Kids Today

I don't pay much attention to the radio these days, and I'm not too hip on what the kids are listening to. Here's a link to a song about rainwear that's pretty popular.

Seriously?

This is British singer Lauren Rose's techno spin of Hava Nagila. This must be from the same people who thought giving Brittany Spear's mother a book deal was a good idea.

Motion Granted

I just learned that my motion for leave to appeal to the New York State Court of Appeals, the highest court in the state, was granted. They only accept about 5% of the cases looking to appeal, and it freaking rules that we won.

The case is Sum v. Tishman Speyers. Sum was a cleaning lady in a union who was sexually harassed at work and ultimately fired, after she complained. We brought the lawsuit in state court, and the company moved to compel arbitration, saying that under the union's collective bargaining agreement ("CBA"), she had waived her right to a jury. The court granted the motion, since the existing state law says these agreements are enforceable.

The problem is that the federal courts, and almost every court in the country, hold that these CBA jury waivers are NOT enforceable. We appealed to the mid-level court, the First Department, asking the court to essentially reverse itself and bring the law of New York State in line with the rest of the country. We lost, in a very short opinion.

Our victory today permits us to appeal to the highest court in the state, to see if we can get New York in line with the rest of the country. I'll keep you posted. This rocks.

What I Learned From Blacking Out At Our Annual Holiday Party

• RULE #1: When, at 12:30 am, after a night of drinking beer, then wine, then gin & tonics, it is NOT a good idea to switch to rum & cokes. 12:30 should be your turn around time.


• Should you fail to adhere to this RULE #1, be prepared to clean up rum & coke colored vomit in the morning.


• Should you delegate cleaning up said vomit to your wife, be prepared to offer her jewelry to compensate her.


• Waking up and not remembering how you got there is as fun as it sounds.


• Don't have a bagel and orange juice after you just threw up. Not a good idea.


• Leave the chip bowl on the coffee table overnight, so that it will be right near the sofa the next morning, just in case. Be prepared to buy Nilda a new chip bowl.


• Its better to throw up ginger ale or Sprite than to throw up nothing at all.


• It might make sense to think that you've got a virus, but its more likely that you're just really hungover, or have alcohol poisoning.
• Lord of the Rings is an amazing trilogy.


• Have the saltines & chicken soup. Nilda is right.


• Yes, you are actually dying.


• Julie is my sister and I love her.


• I am advised that I still can't take down cousin Bill.

Bad Ass Bears

Here's what random youtube browsing found:



Here's a great one of bear fight (wouldn't let me embed). Check out how the one bear craps himself. Fo' real!

What Have I Done This Year

As the New Year approaches, I thought I'd reflect on what's happened this year. So far, I:

• Got married.
• Went to Spain with Nilda.
• Made partner.
• Joined a wine of the month club.
• Worked out regularly and even did pilates in preparation for the wedding.
• Went from the best shape of my life to the worst shape of my life.
• Re-did the bedroom, including painting and getting new furniture.
• Bought a laptop.
• Watched my nieces keep getting bigger.
• Bought Guitar Hero III.
• Had an awesome bachelor party.
• Started a blog.

Overall, a pretty good year.

Cloverfield Monster

Here's the first glimpse of the monster in Cloverfield, the NY monster movie from the guy who made Lost, with the head of the Statue of Liberty getting thrown around.



Still only completing 80% of One on Guitar Hero III. I'll keep you posted.

Here's a link to the full trailer for Cloverfield, totally post-9/11. While we're at it, here's one for the new Batman movie, too.