I have a slight fascination with the stuff that people wear to court. Teenage girls seem to always be looking for creative ways to show too much skin- a few years ago it was jeans cut way too low, now the jeans are higher but the shirts are cut way too low- but that's arguably the fashion.

A couple weeks ago I had a kid show up, recently released from juvenile prison for a gang related offense. Claimed he had gone straight and quit bangin'.
"Why the !@#$ are you wearing red from head to toe, then?
"Uhh.. it was all the clean clothes I had?"
Well, let's hope for the best.

The t-shirts defendants, especially, wear are what makes you wonder if they have any chance of functioning in society. What impression does it give, for example, to show up in court with "MGD-IT'S TIME TO DRINK BEER!" in three inch letters on your chest?

Saw a couple new ones this week. One's shirt had a large "smiley face" with a bullet hole in the forehead. Another kid was waiting for a probation appointment in a shirt that said "THE MAN" with an arrow pointed up toward his face and "THE LEGEND" with an arrow pointing down toward his crotch. Bet the probation officer was impressed. Hope it wasn't a sex offense.