True grit from the get-go 'R' us

Not much happening around the old Nostrum corral these days. Everybody was off last week, including the Mite's school, Tennessee Williams, which put him in a state of permanent depression because he wasn't able to work with his LDers on jury nullification. The Mite has the idea that his team should simply run total nullification, i.e., judge nullification, prosecutor nullification, bailiff nullification, defendant nullification, the guy who sells coffee down on the main floor nullification, the works. He calls this his throwing out the bathwater with the baby approach. Doesn't sound all that great to me, but what do I know? I just judge 'em, I don't coach 'em.

There's a new character or two in this week's Nostrum (mp3—the episode # may look wrong, but it isn't—some technical glitch too insignificant to worry about, pdf), which is now ready for prime time. Hautboy LeMonde, for one. We did not make up that name. Hautboy is entirely real. As is, of course, all of Nostrum. We just write it down. So don't write us complaining about our insensitivity or whatever. If you want sensitive, buy the expensive toothpaste. We're true grit from the get-go.