The Mormon church is unique in their organization. Where most other denominations let the parisoners choose where they want to attend, the LDS church organizes geographically (at the most basic street by street level, these are called wards). Generally you are encouraged to attend your assigned ward based on where you live ( Read more... )

Law school classes started on Monday, but it feels like I've already had a week of class.  These folks aren't messing around.  4 chapters of reading were assigned FOR ORIENTATION.  And true to their word, we had two 2-hour classes during the orientation period.  About a week before classes started, syllabuses were made available.  Therein, each ( Read more... )

Every now and then on the internet, something comes along with so much win, we have to wonder how we ever carried on without it.  And once it touches, we will never be the same.

How much win is this?  Picture the scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark where they open the ark and everyone evaporates.  Now replace the ghosts with win, and you start to get ( Read more... )

1. Q: A legislator has proposed a bill that prohibits physician-assisted suicide.
1. What stages must this bill go through before it can be passed into law?
2. If you were serving on the committee that is considering this bill, would you support it? Why?

What do you all think about part b? Discuss.
(My answer is in the

I've had a few friends over the past two months ask me some employment related questions. After the doing the research, and at the risk of having Robby label me as a labor relations lawyer (again), I'm posting this here in case others have the same questions ( Read more... )

Today I received the forward below. As with other forwards of its type, it is long on rhetoric and fallacies while being short on fact and reasoning. As if being an urban legend isn't bad enough, the text is just flat out historically wrong on several points ( Read more... )

The apartment complex has a laundry room right next to the pool. So while the camping clothes were going through the washer, I figured it would be a nice time to have a couple beers and a cigar ( Read more... )

A couple weeks ago, I decided it was time to do some I hadn't done since sometime in the mid-90's: go backpacking ( Read more... )

Old and busted: "Jumped the shark."
New hotness: "nuked the fridge."

Javier and Krystal's wedding went off on Friday. It was a nice Catholic wedding in a big church. The ceremony was long and laced with symbolism and tradition (as Catholic services tend to be ( Read more... )