I know, I know, it's more exciting to me, and no, I didn't get it on video.  Wesley walked two steady, continuous, intentional steps, with a full pause after the second step before dropping back down to the ground.

The next step is to see if I can have my camera on me the next time (and the step after that to fear what happens when he discovers ( Read more... )

Wesley is now six weeks old, and growing like a weed.  I'm still floored by the whole thing.  I don't think I can digest it well enough to put into words; at least, not yet.

He is getting old enough to have more contact with the outside world, and with other people.  To that end, both Lisa and I have some overlapping interests and occasionally will ( Read more... )

Birthdate: August 26, 2009.

Time until first photo album: less than 24 hours

Meet my son.

So, I'm now, officially, Michael LoPrete, Attorney at Law.  The ceremony was this morning--it's the one time you can swear at a judge and not be held in contempt ( Read more... )

Anyone interested in celebrating with me tonight?  I don't know exactly what I'm thinking in terms of plans, but it'd be nice to have a little fun after all this nervousness and waiting.

If you want to come along or have an idea, leave a comment, I'll have LJ on most of the day.

I passed the bar exam!  Michael Dominick LoPrete, top left of page 2. 

http://www.in.gov/judiciary/ble/exam/results/feb2009.pdf

Swearing in on May 4, but that's just a ceremony.
( Let me tell you how relieved I am. )

Why is it, when I think about this test tomorrow, I get the following line stuck in my head:

"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar."

Is that a bad sign?

Less than 24 hours till I take the Bar exam... again. It's up in Indy, starts at 9am. I leave tomorrow morning at 630 from B-town (yes, excessive, but I'm being safe ( Read more... )

Just in case any of you followers of Baconpunk (someone needs to make a wikipedia entry soon) haven't seen it yet:


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I'm having a discussion with someone on the question of serving alcohol to minors with dinner ( Read more... )