E. Michael Harrington

At our informal class meeting this morning, we began writing a song about overthrowing New Jersey using pizza as one of the weapons, and Michael Scott as leader in the rebellion. Here are some of the photographs from pre-war up to actual battle.

I just found this abstract of CHEMICAL FOLKLORE, my master's thesis orchestral composition. As is evident, CF is not a love song but my experiments in stochastic music, linear algebra, vector space & set theory & an accompanying book explaining these concepts and how I used them in the composition.

Had a great time Zooming to our IP panel at Drexel Law School last night for a discussion of the Blurred Lines and SAS v. Ed Sheeran cases (I was involved in both & thrilled that Sheeran turned out correctly). Blurred Lines - Blurred Judgment & Blasphemy against Musical Inspiration.

People say that this fashion-obsessed woman with the big black hair bears a resemblance to me - some even think I, mild-mannered college professor, would wear a beautiful black dress on Halloween while teaching classes at a southern Baptist college. Happy Halloween 2025!

Dressing like a couch around JD Vance is a choice

Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.

This is amazing, amazing work.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Now that the Republican Party is destroying the White House and making it more like Trump's playground in Florida, I think their next step will be to change the Washington Monument into the Trump Monument and do it simply by adding the "T" on top. Like this (only they'll add gold to it.)

I will be speaking about the Blurred Lines and Ed Sheeran Thinking Out Loud cases on a panel at Drexel University's Kline Institute of Trial Advocacy (Drexel Law) on Thursday, October 30, 2025 from 6-8PM at 1200 Chestnut St. in Philadelphia.
drexel.edu/law/news/eve...

www.mediaite.com Trump’s ‘Grim Reaper’ Announces $11 Billion in Paused Projects — New York, San Francisco, Boston, and Baltimore

Trump’s ‘Grim Reaper’ Announces $11 Billion in Paused Projects — New York, San Francisco, Boston, and Baltimore

JUDGE ELLIS: “.. At least from what I’m seeing, I’m having serious concerns that my order’s being followed.”

@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/10/16/u...

Chicago judge orders ICE to wear body cams after clash with protesters, reports say

The collapse of hired gun expert witness/famed TV shrink Dr. Phil's enterprise is such a feel good story! May he and Alex Jones find suitable tents and underpasses to live out their days. 😂
www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-trum...

The (Boston) New England Patriots are in 1st place in the AFC East!!!

YouTube video by iiKizmit THE YANKEES........ LOSE!!!! #DoDamage #RedSox #RedSoxNation

Da Yankees lose!!!! 2025 is now an excellent year as the great NY Yankees & I will be watching the World Series from very nice locations! GO CANADA!! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk-2...

Despite rumors to the contrary (in print, as you can see), I am NOT hiring for these 4 jobs at Michigan State University although Senior Cost Estimator sounds just fine. I hope hearing it from me will ease any uncertainty. 😂🌬️

I get to Zoom-speak to students at Cal Poly Pomona tonight for 2-hours abt IP, AI & music/entertainment industry. I'm thrilled for the opportunity & grateful to Prof. Michael Millar for the invitation. Hope to be at CPP in person in 2026!

Jeffries: In that Oval Office meeting, which lasted over an hour, the amount of time spent talking about health insurance for undocumented immigrants was less than 10 seconds. You know why? Because they know it’s a lie. They didn’t even bother to bring it up—because the cameras weren’t rolling.

Despite the chaos in Washington, Maryland continues to show there is a better way.

Today, we’re proud to announce a historic agreement between Maryland, Constellation, and regional stakeholders on the future of the Conowingo Dam.

Talarico: if you read the new testament, Jesus doesn't spend most of his time preaching or teaching or even praying. He spends most of his time healing the sick.

Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care

BREAKING: EX-TRUMP FAITH ADVISOR PLEADS GUILTY TO SA’ing 12-Y.O. https://twp.ai/4irsU6

Because of President Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill," Californians will see the average monthly share of their premiums increase from 73% – 388% starting in January. Democrats in Congress have agreed to fund the government to reverse these cost increases, but Republicans continue to block the deal.

The GOP Budget Law passed this summer will nearly double — and possibly triple — monthly health insurance bills for most Californians enrolled in our state's marketplace.

Republicans can either take immediate action to fix this or continue lying about making Americans pay more.

I still can't get over the surreal experience of watching Trump effectively telling all our generals he is going to order them to kill American citizens in my city in a speech that he also stopped midway through to spend 5 minutes explaining how he is so smart for walks down stairs slowly.

COLLINS: So you're telling me you're willing to vote no every time?

BERNIE SANDERS: Damn right

Elizabeth Warren: "If fighting to reduce the cost of healthcare and avoid a coming catastrophe is not worth fighting for, then I don't know what is."

oh my

YouTube video by Shirley Șerban Edelweiss for Today: Epstein Files; A Sound of Music Challenge for Trump

Epstein files, Epstein files, Please expose them completely, Your denial’s out of style, Now you’re coming off weakly. What’s in them so heinous you can’t show? Prove you’re no transgressor. Epstein files, Epstein files, Yes, they’ll haunt you forever. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV9m...

YouTube video by vaimusic Julian Bream plays for Stravinsky (vaimusic.com)

This is make-believe cool - that my musical heroes, composer Igor Stravinsky and guitarist/lutenist Julian Bream, actually met. (I concentrated in composition & classical guitar but could never bridge the two areas. Nor could these giants.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4f8...

Pete Hegseth, the same guy who texted classified war plans to a reporter, wants to decide what the media can report at the Pentagon.

The First Amendment is clear: the government cannot stop a free press.

This order is unconstitutional and un-American.

Nextstar is engaging in censorship and, to quote one of the Republicans' consistent boogeymen, CANCEL CULTURE and gleefully doing the bidding of Putin-Trump. I hope millions will boycott advertisers on Nextstar stations. www.nexstar.tv/stations/ #canceldisney