This month 12 of 12 finds us in lovely Eureka, CA. bilunabirotunda and I go to Eureka every Memorial Day, but because I'm going to be in New Orleans all summer we're here a bit early.


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I went to pick up my client (age 9) from school today and before leaving we stopped to buy some ice cream from a stand the school runs to raise money. I stood with her and her friend, the only adult in line, so of course some of the other kids were looking at me. One was staring at me and her eyes got really big when the friend leaned over and ( Read more... )

Whenever I take some time to think about what I want to do after I finish law school I try to list the things that I really care about. There are always specific positions such as ending the death penalty or promoting marriage equality, but I keep finding the word "civilization" cropping up on these lists, and I often find my reasoning for certain ( Read more... )

I can see both sides of legalizing prostitution but isn't it insulting to women to speak of prostitution as "buying women"? We don't speak of builders as "buying men" when they hire day laborers. At most prostitution is renting women, paying them for an admittedly intimate job. This suggests that the transaction pays for the entire woman ("buys her ( Read more... )

I don't mind when law, business, or other subcultures create their own lingo but it drives me to distraction when words are re-appropriated ungrammatically. The two examples on my mind are:

due diligence
'Diligence' is a characteristic, not an action, so you can "employ due diligence" but you can not "perform due diligence."

best practices
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Rain nearly interfered with 12 of 12 plans, but my camera and I persevered.


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Heather and I went to Santa Cruz today. We were sitting out front of Zoccoli's having sandwiches when I saw this little kid a couple dozen meters away trying to get into a store. He couldn't have been more than three, still a toddler, and he was out on the sidewalk with his own stroller (empty without him) and another double-wide stroller with two ( Read more... )

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I'm considering renting a car for when I go to the south this summer. Looking on the Budget site, I selected a five day rental and accidentally checked the "I'll be returning the car to the same rental location" box, giving me a price of $178.99. Noticing my mistake I went back and changed the destination, then got a new price of $845.99. Whoa ( Read more... )

Kim, Kaye, and I did the Chinese New Year Treasure Hunt tonight. Much puzzle solving, walking, and fun. It's always enjoyable to see two friends meet for the first time and get on really well.


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