Book #7
Plain Truth
by Jodi Picoult
405 pages

I liked this book so much I read it in one weekend.  The main character is a defense attorney who winds up defending an unwed Amish girl accused of murdering her newborn baby.  There are alot of twists and turns and you never fully learn what happens on the night the girl gave birth in her family's barn ( Read more... )

Book #3
Couldn't Keep it to Myself
by Wally Lamb and the Women of the York Correctional Institution
350 pages

This book was good, but made me feel bad about my job.

Book #4
Love the One You're With
by Emily Giffin
339 pages

I LOVE Emily Giffin's books.  Yes, they are chick lit.  However, I think they are always smartly written and relatable.  In this one ( Read more... )

But most of you probably know that already.  I passed the bar, YAY!

Just panned to a guy holding a sign praising the "mavrick."

No shit, the "mavrick."

We really DO need better schools.

(Am I halfway through a bottle of wine?  Why yes, I am.)

#1:  The first part of McCain's speech totally ripped off Hillary's traditional "I'm in it for so-and-so" speeches, telling the story of people he's met on the road.  Only he didn't do it nearly as well.

#2:  "Education is the civil rights issue of our generation."  Spot on, Senator.  Maybe you should appoint some justices to overturn this, which ( Read more... )

I can't even tell you how much I hate this woman.

First, although my week has been kind of boring case-wise (show up, you effing defendants!  I want to do more than mark down a continuance on the file...), today I got a full-on tour of the jail.  The showers, the cells (unlocked, with inmates), the intake, the infirmary, even the food.  Not the least disturbing are all of the signs stating that, ( Read more... )

I can't deal with this AND the bar exam.  I haven't been this upset since Jerry Orbach died.  I definitely watched 7 episodes yesterday, and I am coping.  I have to get back to studying obvs but I leave you with this nugget of wisdom ( Read more... )

I am in Philly and the move went off without a hitch, except for the story of the truck pick-up which some of you know and which will be relayed for the rest of you at a later date.  I'll be stuck in bar exam hell for another 9 days but I just wanted to note that I really could have been shot picking up my Budget truck in Trinidad.

That is all.

And God I hate Chris Matthews now.  Anyway, I can accept that Barack Obama is going to be the nominee.  He's going to be the nominee, okay, fine.  Hope, change, whatever.  I'll support him, but I still think you should watch this.  Though if you read feministing, you've probably already seen it.