Weeknote 39, 2023

§1 Cinematic Poe

Horror rarely entertains me, but The Fall of the House of Usher looks amazing.

§2 The Great Fogu

A favorite professor returns to the place I remember him from so well. He loved Columbus, and Columbus loved him back.

§3 COVID booster

Got the latest jab.

On the one hand, I missed the swift efficiency of the process of administering prior jabs.

On the other hand, I'm grateful the global emergency that mandated that efficiency is over.

§4 Quotation

“Exacerbating defendants' obstreperous conduct is their continued reliance on bogus arguments, in papers and oral argument. In defendants' world: rent regulated apartments are worth the same as unregulated apartments; restricted land is worth the same as unrestricted land; restrictions can evaporate into thin air; a disclaimer by one party casting responsibility on another party exonerates the other party's lies; the Attorney General of the State of New York does not have capacity to sue or standing to sue (never mind all those cases where the Attorney General has sued successfully) under a statute expressly designed to provide that right; all illegal acts are untimely if they stem from one untimely act; and square footage subjective.

“That is a fantasy world, not the real world.”

—The Hon. Justice Arthur F. Engoron, writing in his decision in the case PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BY LETITIA JAMES, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK vs. TRUMP, DONALD J. ET AL