I am gazing into my slightly cracked crystal ball. Other, wiser souls recently offered insightful and serious forecasts in this publication about the paths on which the law may tread in 2014. Pish-posh. I prefer to amble about the lesser plane of wisecracks, sardonic quips and (tongue-in-cheek) wishful thinking. Just remember, folks, you read it here first™!

• In 2014, Justice Antonin Scalia will shock the world by singing the lead in “Pagliacci” at the Met – in a performance the New York Times will pan as “activist.” Not to be outdone, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will become the first member of the Supreme Court to win a bracelet at the World Series of Poker.