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Give Me Your Hamburger, Your Vodka, and Oh, Yes, Your Walls

Remember the Dick Van Dyke episode, "Give Me Your Walls!", in which Rob and Laura hire a painter (the wonderful Vito Scotti) to paint their living room? For days he does everything but, including entertaining Richie and cooking meals. Finally the couple gets up the courage to demand that he finish up, and so he does. His work is great except for a "blob" on one wall; as it turns out, that's his signature, and he charges exactly what he originally asked.

Rob and Laura's painter reminds me of the one Richard Scanlon describes in his New York Times essay "The Job Was Simple. The Painter Wasn't," although Mr. Scanlon's painter scarfs up a hamburger, vodka and computer time, apparently without entertaining anyone. Mr. Scanlon doesn't mention children, and I assume there's not even a cat to enjoy and/or evaluate painterly antics. Mr. Scanlon's painter takes weeks; I'm happy the result was worth it.

Among The Things I Did Not Know

Among the things I did not know...Fidel Castro has a blog. Apparently for real. It's at least as interesting (if he truly writes it) as many of the other blogs out there.

USA Orders New Legal Drama Pilot "A Legal Mind"

USA has cast actress Meghan Markle in the pilot of its proposed new legal show "A Legal Mind."  Gina Torres plays an attorney at the law firm. Others on the show include Gabriel Macht and Patrick Adams. Aaron Korsch ("The Deep End") is the writer.

Legal Shows: What They Get Wrong Is Criminal

Discussion on the blog Concurring Opinions about the accuracy of legal dramas (and other tv shows as well).

But this commentator disagrees, or at least thinks there are entertaining and useful shows out there.

Mythbusters Comes To the Rescue

A man who helped rescue an elderly woman from her rapidly sinking car in a Massachusetts marina says an episode of the show "Mythbusters" helped him figure out how to do it (that bit of info doesn't come until the very end of this news clip).

Rev-iews of "Rev"

So, reviews are in for the new comedy series, "Rev," which airs on BBC2, and apparently a lot of real "revs" like it. Of course, they're comparing it to "The Vicar of Dibley," which they seem not to have liked (although I liked that, mostly because of the actors--Dawn French et al.)

Should the Supreme Court Pay Attention To International Law?

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg weighs in on the question, and the New York Times analyzes her position, here.

Boulder City Council Considers Dress Code For Public Meetings

No addressing the Boulder City Council in your undies? Or if you wear a mask. Wearing undies AND a mask is really bad. Superman should probably not visit.