25 years ago I was born in Phoenix, AZ. I’ve managed to graduate from college, get a good job, buy a house and survive my first week of law school. I’ve dated a lot of cool women, made a lot of cool friends, and thrown a few good parties. I’ve fed refugees in Albania, been …
The Washington Post has a great article by Gene Weingarten about living with terrorism. He also did a follow-up online chat with readers about it. Well worth reading. We often forget that a) terrorism is just a tactic and b) there’s not a lot to be done about it. Good reminders. Yours truly, Mr. X …
Last night was my long night. Torts from 6:00 – 8:00 pm, Legal Rhetoric from 8:00 – 10:00 pm, then home to read for contracts until about 1:30 am. I’m a little bit tired and frazzled today. My Torts class is taught by Andrew Popper. He was head of the admissions committee that whittled the …
Well, I survived my first class last night. Contracts, with professor Teemu Ruskola (it’s Finnish). We did lots of hypothetical scenarios involving promises of pens and party invitations and explored some of the different theories behind contract law. Interesting subject matter. It’s really starting to hit home that the left side of the bell curve …
Tonight’s my first night of class for law school. I’ve already briefed three and a half cases (need to finish the one for Legal Rhetoric) before class has even started. The realization that all of those people who filled out the middle of the curve didn’t get into school with me has started to hit. …
I’m sitting in room 101 of the Washington College of Law, waiting to have my ID picture taken. The line is so long that it looks like we’ll get to pick up the finished ID sometime tomorrow. Cheap movie tickets await, but I doubt I’ll have any time anymore to go to the movies. Ah, …
Carrington Vanston has a great article that should make us all very happy that most web designers are stuck on the web and have not yet escaped into the real world. When I stepped out of the cab, the shop exploded. Not into flames, but into advertisements for adult video stores. Yours truly, Mr. X …
After work last night I went out to see Takeshi Kitano‘s remake of Zatoichi. It was a long day at work, but the trailer convinced me to go. Damn, what a good movie. “Beat” Takeshi is cool, as always (go rent Brother), the violence is stylized to the point of high camp, and the song-and-dance …
Michael Badnarik was campaigning in Santa Fe on Wednesday. The Santa Fe New Mexican interviewed him, mentioning his poll numbers. New Mexico is the first building block in an aggressive strategy aimed at growing long-term party support, he said. A Rasmussen poll commissioned by his campaign revealed earlier this month that he had the support …
Received today from a disgruntled Democrat: “Responding to President Bush’s challenge to clarify his position, Sen. John F. Kerry said Monday that he still would have voted to authorize the war in Iraq even if he had known then that U.S. and allied forces would not find weapons of mass destruction.” Full story:In Hindsight, Kerry …
