"If Facebook Opens to All Internet Users, I Am Out"

Does anyone else find it a little amusing that a group so-titled would still have nearly a thousand members, more than a year after facebook opened itself to anyone with an email address?

With nearly three months of silence, it seems that whatever i post here next ought to be monumentally important. Unfortunately, i am fresh out of monumentally important ideas or events, so this is bound to be a disappointment. There's the disclaimer ( Read more... )

Dr. Paul Finkelman of Albany Law School in New York will present this year’s Constitution Day lecture, “Was Dred Scott Correctly Decided?” on Thursday, Sept. 27, at 6:30 p.m. in Blount Auditorium.Are you for serious ( Read more... )

Last weekend, i reunited with family members i hadn’t seen in a decade or so to celebrate the wedding of my cousin Ashley, who is now one-half of Mr. and Mrs. Brandon S. (I tried very hard not to visibly shudder each time this label was announced). Amongst the issue of my grandparents and their siblings, my clan of six is the only cluster to ( Read more... )

So, i came to Minnesota to see some friends, find housing for the future, and water my sister Robyn's plants. She's been in Honduras since mid-May, and her boyfriend Paul went down to join her for three weeks. Thus the plants were left unattended. Except, i'm thinking Paul killed the plants and discarded the carcasses, because as far as i can tell ( Read more... )

Because i have to move somewhere and i've always had a fondness for the cities of twin, i'll be heading back to Minneapolis in mid-July. However, because i don't know exactly where life will direct me, i'm looking for sublets. I don't want to commit to a year-long lease only to discover that my life calling awaits in Bloomington, Indiana ( Read more... )

Apparently after graduating from law school, the anticipated summer course-of-action involves taking a bar exam. And that, dear Internets, is what i have been doing since the graduation of nearly a month ago. Well, studying for that exam, more accurately. The actual exam is allegedly torturous, but only two days ( Read more... )

All My Life's A CircleGILES: Are you all right ( Read more... )

"Jess, really all i want to do is write music," Chris informed me yesterday as i stepped out of his car. Nathalie's newest career aspiration is "Maureen Dowd." Amongst the awards to be handed out at the 3L Olympics next week: Most likely give up the practice of law, move to Montana, and become a rancher. Choosing just one was tough: Sean's happiest ( Read more... )

During an interview this morning, i was asked to describe a project i've worked on that's reached a successful outcome. Reaching back into my memory (so as to not derive every example for the interview from the Journal of International Law), i pulled in stories from CU Tonight, a project to which i devoted a good portion of life sophomore and ( Read more... )