Judge Carnes, Karaoke Singer?

It must get frustrating up at the 11th, constantly ruling on sentencing appeals, habeas petitions, and other important matters I instantly forgot about after booking crim pro.

That's why I totally understand Judge Carnes' saying "screw it" and just moving on to some cool old-school karaoke:

It may be true, as the song lyrics say, that “When the moon is in the Seventh House / And Jupiter aligns with Mars / Then peace will guide the planets / And love will steer the stars,” but there was no peace and love between these parties after their contractual dispute arose.

 Oh man, that's a mighty long reach-around.

But I respect the effort.

Hold on -- Karaoke Carnes is not done:

Nothing plus nothing is nothing, just as “nothing from nothing leaves nothing.”

 Billy Preston?

The Fifth Beatle??

The 14th Rolling Stone???

Ok, I gotta give him that one -- well done, Your Honor!

Things That Make You Go "Hmmm."

Let's see....wake up South Florida!

John Pacenti is a fantastic reporter, and I've certainly had my fun with Big Lew, but I sort of agree with Joe DeMaria regarding the Lew Freeman emails that appear on the front page of today's DBR.

They're entertaining as you would expect -- and naturally involve food and bowel movements -- but where's the newsworthiness?

They seem private to me and I feel somewhat uneasy reading them.  That doesn't mean they shouldn't be published if there's some larger point to them, but I guess I'm not seeing it at the moment.

Or maybe I'm missing something -- what do you all think?

Other exciting news -- the guy in charge of handling US renditions to Egypt is now Mubarak's new VP -- that definitely makes me go "hmmm."  And even Dr. Zhivago says it is time for regime change.

Hmmm.

But this is my favorite "hmmm" moment of the morning (from today's DBR but not online):

Robert C. Josefsberg, a partner with Podhurst Orseck in Miami, has been named to the steering committee in the Chinese Drywall multidistrict litigation in New Orleans, replacing outgoing partner Victor Diaz.

Double hmmm.