It's the Bishop!!!!!

Yeah, he's got that magic scepter thingie, and that smokey thing he swings around on a chain. Plus all those Vatican guards are sorta' like Batman (the TV show) minions....

And who knows what weaponry he has hidden under that hat....

remember how I said adults are a miracle?

You mean like it's a miracle anyone lives that long? Yeah.

I don't think the pope will have any impact on my life, either.

Yep that is what I meant.

ION, I am rocking at work today. I have cleared yesterday's mail and have sent off emails to clear up 3 different issues. Now on to today's mail.

I'm just sitting at my library's reference desk from where I can see various lexicons that don't do much more than this but which are incredibly helpful reference materials and knowing that if these companions can no longer be produced the world 'o research is going to lose something valuable.

Are those books source materials still in copyright, though? Aside from that, it does seem like a book full of quotes from HP is not as much fair use. Not that I've read the briefs either.

ETA strike

The Pope does kind of dress like a batman villain...

"Stop right where you are, Pontifex Maximus. And let the children go."

"You'll never take me, Batman. I have Robin right here."

"Holy...well, Holy of Holies, Batman! I'm trapped."

"You fiend, Pontifex!"

"Back away slowly, Caped Crusader, or I make your sidekick the Altar Boy Wonder!"

"Not so fast, Pontifex! Pope-Repellent spray!"

"Ah! Secularism! Evolution!"

"Holy Not So Holy, Batman! Thanks!"

"Not to worry, chum. Logic prevails."

I'm very sad that they killed the cougar - why not tranq it?

Also, cool that it was (apparently) a real wild animal and not some escaped exotic pet.

Ha HA! I've pretty much done everything that needed doing before my afternoon o' meetings! There is one thing I need from someone else, and I'm not sure how to get it, but other than that? Mission accomplished!

Aside from that, it does seem like a book full of quotes from HP is not as much fair use.

I think they'll be arguing in those briefs that while it would fail if the only test were how much quoted material was used, that's not the test and courts recognize that the work that goes into organizing/indexing/cross referencing gets into the mix of fair use.

Still haven't read the briefs. And many of the things on my shelf are dealing with things out of copyright now -- but things like Tolkien's work must have been lexicon-ified while under copyright.

from a blog I read - weight loss: [link]

this was the part that stuck out for me:

"The more weight you'd like to permanently lose, the more of your lifestyle you'll need to permanently change"

which of course then leads me to the,

"Therefore if you don't like the life you're living while you're losing, you're much more likely to gain it back"