Just when it seems like 2020 can't top itself when it comes to low points and new disasters to contend with, something else is bound to come along—murder hornets, anyone? So, if you're like me, you treasure the rare opportunity to take a break from the drudgery of working from home while waiting for life to return to normal, and you revel in the bright spots of humor and weirdness that the legal system sends our way.

Take the recent cease and desist letter sent by Los Angeles entertainment lawyer Peter Paterno, for example. Paterno represents (among others) the Doobie Brothers and when he learned that actor Bill Murray was using his client's song, "Listen to the Music," in ads for Murray's Zero Hucks Given line of golf shirts, he decided to address the allegedly improper use head-on. But rather than sending a typical demand letter, Paterno had some fun with it. Paterno said that since Murray's company hadn't paid for use of the Doobie Brothers' song, perhaps the company's name should be changed to "Zero Bucks Given." Moving on to "the part where I'm supposed to cite the United States Copyright Act" and "some subparagraph that I'm too lazy to look up," Paterno said that he could threaten Murray "with eternal damnation," but "you already earned that with those Garfield movies." Ouch! And after alluding to some of the best—and worst—of Murray's body of work, Paterno took another shot, noting that his clients would almost be OK with the unapproved use "if the shirts weren't so damn ugly." To his credit, Murray's attorney, Alexander Yoffe, also took a lighthearted approach with his response. He offered Paterno and his clients a selection of the "shirts you find the least offensive," and applauded Paterno for "finding levity in the law at a time when the world and this country certainly could use a laugh." Of course, peaceful resolution by "Taking It to the Streets" is preferable to "taking it to the courts," or at least that's what this fool believes.