Photo by EverJeanGayle Rothenberg, the prominent Houston doctor who was convicted of using fake Botox on her patients, has had that conviction overturned by the Fifth US Circuit Court of Appeals.The appellate court ripped into Rothenberg's trial, saying prosecutors presented evidence -- and the judge allowed it in -- that was irrelevant and highly harmful to Rothenberg in terms of the jurors considering her case.The court remanded the case for a new trial, but made it clear any re-trial would ha
Good Christ, it's fucking hot.It's only June, and already we're in the triple-digits. There's been more wind than normal, at least according to our untrained analysis, so things might not be as bad as they could.But still, it's hot.The Chronicle is offering a haiku contest where people are urged to go all 5-7-5 about the heat wave, but that's way too sophisticated for our bog-Irish ass. Instead we offer limericks on the situation.1. Limerick the First: On the Struggles of the Not-So-Working Clas
Dear Steve Jobs,Ugh. You really think you're so damn cute, don't you? Panther, Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard? Seriously, what's the deal with naming your operating system releases after big pussies? Like society has some sort of obsession with cats or something. Pffft. Yeah, Steve, that's the sound that society makes when society is deeply offended by your assumptions. Society is not amused.Okay, okay, look. Feigned miffed-ness aside, the big kitty motif was kinda rad.
