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Zed had been bothering me to start a politiblog for a while. I set it up as a community in the hopes that I could get either him or Powerplay to balance off my shamelessly correct and well-thought-out discussions with mindlessly right- ( Read more... )

I'm waiting to see if I get a full-blown jury summons. I got a questionnaire a week or two ago in the mail, and answered it by phone. I assume I qualified, since I've never been convicted of a felony or anything, and frankly I'd like to serve on a jury once before I graduate from law school (since that'll all but disqualify me in the future). I ( Read more... )

I picked up this month's Men's Health and GQ on consecutive days last week, in the wake of the alleged blizzard that was only 27 inches and didn't close anything but a couple of schools. (I took some solace in the fact that I couldn't get coffee at my usual place, but that was only because they got shut down for apparent health code violations. And ( Read more... )

Been a while since I updated. The visit to Albuquerque went beautifully - the Older Woman and I are doing well. It's a matter of figuring out where we're going to end up, though, which is tough. If everything I've been half-offered in Lea County works out, I'd be more than willing to do time as an ADA in rural New Mexico if it means living where ( Read more... )

Erica sent me a care package consisting entirely of $40 worth of Pocky.

God, she rocks.

This entry brought to you by PandaCam.It's been an interesting week. Fall Bash very nearly got cancelled on Thursday. (For the majority of you who don't go to school with me, Fall Bash is a drinking-oriented event that we schedule this time each year for the sake of breaking the pre-finals tension that's going on with everyone. We rent out a club ( Read more... )

"Mr. Tom is here." - Kristina's doorman, announcing my arrival and misunderstanding my name ( Read more... )

Interesting get-together on Friday. I did James Carville's Paul Begala's Boys' French Toast on Friday night, featuring two loaves of Union Square Greenmarket challah and a quad batch of the batter (because it's better when it's soggy - ahh, how many things that applies to). A bunch of the first-years showed up, as well as several of my friends. The ( Read more... )

TomIofIV: I have half a keg in my office.
TomIofIV: I'm just sitting here in silent appreciation of how much better this is than college.
biggmouth1133: hahahaha

The SBA Constitution passed. I celebrated with a few Blue Point IPAs at Reservoir, where I was accosted by a group of transfer students. Apparently, no one's paying attention to them - which makes sense, since the Tulane kids are like transfers, only cooler. I've gotten to know one of them fairly well, and a couple of them have sort of adopted me ( Read more... )