they choose are hateful, vile, and toxic. And clearly politicians like this Doofus from Duluth are stoking reactionary politics, and it sucks. What a strange world that we're still fighting those battles 150 years later.<br /><br />Bart Torvikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13661031240106200076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post-58951225265470919692017-04-12T08:59:53.662-05:002017-04-12T08:59:53.662-05:00Giraffe is a good choice. I assume the legs and ne...Giraffe is a good choice. I assume the legs and neck will be staircases. I was leaning towards a narwhal. Adam Gillettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14498496568932193475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post-70078424134466585152017-04-11T21:41:38.078-05:002017-04-11T21:41:38.078-05:00Interesting.
I'm picking up a bunch of messag...Interesting.<br /><br />I'm picking up a bunch of messages, but divinity currently unconfirmed. Will report back after further research. As far as the shape of the memorial library, hmmm... If we're sticking with the animal kingdom I'm going giraffe, because giraffes are totally ridiculous.Bart Torvikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13661031240106200076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post-18549353520090270832017-04-02T20:41:36.107-05:002017-04-02T20:41:36.107-05:00Today's law school prices would definitely sca...Today's law school prices would definitely scare me away from law school. Whether that's a shame or not, I'm not sure.Bart Torvikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13661031240106200076noreply@blogger.com