Al Nye The Lawyer Guy

RSS Feed

"Law, technology, hardware and software, book reviews, software reviews, sports, weblogs, life."

Author: Alan R. Nye is a solo practitioner in Portland, Maine. He also authors Maine Divorce Law Blog.

Blawg Related Categories: States • Maine • Solo / Small Firm

Recent Posts from Al Nye the Lawyer Guy

Vanished by Joseph Finder
Vanished By Joseph Finder St. Martin's Press $25.99, hard cover, 421 pages, 978-0-312-37908-7 (2009) Joseph Finder just keeps getting better and better with each successive book. Vanished is one that you don't want to start…
Yankees Win World Series (Yawn)
The New York Yankees won another World Series. Ho Hum. Is this a surprise to many people? As I posted recently, the Yankees far outspend any other team in baseball. In 2009, the salary of…
Just Imagine a Team...
Just imagine a team that played a professional sport where money was no object. Imagine a sport where there was not even a hint of an attempt to make teams comparable to one another in…
Celtics Start Season Off Right
Nothing like starting on a high note. The Boston Celtics rolled into Cleveland to face Sir James and newly acquired Shaq. The 95–89 win over the Cavs was the first time the Celtics had won…
Born To Run by Christopher McDougall
Born To Run A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen By Christopher McDougall Alfred A. Knopf $24.95, hard cover, 287 pages, 978-0-307-26630-9 (2009) "Born to Run" is really two…
Senator Collins Getting Some PR
As I mentioned recently, with all the publicity Maine’s Sen. Olympia Snowe has been getting on the health care issue, where’s Maine’s other key politician: Sen. Susan Collins? The Washington Post has a feature on…
Progress, Stability and the Struggle for Equality by Hugh G. E. MacMahon
Progress, Stability and the Struggle for Equality A Ramble Through The Early Years of Maine Law 1820-1920 By Hugh G. E. MacMahon Drummond Woodsum & MacMahon $28.00, soft cover, 346 pages, 978-0-9664015-4-7 (2009) Hugh MacMahon,…
When The Game Was Ours - Larry Bird, Magic Johnson
The Boston Globe has a lengthy excerpt from an upcoming book where Larry Bird and Magic Johnson talk about their 1984 NBA playoff series. I want that book! I want it today! I want it…
Patriots Destroy Titans
59 -0. That was the rout that was the New England Patriots forced on the Tennessee Titans. 59 -0. I’ve never seen such a score in the NFL. In the first half alone, Tom Brady…
National GOP Chief Moos For Health Care?
In a brief article on the Portland Press Herald website, National Republican Party Chief Michael Steele said yesterday that he would be a "cow on the tracks" to stop the health care momentum. "Moo moo,"…