How cute:You may recall the Consumer Attorneys...
How cute:
You may recall the Consumer Attorneys Assn. of L.A.--the group that dropped its old name, the L.A. Trial Lawyers Assn., for public relations reasons. Hoping to shore up Nevada’s economy, the band of barristers recently held its convention in Las Vegas. (Maybe Western States Consumer Attorneys Assn. would be more appropriate.) Anyway, one of the more interesting tidbits to come out of the gathering is that the address for the Internet group for “lawyers and legal information technology” is “alt.lawyers.sue.sue.sue.”
Nothing like reinforcing that old stereotype!
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ATTENTION BILL GATES: An ad in the Hollywood Reporter, headlined, “Seeking Nerds,” asks: “Were you outcast, bullied and different as a kid? National Film Board of Canada documentary looking to interview ‘kid nerds’ who have grown up to become successful.”
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SPACEY: Descriptions of some of the offbeat U.S. and Soviet items (with estimated prices) that will be offered in the Space Memorabilia Auction Oct. 28-29 at Superior Stamp & Coin in Beverly Hills:
* “Flown leisure suit . . . this two-part blue and red poly-wool leisure suit was worn by [Soyuz T-5 cosmonaut] Berezovoy . . . one of the more attractive leisure suits we have handled. $500-700.”
* “Flown pair of black shoes made of black leather with white stitching and zippers [Soyuz 22] . . . the first pair of space ‘dress shoes’ we have seen. $250-350.”
* “Fireproof playing cards . . . lot of 2, ace of hearts and deuce of clubs . . . in [Apollo 14 astronauts’] quarantine chamber to help them pass the time. $250-350.”
* “Flown cleaning towel provided for the [Apollo 6] astronauts to maintain clean hands and faces after a meal [unused]. $200-250.”
* “Flown songs composed in space’ by [Soyuz TM-2 cosmonaut] Romanenko. Lot of 3 handwritten pages from his on-board journal. . . . These may have been the first songs composed in space. $350-500.”
* “Flown left-hand glove. A seldom seen early glove . . . from the spacesuit of [Soyuz 25 cosmonaut] Kovalenok. There is some age discoloration but the glove is otherwise very well preserved. $2,500-3,500.”
Regarding the glove, we don’t want to appear skeptical but we’d have Kovalenok try it on first.
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EIGHT LIVES TO GO: Here’s some good news about Katmandu, the homeless feline who was mistakenly described in a Santa Barbara newspaper ad as a “neutered male cat, very pregnant.” Peggy Cooke reports that the Humane Society has found a home for him. It was Cooke who originally came upon Katmandu and phoned in a lost-and-found ad describing the bulky creature as pregnant. When a vet determined that Katmandu was just a lazy male, Cooke called in a correction on the ad, but the newspaper forgot to take out the “very pregnant” part. Katmandu is undoubtedly willing to overlook the insult--as long as he’s fed.
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