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Mark Sanford is not very bright.

Ok, not to be paranoid, but I’m getting kind of freaked out by the rash of right wing domestic terrorist people with guns going around shooting at folks. etiner  said to me last time he was in town that there are a lot of very armed, very pissed off people in this country, and I think he’s got a point. People like the guy who shot Dr. Tiller and the wingnut today at the Holocaust Museum are so outside the mainstream discussion that I tend not to take them seriously, but maybe we should be taking these guys a lot more seriously.

So I haven't updated here on LJ in a while, mainly because my life is super busy and I am the definition of boring. Here is what I do in order of importance/time it sucks from my life:
1. Study for the bar
2. Work
3. Run
4. Go (indoor) rockclimbg

In there I try and hang out with E as much as possible, but too often our hanging out is either both of us doing practise torts questions or both of us staring at the television brain dead after having done a whole ton of torts questions. This is really not the most exciting summer ever.

Today, instead of enjoying what looks like it will be the first day without rain in a week, I am going to sit at the kitchen table and learn the elements of criminal procedure. Right now, I am really doubting this whole let's be a lawyer thing.

Dr. George Tiller, one of the few doctors in Kanasas willing to perform late term abortions was killed this morning AT HIS CHURCH. Rest in peace, Dr. Tiller. I never knew your name before today, but you were a brave man who stood up for personal freedom and choice.

Today I am going to give to Planned Parenthood and NARAL in your honor. I encourage everyone else who believes in a woman's right to choose to do the same. Its a small gesture and the least we can do.

I am (basically) done with law school.

1. today is secretsmonday. you know what to do.

2. Fascinating article on Souter's life in his hometown today in the newspaper. I'm all for dudes who curl up in the woods and read books, but when I saw the photo of his house, I got a little weirded out.



That looks like the unabomber cabin, dude.

Another high point of the article is how yankee the people of Weare are in their attitude towards having a supreme court justice living there.

“I don’t know how much of a do people will make of his homecoming,” Ms. Straw said, “but we’ll see.”

Don't get too excited Ms. Straw, it isn't like he's shaping the laws of the country or anything.

3. This time next week, I'll be done with law school. Amazing.

I am facing down a very hard ten day take home exam in corporate finance. Its awful, and I am having a hell of a time concentrating on getting it done. My ability to concentrate in general has really gone down in the last couple of years and as I am about to start a career where the main skill may be the ability to concentrate for long periods of time, something has to change. I have been trying, with only middling success, to not waste as much time online. I have got to redouble that effort and buckle down. Something tells me Tim Geithner isn’t checking his facebook feed every ten minutes.

I haven't been posting here very often, and when I do post, it generally hasn't been about politics, but this is really good news for the Democratic party, and bad new for the Republicans.

Now, off to my last ever law school in class exam!

Outside its is 66 degrees and gorgerous. I am in a windowless room at school study professional responsibility and corporate finance. I can't wait for this law school thing to be over (in 14 days!).

I am going to try really hard today to ignore the siren call of the internet. Wish me luck.

I have been meaning to post this for like weeks, but life keeps getting in the way. Below the cut you will find a really smart and interesting interview with rachiestar. I think this is particularly interesting in relation to the interview with never_the_less.

( Take a look )

Over the years I have gotten a lot of random LJ friends through this journal, many of whom either (a) I have little in common with anymore, (b) don't post very often or (c) don't tend to comment on my posts. I am going to be pruning a lot of those friends today. No offense is meant by this, I just don't have as much time as I used to have to read LJ. And, since I almost never post things friends only here, you'll still be able to read the very sporadic posts I do make.

How many of you have "public facing" blogs? Which service do you use?

A reason to be proud to live in the District.

It's the first monday, so that means secretsmonday.

I know everything for a week has been tagged "jock update". That is because I do not know how to use computers. This one though really is the jock update. It is especially long, the only thing you really need to know is I did my first ten mile run over a year. I feel pretty good about that.

( OK, the numbers )

"Everyone is all excited for Michigan State. You know, times have been so hard for Michigan lately, with the layoffs and all. People think it would be great for them to win. I don't give a shit though, I want the Men to crush 'em"
- My Dad.

I couldn't have said it better myself.



Time to destroy the spirit of a state, Hasheem. Make 'em cry.

OK, bankers are officially fucking with the g20 protesters

Back at the height of the Ron Paul campaign, but I told anyone who would listen to me that the forefront of radicalism. After the smack down Obama gave McCain in the election and then the deepening of the whole financial mess, I started to rethink that, but now, with number like these, photos like the one above and the stickers I see on laptops at school, I think libertarianism is set for a big push in the next couple of years.  

My life consists of three things, work, clinic and running. I can't really talk about work or clinic, so...

( More talk of running )