<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from wise-old-sage.blog-city.com</title><link>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2008 wise-old-sage.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:35:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from wise-old-sage.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Movie Review: Vicky Cristina Barcelona</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/movie_review_vicky_cristina_barcelona.htm</guid><link>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/movie_review_vicky_cristina_barcelona.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:34:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=movie%5Freview%5Fvicky%5Fcristina%5Fbarcelona</comments><dc:creator>Christopher Schiller</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Since I am going to the greatest little film festival in the world in a little while, I thought I'd once again try my hand at writing movie reviews in these pages.]]></description><category>review</category></item><item><title>Paramount Achievement</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/paramount_achievement.htm</guid><link>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/paramount_achievement.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:31:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=paramount%5Fachievement</comments><dc:creator>Christopher Schiller</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I, like most of the world I would assume, have been keeping an eye on the Olympics. There are lots of ways to watch the games. You can watch as a member of a country with pride in your country-persons efforts. You can watch as a sports enthusiast, ho]]></description></item><item><title>Google Stumper Game</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/google_stumper_game.htm</guid><link>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/google_stumper_game.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:51:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=google%5Fstumper%5Fgame</comments><dc:creator>Christopher Schiller</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It&#39;s not very easy anymore to be on the cusp of something on the internet nowadays. That wasn&#39;t always the case. Back in the day (keep in mind, my recent post about getting old and noting that I am now past the date of said &quot;oldness&quot]]></description></item><item><title>Fine Wine or Old Shoes?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/fine_wine_or_old_shoes.htm</guid><link>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/fine_wine_or_old_shoes.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:27:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=fine%5Fwine%5For%5Fold%5Fshoes</comments><dc:creator>Christopher Schiller</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In a couple of days I have to face, once again, the fact that I am getting old. I used to couch the shock in the idea that I am just getting older, not old. But let&#39;s face it. We&#39;re all getting old. From the moment of our birth we are degradi]]></description></item><item><title>Canvasing the Neighborhood</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/canvasing_the_neighborhood.htm</guid><link>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/canvasing_the_neighborhood.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:46:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=canvasing%5Fthe%5Fneighborhood</comments><dc:creator>Christopher Schiller</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Of late, there has been a strange and interesting site greeting me with my morning paper. 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I have always been fascinated by the in-the-ear only form of telling a sto]]></description></item><item><title>Mountains and Valleys, Which is Which</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/mountains_and_valleys_which_is_which.htm</guid><link>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/mountains_and_valleys_which_is_which.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:11:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=mountains%5Fand%5Fvalleys%5Fwhich%5Fis%5Fwhich</comments><dc:creator>Christopher Schiller</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This week has been a doozy. It&#39;s had extreme highs and devastating lows. And lots of question marks strewn in between. It will take a while for me to sort things out in the grand scheme of things to know how to talk about all that&#39;s going on.]]></description></item><item><title>Touching Base</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/touching_base.htm</guid><link>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/touching_base.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=touching%5Fbase</comments><dc:creator>Christopher Schiller</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lots happening, nothing to report. The term touching base has interesting possible derrivations. I like to think it is derrived from the old playground game of kick the can or some varient. Touching base is required every so often in order to reset t]]></description></item><item><title>Firefly Approval</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/firefly_approval.htm</guid><link>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/firefly_approval.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=firefly%5Fapproval</comments><dc:creator>Christopher Schiller</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Well, it&#39;s official. Summer has officially arrived. I know this for a fact because I have just seen my first firefly of the season. Or if you prefer, lightning bugs. I use either name interchangably. I used to be a staunch advocate for lightning]]></description></item><item><title>Brown Bag</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/brown_bag.htm</guid><link>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/brown_bag.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=brown%5Fbag</comments><dc:creator>Christopher Schiller</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Brown bag abused,Plain vanilla wrapper,Discarded refuse,Disused entrapper,Once purpose served,No notice is given,Unseen, unobserved,Trash bin its prison,What can be learned,From a bag&#39;s destined fate?Are all to be spurned,Is it far too late?What]]></description><category>poetry</category></item><item><title>Wherefore Art Thou?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/wherefore_art_thou.htm</guid><link>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/wherefore_art_thou.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:21:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=wherefore%5Fart%5Fthou</comments><dc:creator>Christopher Schiller</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Don&#39;t worry. I&#39;m not going to be quoting Shakespeare. At least, not much. It strikes me as odd that those three words are so well known and yet, not one of them is currently in vogue within the English language proper (or improper for that ma]]></description></item><item><title>Time Before Time</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/time_before_time.htm</guid><link>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/time_before_time.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:13:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=time%5Fbefore%5Ftime</comments><dc:creator>Christopher Schiller</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I have always been leery of absolutes. Limits, restrictions for restrictions sake, always seem to me to be boundaries set by an arbitrary board of closed minded thinkers. For every respectable group that states a boundary exists there are those simil]]></description></item><item><title>Four Leaf Clover, Check</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/four_leaf_clover_check.htm</guid><link>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/four_leaf_clover_check.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:38:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=four%5Fleaf%5Fclover%5Fcheck</comments><dc:creator>Christopher Schiller</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This weekend I finally found a four leaf clover. For those that have followed this blog for some time you might remember that I have a minor obsession with that particular mutant weed spawn. I&#39;ve gotten pretty good at finding them over the years.]]