David Kronemyer

Gather ‘round while I tell you the tale of the bread machine and the lap-top computer. A true story it is, and a woeful one, too! So pay heed, you may achieve some edification with regards to the proper role, nature and function of all of these here new-fangled computational devices. Once upon a time [...]

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In the late 1970s I was promoting concerts, managing bands and working with schizophrenic patients in San Diego. Somehow, for a reason I don’t know, I ended up being a beneficiary of an old gentleman’s will. The actual language of the bequest went something like this: “To A if he is alive at the time [...]

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This is a no-brainer, my hands-down favorite is Thomas Haslem v. William A. Lockwood, a case arising in the great State of Connecticut in the year 1871. It concerned who had the right to possess a large quantity of manure that apparently “lay scattered along the side of a public highway.” The manure was made [...]

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