Umbra or Penumbra.

Umbra, a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes can project fields of darkness. Some have said that I, too, can project an aura of blackness, albeit figuratively.

• § I wager that comic book readers possess greater IQs than, say, people who fish for a hobby. Just my opinion, but one on which I would place a bet.
• § I picture J. Scalia grimacing with disgust when the penumbras of the Constitution are discussed.
• § Whereas, I think so very few things in life are plain on its face.
• § And that’s a good thing.
• § Always look behind the words.

It’s gone. You just had to say the word…

In the background an interview is going on. I hear Sarah Palin say something along the lines of once we start banning guns we will be taking them out of the hands of people who use guns “ethically.” Fucking ridiculous.

Some women say they can “relate” to her, so the may vote for the John McCain ticket. Absolutely ridiculous.

Bizarro

I have written about the “opposite of” when considering guys for various purposes and I believe that Ms. Palin is “the opposite of” me as far as being a human female.

Bizarro Superman would never vote for actual Superman and vice versa.

If I started a business which sold decorative buttons depicting a smirking face drawn in blue upon a background of varying colors (see icon in the location bar of the browser*), Blue Smirk would merely be a descriptive mark. If I keep this domain name and start selling homemade necklaces via the Internet (Worldwide commerce potential) fashioned from the tabs I ripped off of pop cans, Blue Smirk would be a fanciful, arbitrary mark with greater strength affording greater trademark protection.

If one thinks that a female past a certain age while reading about the Rectanus Doctrine in her Intellectual Property case book would not chuckle to herself in amusement while thinking of joke-y comebacks to the doctrine, one’s thinking would be erroneous. Basically, the Rectanus Doctrine seems to be the Mattoon Burger King.

If we learned anything from the Mattoon Burger King example it is to register your mark at the Federal level.