Clawbies and a Happy New Year…

A most entertaining New Year’s Eve on Twitter… far better, for me, than going out to Tralfagar Square. It is cold….  and  I’d just end up talking in French to tourists…. Twitter was amusing this evening.  Happy New Year to all I also won a Clawbie.  Canadian Law Bloggers Award – and I’m delighted because [...]

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We sailed against the French… a short *Tweeplay*…

At a loss as to how best I could amuse myself this eve of the New Year, I thought it may be interesting to re-take France for our Nation and report events as they unfolded on TWITTER. The Scene. A fleet of ships of war and ships of the line, lying at Portsmouth, provisioned and [...]

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I’m a twitterman and I’m OK?….

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And… Madness… takes control….

I enjoy Twitter. I appear to have done over 10600 *Tweets* and when I went on to Tweetwaster.com I discovered to my pleasure that the report on me was as follows: “316,980 Seconds or 5,283 Minutes or 88.05 Hours or 3.67 Days using Twitter! Tweetwasters rank: #663 http://tweetwasters.com Twitter is now going the way of [...]

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Blawg Review #192: A snapshot of 51 Blawg Reviews during 2008

Blawg Review #192: A snapshot of 51 Blawg Reviews during 2008 is now up…

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Postcard from Bloomsbury, London

Well… an amusing Christmas. Santa has left British airspace for yet another year and as we career towards the start of the new year and the ascension of Obamassiah* to the presidency of the United States, the newspapers turn their cheery attention to who kicked the bucket this year and talk of the worst recession [...]

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Fantastic… lawyer advertising in The States

I am grateful to fellow  US bloggers @Gideonstrumpet (A Public Defender blog) and Brian Tannebaum / @MIAMICRIMLAW (Criminal Defense blog) for providing links to three truly astonishing tv adverts for lawyers and one *magical* lawyer website run by a Mr Speer who pulls things out of hats.  It really is worth your time looking at [...]

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A brisk walk to Trafalgar Square, London

Podcast version: A brisk walk to Trafalgar Square, London *** Not surprisingly, given that Britain PLC is in the midst of the great shutdown for two and a bit weeks, London was very quiet this morning. Rising early, after a glass of Rioja from the bottle left by the kindly gentleman in red robes last [...]

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Christmas Day 2008 – a short movie……

Well… here we are.  It is Christmas Day. I have opened the bottle of red wine from my Christmas stocking.  I tracked Santa’s progress across the globe courtesy of NORAD and Google Earth and now I am going to do what many people do….. possibly to excess?  Merry Christmas. *** Watch the Christmas Movie

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Christmas podcasts…. with Geeklawyer…

On the eve of Christmas… two podcasts for you, should you wish to listen *** 1.  Geeklawyer does his own Christmas message 2.  I do a Christmas podcast with Geeklawyer.  We talk of (and drink) many things.

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On the eve of Christmas…..

It was quiet… preternaturally quiet… calm almost. I poured some Tempranillo into a large glass, swirled it around and sat back.  Christmas had arrived once again.  I have decided to amuse myself tomorrow by cooking a curry from scratch… a hot one from Southern India. I purchased all the necessary spices, the rice, some chicken [...]

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Christmas Movie: Charon talks to H.M. The Queen?…

It is Christmas Eve…. and I’ve been able to do my interview with The Queen. It is a wrap as we say in the business…. Watch the Christmas movie? *** I’ll be back on Christmas day – with a message for all bloggers… throughout the world.  3.00 London Time….

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Daily Legal News

News update on Insite Law Over the Christmas period 23 December – 5th January 2009 I shall continue to do news updates for Insite Law and update the section on what bloggers are up to.  Daily news podcasts will resume on 5th January.

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Christmas was cancelled….

I have decided to celebrate Christmas after all….

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22 December: Daily Legal News

The daily legal news and blawg update is now up on Insite Law Christmas Period Friday 19th December 2008 – 5 January 2009 Insite Law will be updated regularly throughout the Christmas holiday period. The daily news podcasts will resume on 5th January *** Blawg Review Blawg Review #191 is up at Likelihood of Confusion

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New Pageflakes for Law blogs: Australia, New Zealand, Scotland and Ireland

New pageflakes of blogs from Australia, New Zealand, Scotland and Ireland. All Pageflake law blog pages will be added to in the future and ‘dead’ blogs will be removed periodically. Have a look at new Pageflake page for Australia, New Zealand, Scotland and Ireland law blogs

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Covent Garden, London

Podcast Version: Geeklawyer meeting in Covent Garden It was shortly after 4.15 pm London time this afternoon when my mobile informed me that I had a message. The message read.. “I’m ite and abite .” There are only two people I know who would say such a thing. One is the Duke of Edinburgh… the [...]

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Wildy & Sons sponsor Insite Law Pageflakes

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Podcast 84: Brian Tannebaum, US Attorney on Criminal Defense in Miami, Florida

Today I am talking to Brian Tannebaum a US attorney who practises in Miami, Florida as a criminal defense lawyer. Brian is author of the Criminal Defense blog and has written a short book The Truth about hiring a Criminal Defense lawyer.  I use the structure of the book as a base for our podcast.  [...]

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Sicilian Avenue, Holborn London

Podcast version:  Charon on London (1) I’ve always wanted to say that I was sitting, sipping sangiovese and smoking  in Sicilian Avenue this morning….. because I enjoy alliteration when I am in the mood.  I was in Sicilian Avenue this morning, early, for a meeting – but it was black coffee and a very pleasant [...]

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