Cuba Gooding, Jr. to play Tiger Woods in a Movie? Cuba, say it isn't so....

It's being reported that Cuba Gooding, Jr. is being cast as Tiger Woods in a new movie that will focus on the continuing Tiger Woods scandal.  This news is showing up on Gooding's IMDB profile as almost a done deal.

Wo Nellie. 

My first thought -- which is a bigger fall from grace, Tiger Woods for obvious reasons or Cuba Gooding, Jr. (an actor whose talents I admire) even being MENTIONED to star in this opportunistic crud? 

You remember Cuba Gooding, Jr. -- he's the guy who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Jerry McGuire, playing the character with the catch phrase "show me the money" ....

Show me the money, indeed. 

It's Complicated - Legally Related Movie Review No. 1

It's Complicated not only has a main character who is a lawyer (Alec Baldwin's role), it deals with lots of stuff that family lawyers will appreciate.  Divorce, the kids after the divorce, adulterous liasons, ... you get the idea.  You never know what kind of law that Baldwin's character practices, but he's gotta be a trial lawyer.     

Family lawyers will probably think this film is a hoot in ways that others won't. Here's what I thought (my background isn't family law) .... 

Melinda Duckett Family Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Nancy Grace and CNN -- It May Be a Dog that Will Hunt

Here in Texas, and I suppose most of the South, lawyers will talk about a weak argument as being a "dog that won't hunt."  And there was a time after the 2006 filing of a wrongful death action against CNN and Nancy Grace by the family of Melinda Duckett where that was exactly what I was thinking:  it's a dog that won't hunt.  Things may have changed ....

Backstory - What's the Basis for the Lawsuit?

On September 7, 2006, Nancy Grace interviewed Melinda Duckett over the telephone as part of her continuing television coverage of the search for Melinda Duckett's missing child, 2 year old Trenton.  (A transcript of the interview, as it was aired on September 8, 2006, by CNN is still available online.) 

Must See Video: Dogs Greeting Soldier Coming Home From 14 Mths in Iraq

I'm late in the game here, lots of folks have been sharing this video for awhile. I found it on Mental Floss, and I discover that Andrew Sullivan posted in a year ago.

Still, how can NOT I share it here, in case you haven't seen this?

God bless our soldiers and God bless dogs.

I love this video.

I Rank Within Top 3 in Google Search Results for My Blog Posts and the Search Results are in the Millions

Yesterday, I went roaming thru my blog post stats and found some very nice results. Like I'm hitting with posts in the top 3 out of millions in Google search results, and with posts that have staying power (they're old and still hitting hit.) So, please forgive my intrusion into the usual theme of this blog, but I'm republishing my post from yesterday on my Writer-Lawyer blog here (and on Everyday Simplicity and Rebecca Kennedy, too) as an experiment - to see what happens, stat-wise ....

This afternoon, I stopped to check the stats for my personal blogs and found some nice results. I do this a lot, but today I actually stopped to make a little tally.