I got mixed up in a flashmob at a train station once. I think I was one of 4 people total not involved in the mobbing. Or the flashing. Or whatever. The other 65,217 were in on the choreography. It was odd.

That's good advice. Thank you.

But you want to know something? It's not the dolphins that worry me most.

It's the gangs of wannabe Disney princes and princesses. Those folks could not be more dangerous, and good gawd is it awful when they break into song . . .

I'm not sure if you'll win the day, 3-I, but you've got an awfully big lead right now.

That was great! Thank you.

Those HP mer-folks are scary indeed, at least from the evidence I've seen.

And thankfully I'm nothing like them. Think, instead, of Daryl Hanna in Splash.

And then think exactly the opposite . . .

Man.

It's hard to imagine Shaughnessy wearing pearls. But he's awfully damn good at clutching them.

Thank you for the caution.

But I should be clear about one thing: limited mermaid/man abilities. Limited.

So as a 107 year-old part-time mermaid / merman with limited swimming skills I'm screwed?

"I don’t think they should be in trouble that could just ruin their lives . . . "

A question: When do people start getting to do stuff that, you know, actually ruins their lives? When they're 18? 21? 30? Never?

Seems to me that if you're old enough to ruin someone else's life (Hello Steubenville!) you're old enough…

I don't think I understand. Are you suggesting that the judge may have preferred women jurors because they were women?

Not for that reason, at least.

In the end, though, your way is best . . . .

Ideal = a jury of your peers / cross-section of the community.

Did the fogeys ever suggest mermaid?

Read Dodai, here and in other posts. She'll get that brain back in . . .

And fast! We need you on our side!

Dodai's thoughtful, clear, and terrific piece restored me . . . . .

Lawyers of the world, a question:

Wasn't this jury composition predictable in a world of peremptory challenges? The prosecution struck lots of white men, thinking they were too likely to side with Zimmerman. The defense struck lots of people of color (Batson be damned), thinking they were too likely to side with the…

I just watched that entire video and read all of those lyrics.

I have only one question:

How many braincells did I just lose?

(Also: Great piece, Dodai!)

Average amount of time it took to frame, light, and wardrobe those photos: 48 minutes.

Average amount of time it took those kids to spill on, tear off, or "rearrange" their clothes: 7 seconds.

Fantastic — if sometimes depressing — analysis. Thank you!

Agreed, and I love the "Septic Bladder" move you made before. Just noticed it now . . . .

But at the risk of either (a) defending the indefensible or (b) seeming paralyzed by facts, I wonder what we're to do. It's easy (and surely right) to call for less exploitation and corruption. It's also easy (and surely right)…