Wow. Three days, and already there’s more to tell than I can write ( Read more... )

Most significant impression of Uganda so far ( Read more... )

I have to say that, while the world is shrinking, no event has done so much to reduce the perception of distance in at least my mind as the advent of the in-flight entertainment system. I well remember the crowded, uncomfortable, unpleasant hours between pre-scheduled in-flight films on the flight to Korea in 1988, but now the distance from Seattle ( Read more... )

The good news: tomorrow (well, later today, technically) I start classes at Seattle University School of Law.

The bad news: this involves an after-class meet-and-greet event, attendance at which is only -practically- compulsory. This means Monday game is cancelled this week.

I'm sorry about the late notice, and don't plan to make a habit of

I.

Have just been admitted.

To the Seattle University School of Law.

With a $12,500 Presidential Law Scholarship.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!

I've been asked to provide a few details on my proposed replacement for Sean's Sunday game, a resurrection, so to speak, of the earlier "Cannon Comics" game that died before its time. I'm seeking an absolute maximum of nine players, and a preferred limit of eight. It will take place, as Sean's did, every two weeks, on Sunday, at or about 4 PM, and ( Read more... )

So ( Read more... )

I have, at long last (though rather sooner than I expected), received my LSAT score. The test, which focuses on logic and analysis, was indeed fairly fiendishly difficult: I scored 168 on a scale of 120 - 180, or 88 percent of the possible ( Read more... )

I've been having a weird day. It started in this vein before I even woke up this morning, as I was dreaming something of a cross between a debate tournament, a sci fi convention, and an episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." This segued, as dreams do, into a pleasant chat with the owner of a lunch counter-style restaurant, in one corner of whatever ( Read more... )

Folks, Holly and I are feeling like hell. Perhaps not precisely like hell, unless hell specifically involves feeling like ants are crawling behind your face and your eyes feeling like crispy pieces of bacon. We are, at any rate, not feeling overly well (it's probably just a cold, but ( Read more... )