http://www.suasponte.org/ My law school odyssey: the ongoing narrative. en-us 2005-08-09T22:10:14-05:00 http://www.suasponte.org/archives/001316.php The Month Looking Backward, which should have been chugging along at full speed by now, has been delayed by a family funeral. We'll be back before long. In the meantime, the prayerfully inclined are welcome to send a few good... Life Outside sapiens 2005-08-09T22:10:14-05:00 http://www.suasponte.org/archives/001314.php Commenter "please (help@me.com)" proposes the following kickoff topic for the Month Looking Backward: a suggestion for a timely retrospective topic: OCI. some of us Tier 2'ers who did well but chose not to trasnfer have a billion interviews next week,... Final Thoughts sapiens 2005-08-07T19:29:21-05:00 http://www.suasponte.org/archives/001313.php Today my husband went to the university bookstore and spent our entire stash of Barnes & Noble gift cards, and then some, on a small pair of textbooks. Not wishing to be outdone, I marched off to the mall and... Life Outside sapiens 2005-08-05T17:13:42-05:00 http://www.suasponte.org/archives/001312.php Several days later and the car has been sold, the wills have been executed, lunch has been had with the financial adviser, various (but not enough) friends have been caught-up-with, Mendocino was as magical as ever, the flight home to... A High Bar sapiens 2005-08-04T17:20:32-05:00 http://www.suasponte.org/archives/001311.php While I was out doing laundry and getting the car Jiffy Lubed yesterday, my husband was saying his goodbyes to the folks with whom he's worked for the past six years and change. My school adventures may be over, but... Life Outside sapiens 2005-07-30T12:08:00-05:00 http://www.suasponte.org/archives/001310.php No bar exam should be three days long, under any circumstances. Sure, there are those brave souls who sit for two different jurisdictions at the same administration; but at the end, if all goes according to plan, they're actually admitted... A High Bar sapiens 2005-07-28T23:47:16-05:00 http://www.suasponte.org/archives/001309.php Two cups of coffee yesterday gave me so much energy. Even that bizarro mutant property/contracts/otherstuffImissed crossover question did not faze me, as I steamed onward like a caffeine engine. But the selfsame two cups of coffee did not wear off... A High Bar sapiens 2005-07-27T22:30:47-05:00 http://www.suasponte.org/archives/001308.php I'm pretty sure it was Oakland that Dorothy Parker Gertrude Stein [1] was talking about when she first quipped that "there's no there, there." There really isn't. The view out my window on the fifteenth floor of the Marriott is... A High Bar sapiens 2005-07-26T22:18:38-05:00 http://www.suasponte.org/archives/001307.php This is it, kids. 'Tis a finer thing we do than...well, than we've been doing lately. Does it strike anyone else that actually *taking* this exam, much though it's likely to suck, can't possibly be worse than studying for it?... A High Bar sapiens 2005-07-25T20:56:44-05:00 http://www.suasponte.org/archives/001306.php The last time I did this, I was afraid. The last time I parked my car at the far end of the parking lot, unloaded a bag on wheels from the trunk, and walked the four blocks to the train... A High Bar sapiens 2005-07-25T15:42:21-05:00 http://www.suasponte.org/archives/001305.php I should know this by now, but ah well: Of the two essay days on the California bar, is one day 100% topical and the other 100% performance, or is each day 50% topical and 50% performance? And can I... A High Bar sapiens 2005-07-24T21:22:37-05:00 http://www.suasponte.org/archives/001304.php Today would have been my late father's sixtieth birthday. I wonder what his bar exam was like. I wonder if he ever imagined eventual children of his, going through the same thing. I wonder how my own potential eventual children... A High Bar sapiens 2005-07-24T16:05:20-05:00 http://www.suasponte.org/archives/001303.php Waking up at 3 AM local time is not the best way to optimize one's in-flight productivity on a 6:45 AM crosscountry flight. I've got something like motion-induced narcolepsy in any event: sit me down in a plane, train, or... A High Bar sapiens 2005-07-24T15:51:51-05:00 http://www.suasponte.org/archives/001302.php Packing. For the last time. For the last flight to California that is currently in our plans. Of course, plans may change. For now, though, we fly out of Logan Airport at 6:45 am tomorrow. Somehow, a passel of PMBR... A High Bar sapiens 2005-07-22T23:30:39-05:00 http://www.suasponte.org/archives/001301.php Words that I would be happy never to read again: - Parcel - Promisee - Anti-lapse - Settlor - Cy Pres - Quasi-community - Issue - Half blood - Mortgagor - "Take" as an intransitive verb - "Notions of fair... A High Bar sapiens 2005-07-21T23:17:20-05:00