lost my train of thought
I really did plan to write a new, serious posting today. But, Carolyn Elefant left a provocative Comment overnight that kept me busy much of the morning, and then Evan Schaeffer really got me off track with his musings about being stuck in traffic at a RailRoad Crossing.
It seems that half of the weblawg-o-sphere was over at Evan’s place talking about trains today. Evan — like many others litigators (especially of the p/i ilk) — is a natural entertainer and promoter. He definitely knows how to attract and distract his weblogging colleagues (some quite easily and often).
Notes from the (Legal) Underground has become a favorite little e-cafe for a broad cross-section of the legal/law school community, with light fare and a genial host. [unlike Mr. Schaeffer, I will not use this as an excuse to link to all the faves out there] Check it out — it’s a lot more entertaining than law.
- Afterthought: I posted here 15 minutes ago, and it just happened again: Evan’s weblogging has distracted me from legal ethics (and life). After hecking Detod, I read an interesting Dennis Kennedy posting inspired by Evan, complete with reminisces about the B&O. Then, lured back to Evan’s site, I read Beldar’s comment, filled with the history of Houston, which Beldar says once promoted itself as “the City where seventeen railroads meet the sea!” [really makes me want to visit!] All that history reminded me that I live in Schenectady, New York, which calls/called itself “The City that Lights and Hauls the World” — due to it once being the home of both General Electric and Alco, The American Locomotive Company, which closed its doors in 1969.
You can read some of the history of ALCO, and see great pictures of its famous engines (like Jupiter, Hudson, Challenger, Hiawatha, and Big Boy), by clicking here, the website for the public television program The Iron Horse in Schenectady: Locomotives for the World. (WMHT-TV)
Now, what was it I was planning to do tonight?