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  • So the parents flipped out pretty extensively about the Le Corbusier... what to do... what to do...

  • <edit> Well, when I left to try and get the stuff to fix the shower... I had a flat tire... What a splendid day... </edit> Well I think I'm two days late, but it's was the 2nd blogaversairy of this …

  • While I was sitting, waiting for my Constitutional Law exam to commence, I was reminded of the fact that I appear to be physically incapable of writing a visually pleasing arabic numeral 8... Not sure what my problem is …

  • Although I don't think she reads my blog... I stumbled across a rather mediocre limerick about Becca... For those of you who don't know, I have a habit of writing limericks about my friends... and in the spirit of limeri…

  • So… all in all I was pretty happy with my ability to focus for my first exam (seeing how focus has been sort of an on-going dilemma in my own little universe this year) but I’m having a hard time replicating that with my…

  • Today's study-avoidance lyrics are: I’ve been wrongI had plans so bigBut the devil’s in the detailsI left out one thingNo one to love meNo one to love meNo one to loveFor the want of a nail, the world was lostFor the wa…

  • "... never for her was there a place in the terrible, slow armies of the cautious. She ran ahead where there were no paths." ~Dorothy Parker From one of the handful of mother's day cards I'm sending out... ... do…

  • 1 exam down... 3 left... Then I will no longer be a 1L... 33% of the way to being a real attorney! speaking of exams, I scheduled 3 sections of the CPA exam today... It's just a testy testy day...

  • “If you’re standing up and pouting, it’s a federal matter.” ... “If you’re laying on the ground bleeding, it’s a state matter” ~Judge Rosenbaum

  • Time for some quizzes, then back to studying... Your Brain is 40.00% Female, 60.00% Male You have a total boy brain Logical and detailed, you tend to look at the facts And while your emotions do sway you someti…

  • Hat tip to Luke: Lawyer's Greed Laid Bare AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Even for his fellow lawyers, a Dutch law school graduate may have gone a bit too far in expressing a desire to strike it rich. Reinder Eekhof, a…

  • While I'm pretty sure I've posted this before, this weekend somewhat merits a revisiting... Thank you for being a friend Traveled down the road and back again Your heart is true your a pal and a confidant. And if…

  • Yea!!! I got a copy of my article today! Yea for being published!!!

  • When it’s graduation time, I tend to start thinking about some of the other people from high school… from our class and from those above and below us… wondering what and how they are doing. While I have at most a minimal…

  • France is supporting preemptive war -- so long as it's by a major customer! During a state visit to China, French Premier Raffarin threw support behind a law allowing China to attack Taiwan and continued to push f…

  • Law Bans Open Food, Drinks In Vehicles POSTED: 10:32 am EDT April 20, 2005 FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- There's a problem with the open-container law in Fort Wayne. Officials have discovered that the ordinance bans all op…

  • Song Lyrics in Legal Outline Format from livejournalHere is the Ghostbusters theme song in legal outline format. Things I ain't afraid of: no ghost Strange things in the neighbourhood (partial list): …

  • IT'S A QUAGMIRE: Sixty years after the end of World War II, there are still 62,000 American troops in Europe. They are stationed in 236 bases, including 13 training areas. The force has been reduced considerably ov…

  • KEN SILBER offers a positive review of Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner's new book, Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. I haven't read it, but I like the discussion of the chapter …

  • The Best Living Will EVER... Go read now kiddies and get a laugh...

  • The Joy of Taxpayer Money Posted by: McQ on Monday, April 18, 2005 Want to visit the library? Get your hair done? Work out in the gym?Cool ... visit LA's newest homeless shelter: Opening Monday and t…

  • No-Account AccountantIn a piece titled "Bush Social Security Plan Proves Tough Sell Among Working Poor," the Washington Post's Jonathan Weisman profiles 41-year-old Brenda Ellis of Prince George's County, Md.: Somewhe…

  • Don Boudreaux (Cafe Hayek) has a post on this (thanks to Gil Milbauer (A Reasonable Man) for the pointer). Here's an excerpt (paragraph breaks added) that I especially liked: Pre-Columbian peoples lived simply, to be …

  • from Bruce Bawer in the New York Times. And it's not just Scandinavia: Alternatively, the study found, if the E.U. was treated as a single American state, it would rank fifth from the bottom, topping only Arkansas,…

  • 59% Believe They Pay Higher Tax Rate Than Donald Trump The Tax Foundation's annual survey of U.S. Attitudes on Tax and Wealth has a number of interesting findings: Survey respondents overwhelmingly report federal ta…

  • Udolpho.com: There is a God! And he hates swampies!… This happened back in February but I just saw the article via something somewhere and it put a huge smile on my face. Drink swilling petrol traders kicked the sh…

  • Two days left of busy season. Have no fear, however. I’ll soon be maximizing my study time instead of working, resulting in no net gain of free time. I do plan on catching up on my sleep a bit. In the last couple of…

  • Bright Eyes - Lover I Don't Have To Love I picked you out Of a crowd and talked to you Said I liked your shoes I said "thanks can I follow you"? So it's up the stairs And out of view No prying eyes I…

  • "HOW MANY MORE MUST DIE, BEFORE KOFI QUITS?" Here, too, is Annan's faxed response - ordering Dallaire to defend only the UN's image of impartiality, forbidding him to protect desperate civilians waiting to die. Nex…

  • Needless to say, the beast was stunned. Whip-crack went his Whoopy tail, And the beast was done. He asked us: "(snort) Be you angels?" And we said, "Nay. We are but men." Rock! Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh-ah-ah, Ohhh, whoah, ah-who…

  • List of Schiavo Donors To Be Sold Tue Mar 29, 4:52 PM ET Local - WKMG MyCFNow.com Terri Schiavo's parents have agreed to sell their list of supporters to a direct-mailing firm, Local 6 News reported. The company, "Resp…

  • 15 days till busy season is over. Who's hellah stressed? Oh yes, me. Doing a salsa workshop today at work. Should be a nice little break and fun times with my co-workers. About 35 days till my days as a 1L are over. …

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