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In the movie “Rounders,” Matt Damon’s character Mikey is on a great life path. Law school, part-time job, living with a fellow law school classmate, played by the beautiful Gretchen Moll. Then his old friend Worm is released from prison and the chaos starts, disrupting Mikey’s life. My thought of Chaos Friends was sparked by a post by who writes the substack . I recommend checking it out. Laura wrote a recent post about being addicted to chaos, and it made me think about how even if you’re not addicted to chaos, you probably have had a Chaos Friend.

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Readers ask me all the time where I get the names for my characters, and I don’t love the question because they’re always disappointed with the answer. I think this has something to do with the fact that the YA boom—one branch of which has mutated into what we’re now calling “romantasy”—taught a lot of readers to expect names freighted with symbolism. L… ncG1vNJzZmilnKe2sLDIrJquqqOevK%2B%2Fjaysm6uklrCsesKopGioX5i1or7AnKueql1mfXJ5zZqkoqaXYsGpsYywpquklHTCtbm%2BrKauqpOairG%2Bzp%2BgpZ1WqsGuq8yem6KtnXK%2Fpq3Dnqlr

Charles Brandon (1484 – ), one of the greatest noblemen in England and brother-in-law to the king through his wife Mary Tudor, Henry’s sister. A blundering hearty, a big man with a big beard. Six of seven years older than Henry, you are one of the tiltyard stars he looks up to when he is a young lad just taking up dangerous sports. Your relationship with him is warm and brotherly.

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Welcome to Original Jurisdiction, the latest legal publication by me, David Lat. You can learn more about Original Jurisdiction by reading its About page, you can reach me by email at davidlat@substack.com, and you can subscribe by clicking on the button below. Today brings significant news in the Dan Markel murder case. Davis Oscar Markus of Markus/Moss, the longtime lawyer of Charles Adelson, is withdrawing from representing his notorious client. As followers of this case will recall, Charlie Adelson stands accused of hiring two hit men to kill his ex-brother-in-law Dan Markel in 2014.

For reasons I don’t entirely remember, I used to sometimes listen to audio commentaries for reasons other than writing them up for The A.V. Club column Commentary Tracks of the Damned.  I listened to George Clooney’s audio commentary for Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, for example, but had to shut it off after about an hour for two reasons. For starters, it was boring. George Clooney may be a smart and accomplished filmmaker but all he talked about on the commentary was where he “borrowed” each individual shot and which specific movie he was ripping off.

This song was requested by TLSP reader Dave S. Paid subscribers can request songs on this post right here! Peak: #13 on the Hot 100 Streams: 2.9 million I get a sharp ache when I listen to Charlie Dore’s “Pilot of the Airwaves.” Not because the song is about loneliness — thought it is — but because it’s about a cure for loneliness that’s almost obsolete. Th… ncG1vNJzZmikn6jBtLvNoKpnq6WXwLWtwqRlnKedZL1wvMilpq1ln5t6tbTEZpiiqqeWw6a%2FjJyfmqqcnrJusM6rnGaqlau2psM%3D

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