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Family law, aka: The Circus

The class has slowly deteriorated…

Jill is harsh.

Professor W: “Those you in the class with kids! What if your kid was 15 and wanted to marry a 48-year-old guitar teacher. What would you do?” Jill: “All girls boarding school!” Professor W: “Where they beat them?” Jill: “Sure!” Professor W: “Or where they handcuff them to the bed at night?” Jill: [...]

MLS: Hanson Hall Starbucks

The law school building contains brilliant people, but has the aesthetic appeal of a leaky basement. This is why so many of us sneak over to the business school, which has windows and a full-service Starbucks. Behold:

Usually the view is great, but today’s snowstorm makes the usual view of Downtown Minneapolis a little [...]

BWE 3: Mastering the Hill, Blackberry

Note: Best Week Ever (BWE) is a summary of the prior week.

So how does a three-day school week feel? This sums it up:

I had two oral arguments on Monday. My moot court section has an odd number of students, so I volunteered to argue off-brief.

It was slightly awkward waltzing in and arguing [...]

The boomkat list: 1/24 – 2/6

These are the songs that made me shimmy and shake these past two weeks:

“Take it In” – Hot chip “Imma Be” – Black Eyed Peas “Something is not right with me” – Cold War Kids “Video Phone” – Beyonce ft. Lady Gaga “Why don’t you love me?” – Beyonce “Squeeze me” – Kraak & Smaak ft. Ben Westbeech “Telephone” – Lady [...]

Zooey, Happy Hour & Zombies

It is 5pm. I don’t want to go out, but I have to.

I already RSVPed for the Outlaw happy hour and told people I would be there, so my presence is mandatory in that “don’t be flighty” sort of way.

I shower and have a sing-a-long with the dogs.

After I perform Hot Chip’s “take it in” [...]

The pileup

Getting the dogs to stay still with Nathan was a pain, but here was the best we could do:

The “couch with dogs” photograph is now mandatory for all of my guests. You’re on notice.

Another robbery near the towers

Since the University is obligated by law1 to send an email about every robbery that happens near2 the towers, another crime alert graced our inboxes today:

On Friday, February 5 at approximately 12:30 a.m., a 19-year-old male who is not affiliated with the University of Minnesota was the victim of a robbery. The robbery occurred off-campus, [...]

Getting a Blackberry

The Sprint customer service rep chuckles and says, “If you were here any longer, we would give you a shirt and an IRA.”

I smile, but I am tired, irritated, and ready to defect to Verizon.

I spent about three hours in the Sprint store on the day Gertrude ate my phone. The plan was to pop [...]

The flood

I asked Eric how to describe this, and he said: “Make a funny reference about how you’re doing your laundry and the water isn’t in the tub.”

I think the pictures stand alone:

This will be used to contest any rent increases.

Red-eyed oral arguments

Yesterday I had two oral arguments for moot court. I spent the majority of the afternoon holed up in the library’s computer lab to prep.

There wasn’t a good reason for me to be in the computer lab since I left my student ID in my gym bag and therefore could not print. I think I [...]