></description></item><item><title>And a Really Strong Cup of Tea...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/and_a_really_strong_cup_of_tea.htm</guid><link>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/and_a_really_strong_cup_of_tea.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 14:25:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=and%5Fa%5Freally%5Fstrong%5Fcup%5Fof%5Ftea</comments><dc:creator>Christopher Schiller</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As I read the article below I couldn&#39;t help wondering of the next sentence was going to come straight out of Hitchhiker&#39;s Guide to the Galaxy. There is some physicist who is saying that time travel is much more possible than previously though]]></description></item><item><title>Self Awareness of Others</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/self_awareness_of_others.htm</guid><link>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/self_awareness_of_others.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 14:01:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=self%5Fawareness%5Fof%5Fothers</comments><dc:creator>Christopher Schiller</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There&#39;s an interesting &quot;meme&quot;1 going on the web right now. Someone posted a suggestion that bloggers post a drawing of what they thought they looked like when they were teenagers. 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It&#39;s like I can hear t]]></description></item><item><title>Just Keep Scrolling, There&apos;s Nothing to See Here</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/just_keep_scrolling_theres_nothing_to_see_here.htm</guid><link>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/just_keep_scrolling_theres_nothing_to_see_here.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 13:33:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=just%5Fkeep%5Fscrolling%5Ftheres%5Fnothing%5Fto%5Fsee%5Fhere</comments><dc:creator>Christopher Schiller</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There is a real world phenomena whereby otherwise &quot;normal&quot; human beings do a thing that they could not explain fully or properly if pressed. It seems, no matter your constitution or upbringing, we are naturally- or even unnaturally, dependi]]></description></item><item><title>A Hawk at an Airport</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/a_hawk_at_an_airport.htm</guid><link>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/a_hawk_at_an_airport.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:29:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=a%5Fhawk%5Fat%5Fan%5Fairport</comments><dc:creator>Christopher Schiller</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This morning I dropped someone off at the airport. Yes, I&#39;m one of those people that can be called upon to bring you to and take you back from an airport. I really don&#39;t mind, as long as I don&#39;t feel taken advantage of. I like to drive, e]]></description></item><item><title>Gaiman, Joint Authorship and Transformative Works</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/gaiman_joint_authorship_and_transformative_works.htm</guid><link>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/gaiman_joint_authorship_and_transformative_works.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:21:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=gaiman%5Fjoint%5Fauthorship%5Fand%5Ftransformative%5Fworks</comments><dc:creator>Christopher Schiller</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I know Neil Gaiman ended the title to his latest post with &ldquo;...before we leave the subject forever&rdquo; , but, his comments brought up in my mind two things that might help clarify a bit the complex issues both in Mr. Gaiman&#39;s and Ms. Row]]></description><category>law</category></item><item><title>Daffy-Dill Perspective</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/daffydill_perspective.htm</guid><link>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/daffydill_perspective.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:55:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=daffydill%5Fperspective</comments><dc:creator>Christopher Schiller</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[For the last few days I&#39;ve been looking out of our dining room windows and admiring the Daffy-Dill blossoms searching out the sun. (I know that&#39;s not how the flower&#39;s name is spelled, but, that&#39;s always how I think of them and it&#39;]]></description></item><item><title>Law entry - Patents In Space</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/law_entry__patents_in_space.htm</guid><link>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/law_entry__patents_in_space.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:10:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=law%5Fentry%5F%5Fpatents%5Fin%5Fspace</comments><dc:creator>Christopher Schiller</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Here&#39;s a news story that got me thinking:Boeing Patent Shuts Down AMC-14 Lunar Flyby Salvage Attempt Actually, it&#39;s a space story. And a law story. And a silly story. For those that don&#39;t want to trudge through geeky, space related news (]]></description><category>law</category></item><item><title>Brain Snuck Up on Me, Made Me Smile</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/brain_snuck_up_on_me_made_me_smile.htm</guid><link>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/brain_snuck_up_on_me_made_me_smile.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:43:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=brain%5Fsnuck%5Fup%5Fon%5Fme%5Fmade%5Fme%5Fsmile</comments><dc:creator>Christopher Schiller</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Occasionally, I write things. Less often than I&#39;d like. Less often than I should. If you&#39;re a regular reader of this blog, I apologize and will try to do better. One of the interesting things about writing a lot is that you often forget some]]></description></item><item><title>The Day the Pumpkin Turned Into a Bird</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/the_day_the_pumpkin_turned_into_a_bird.htm</guid><link>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/the_day_the_pumpkin_turned_into_a_bird.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:20:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fday%5Fthe%5Fpumpkin%5Fturned%5Finto%5Fa%5Fbird</comments><dc:creator>Christopher Schiller</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;m not a morning person. I never have been and don&#39;t seem to have the sensibilities to become one. That doesn&#39;t mean I haven&#39;t had jobs where I had to function first thing in the A.M., just that I did it under protest. So it may come]]></description></item><item><title>Constitutional Law - The Second Amendment Discussion</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/constitutional_law__the_second_amendment_discussion.htm</guid><link>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/constitutional_law__the_second_amendment_discussion.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:10:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=constitutional%5Flaw%5F%5Fthe%5Fsecond%5Famendment%5Fdiscussion</comments><dc:creator>Christopher Schiller</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.&rdquo;    	- Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States	 This Amendment to the U.S]]></description><category>law</category></item><item><title>Seeing What&apos;s in Front of You</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/seeing_whats_in_front_of_you.htm</guid><link>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/seeing_whats_in_front_of_you.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:45:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://wise-old-sage.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=seeing%5Fwhats%5Fin%5Ffront%5Fof%5Fyou</comments><dc:creator>Christopher Schiller</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We go through our lives with our convictions held out before us, as a shield against the injustices of the world, as a statement like, &quot;Look at me! 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