My wife and I can’t say what our younger daughter does for a living. It’s not that it’s hard to describe; it’s that we’re not allowed to say. She might as well work for the CIA (but she doesn’t, although of course I would say that even if she did).

What I think I can say is that she works for a global entertainment conglomerate. And her area of focus is “entertainment”. If pressed, I sometimes push the envelope by saying that she’s “friends” with various beloved larger than life characters. She hangs out with these beloved characters in magical “themed” settings. But now I’ve said too much…

I have previously written about my admiration for Scott Brick, the world’s greatest and most awarded audiobook narrator.  And my appreciation that he found the time to create a fantastic audiobook out of my novel, MURDERING LAWYERS.

Recently Scott posted a blog on his website www.brickbybrickaudiobooks.com, the first in a series, in which he highlighted new authors.  To my delight and glee, MURDERING LAWYERS was prominently featured in that blog posting.  After writing that the book was “not your parents’ legal thriller”, Scott went on to call MURDERING LAWYERS “witty, clever, and definitely NSFW” with “plenty of surprises inside its pages.” So naturally I am grinning idiotically as I insert a link to the post here.

I’ve put off writing this post long enough; it’s now been over 6 months since I almost died in Disney World.

And no, the root cause was not, as one Australian co-worker guessed, a particularly tall and aggressive Goofy.  Or an extra-jerky ride on Space Mountain.  Or even (fill in other Disney joke here).

I was with my family in Orlando, visiting the parks and our daughter who works there.  We were staying at the Caribbean Beach resort, in a pirate-themed room.  And in that idyllic setting my heart chose to attack me.

“‘Murdering Lawyers’ May Slow Down Your iPhone” was the message that a friend received recently when trying to download my “MURDERING LAWYERS” mobile app game from the Apple App Store.  That’s not something that anyone wants to hear, for at least 2 reasons: 1. speed can be of the essence when one is trying to murder lawyers; and 2. a warning that downloading your game may screw up iPhones can dampen people’s enthusiasm for your game.

Once again Satan seems to be on a winning streak in our court system.  It seems that no one can (legally) say “no” to having an “After School Satan Club” in their place of child learning.  Or at least not if they’re one of the nearly 5000 schools that already have a Good News Bible Club after school program.

In 2001 the U.S. Supreme Court found in favor (6-3) of an after school evangelical program in a case called the Good News Club v. Milford Central School.  The majority of the Court found that allowing Good News Clubs to run after-school programs and “speak on school ground would ensure, not threaten, neutrality toward religion.”

In a previous post, I told the story of Apple’s surprising level of concern for the danger which could be posed to attorneys by my MURDERING LAWYERS mobile app game.  It is perhaps less surprising that the staff at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO, comprised largely of attorneys) has now expressed trepidation about the related filing for trademark protection.

Several people asked me to “elaborate” on the trials and tribulations of creating a mobile app game with no prior experience or aptitude.  I’m happy to do that, since the experience was fun and creatively rewarding (money to follow), and since I just finished working with my developer to create a kick-ass 15-second promotional video for the game (please click on this YouTube link [you might want to watch it more than once as it is action-packed and goes by VERY quickly]: game ad).