Thank you to Clawbies

I am a fan of many blogs, especially blogs where the writer(s) clearly enjoy doing what they do. It is always pleasing to get feedback – and I am pleased to get a Clawbies award again this year  for simply promoting Canadian blogs – which, frankly, is pretty easy to do since there are so [...]

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Onwards to 2010

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Charon’s Christmas paintings: Green Dancer

Green Dancer Oil on Canvas Charon In the Collection of @Little_Lawyer “Charon does like to take a knife to a painting….” Butchery Today The full series of F**kart paintings may be viewed here

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On the 70th Day of Christmas…

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F**kART: The Complete Series… possibly

“Evil Dave” came from a well known web pic of David Cameron. Using my new *Painting by Numbers* technique; reducing tone and shape to essential colour blocks – I can knock these out quickly enough to stop me getting bored.  When I was in my early twenties one of my nicknames was ‘Risotto’ – ready [...]

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Charon’s Christmas Paintings: I’ll Passmore on this….

I’ll Passmore on this (2009) Oil on Canvas Charon Geometry was a bit of a mystery to the young Charon – but over time, and through necessity,  he came to understand the principles.  Now geometry fascinates Charon more in the shape than the practical application and for the possibilities of optical illusion. If one looks [...]

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Postcard from the Staterooms-on-Sea

Dear Reader, Well… a most enjoyable Christmas Day and Boxing Day but now, mercifully, it is time to move on.  There was a very interesting article in the Observer this morning… Call for universities to charge well-off students £30,000 a year Former member of the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee says poor have been [...]

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Do not worry… I know it is a law blog… back very soon with some Law

Do not worry… I know it is a law blog… back very soon with some Law

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“We know….about quantum physics”….

“We know….about Quantum Physics” Oil and Spray can paint on canvas Charon In the Collection of @Oedipus_Lex Some time ago, I had a most enjoyable – but very bizarre – evening in Battersea with Johnny Biltong, Tonto Popadopolous and George.  @Oedipus_Lex, a friend met through Twitter and, it is fair to say, a man who [...]

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Christmas paintings: Red Dancing

Red Dancing Oil on Canvas Charon “Charon rarely draws or paints figures – largely because they are a bit more difficult than sticking fake jewellery on badly drawn sharks…but he has made an exception with this dancer based on a fashion designer style. Charon was having lunch, as he does most Sundays, at a local [...]

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Charonasso Christmas

Christmas ’09 (2009) Oil on Canvas Charonasso In the Collection of Gerry Wateridge “Charon spent Christmas drinking Italian reds, listening to Verdi and Puccini, and amusing himself on Twitter and Skype video. He had, he told me, been dreaming of a White Christmas but it was not to be. He couldn’t explain why he painted [...]

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A lawyer isn’t just for Christmas…. have a good one

Even lawyers say Happy Christmas without sending a fee note…. well… most…. I can’t, of course, speak for @Geeklawyer Have a good one…

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Absolutely brilliant… for Christmas and every day…

Twitter is a wonderful concept and never more so when humour and kindness overpowers the snakeoil people trying to rip people off. I follow @Geeklawyer on Twitter who follows @RAFairman – and, through Geeklawyer,  so do I.  @RAFairman is trying to promote and help  raise a lot of money for a remarkable cause run through [...]

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A Christmas trip to Rochester and Chatham on The Medway…

While I was invited to dine and get  drunk with good friends in Battersea and, thereby, remove the need to do anything at all on Christmas day – I decided to spend Christmas at the Staterooms-on-Sea so that I could be conscious during daylight hours tomorrow.  I shall see my friends next week, when I [...]

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You’ll believe a man can fly – Riojaman!

You’ll believe a man can fly – Riojaman! (2009) Oil on Canvas Charon “In this latest Marvel inspired piece from Charon’s ‘Superhero Period’ Charon achieves his ultimate ambition – transmogrification into a bottle of Rioja and superhero to boot.  The detail in building a cork into the headgear of the figure can only be marvelled [...]

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A mention in ‘dispatches’ in the Annual ‘Blawggies’…

Dennis Kennedy, a US lawyer,  produces an annual ‘Blawggies’ award. It is the sixth year.   While I am more than happy to see if I can purchase the odd peerage from the corrupt or award myself ‘honours’ when I am in the mood, I always appreciate interest from fellow bloggers.  Dennis Kennedy was kind enough [...]

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How to be a social media maven and guru, killing burglars and other matters…

Serious lawyer and excellent twitterer @brianInkster, who runs his own successful law firm out of  offices in  Glasgow, wrote a review of a book written by an American lawyer on how lawyers could use twitter.  I haven’t read the book and, as Sir Maurice Bowra used to say, I shall lose no time in doing [...]

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Blawg Review #243 – from Silverman Sherliker blog

Blawg Review #243 – from Silverman Sherliker blog Fighting Back: A Festive Meditation for Lawyers The Physical Universe tends towards chaos and dissolution …the Moral Universe towards injustice and despair ….the Legal Universe, for surely such a dimension does exist, towards obfuscation, misdirection and delay. But there is a contrary principle. As Chris Sherliker says…“The [...]

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Charon’s Christmas paintings: Superinjunction!

A larger version of the original painting may be viewed here For other painting in the F**kArt series – click here In the Collection of Geeklawyer (The painting…that is)

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Charon’s Christmas paintings: Barristerman!

Barristerman! (2009) Oil on Canvas Charon Charon read too many Marvel comics when he was a kid…and he likes Roy Lichtenstein….nuff said. In the Collection of Diana A larger version of the actual painting may be viewed here Other ‘paintings’ in the F**kART series may be viewed here

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