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Opus 109

About Me

Father. Husband. Lawyer.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Tom Ford and Kanye West, either separately, or at the same party. Jim Harrison over steaks and a magnum of Oregon Pinot Noir. Jon Stewart in a golf foursome. Barack Obama in the Oval Office.

My Blog

Album of the Year

  My pick for 2008 Album of the Year is.... 'The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull' by Earth.  Released by Southern Lord Recordings in February. This is an amazing album.  ...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:43:00 GMT

Updated HEAVY Playlist

Time to jack it up a notch or twelve.  I've been listening to a lot of really, really good progressive and experimental metal, "post-metal" or thrash metal, whatever the heck label works for you....
Posted by on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:33:00 GMT

Updated "Down Tempo" Playlist

I love heavy music.  People that know me are aware of this.  You may not know, however, that I really enjoy electronica, bass & drum and other types of music. This latest Playl...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:49:00 GMT

Updated Playlist!

Check out the updated tunes in my MySpace Playlist. ISIS - great post-metal group.  The quality of the musicianship is phenomenal. Thrones - This is one guy!  Joe Preston, a member of s...
Posted by on Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:12:00 GMT

MySpace Music Player Rocks!

I really like the new MySpace music player!  I have now downloaded nine pieces of music that I really like, and can listen to them while doing other stuff.  If you listen to the stuff I have...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:46:00 GMT

New Job

It's official, I have accepted an offer of full-time employment from Zurich Insurance, as a Trial Attorney in Rancho Cordova.  I will now have a wonderfully short 12 minute commute from home.&nbs...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:14:00 GMT

Big Business / Melvins Shows (Sac. & SF)

The Big Business / Melvins shows in Sacramento (@ Boardwalk) and San Francisco (@ Slim's) were fun, but I can't say I was blown away like the first time I saw Big Business (@ Harlow's, Summer 2007).&n...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:09:00 GMT

Busy, Busy, Busy!

I started a new job with Zurich Insurance, specifically, handling a busy construction defect litigation caseload.  How busy?  I inherited 77 active cases from the attorney who left the job t...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:34:00 GMT

Shaving My Face

Good news, I'll be shaving my face soon, most likely Thursday morning.  Have a couple of interviews lined up, more to follow for sure.  Bummer...I kind of liked this new look, even if it's o...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:53:00 GMT

An Important Message from...George Carlin

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have big...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:06:00 GMT