Archive for June, 2006
Caveat: This was posted on my behalf by request by someone who has electronic access to post on my behalf from outside Washington state without my password. I did not actually make this post. But the person didn’t have my password so I am not in violation of Washington State Law or LJ Terms of Service
If you haven’t heard by now, the Washington state gov’t rushed thru a law transforming not only any gambling on the internet, but summarily any discussion of wagers or gambling information.
By rushed thru I mean
January 17 : the law was proposed
February 3: Senate Labor Commitee added: knowingly transmitting or receiving wagers or other gambling information
February 14: passed bi-partisan with no opposing votes in the Senate
March 2: passed bi-partisan 93-5 in the House (now looping in i-net sales of Lottery tickets)
March 28: Signed into law by the Governor.
That is 86 days to write and pass a law. Remember that the next time your unemployed worker benefits run out.
Just to put it in perspective.. here is what a class C felony is in Washington
Bestiality
assault on a child in the third degree
custodial sexual misconduct in the first degree
third degree rape
four DUI’s in seven years
second degree assault
sex and labor trafficking
unlawful taking on endangered fish and wildlife
robbery (1 count)
animal fighting abuse.
The penalty for a class C felony is:
60 months in prison and a $10,000 fine.
You can now add to that:
a 25 cent bet on PartyPoker
Granted, some might argue the penalty is more appropriate for going “all-in” before the flop with less than a pair of jacks in PartyPoker $5 + .50 tournament.
That being said…
Doesn’t this smack just a little of thought crime and violation of the right to free speech?
Edit: Ironically, no one from Washington can actually comment on this post as that would be an example of discussing Gambling in the state and they would be liable for a Class C felony.
I just spent the day trying to figure out who dickherfy is.
Google did not help. Nothing I did helped.
Those of you who do any windows scripting may know what I’m talking about.
There are two very different ways to read/perform Shakespeare.
One very obvious and one much lower carrying a level of subtext that must be read with the opposite intent. In doing so, one can insult the very nature of behavior while surreptitiously teaching a very difficult lesson.
Today, I find my inner nature at odds with my ability as a performer to relegate the ability to transcend the obvious.
So, now.. one of the most argued passages of Shakespeare that is likewise one of the most misperformed audition pieces.
The contents within neither signify nor do not signify my view of the world
This is taken from my IM profile on AIM.. I’d been meaning to write this down.. Here’s an early draft
I don’t actually expect anyone to read this but here are my basic rules for IM. The problem is that the average person who has a personality that messages me out of the blue will either not violate these rules in the first 3 femtoseconds of the conversation and I won’t be motivated to send the link. OR… The person will violate at least 2 in an even shorter amount of time and is probably too damned stupid or illiterate to make it through this paragraph let alone the rest to figure out why I just don’t have time for their waste of space on the internet. 