Seriously

It's like Michael Jackson having boys in his bedroom after the first child molestation charges.

Going against the advice of his lawyer, San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds continues to train with longtime friend Greg Anderson as Bonds rehabs his knee, The San Francisco Chronicle reported.

Anderson is awaiting trial in the BALCO steroids case on charges of distributing performance-enhancing drugs to elite athletes.

When [ESPN's Pedro] Gomez asked Bonds to comment on the story, Bonds said, "I'm not going to answer." Gomez then asked Bonds, "Are you working out with Greg Anderson?" Bonds' reply, "Report what you want."

How stupid can people be?

People You Meet At Law School: Boys Who Blog

The guys over at Barely Legal have left a comment and have sent me an email requesting that they be linked to, I don't know why - it's not like I'd give them much traffic - but here it is.

They've got a series of typologies going on over there. Of course, I couldn't help but think of and match a few names to the typologies. So here's Tara's, Niall and Niv's, and OMD's. Any suggestions for this typology? I have a couple in mind but I thought I'd let others play along.

I Love Google Maps

The link is to a satellite shot of my neighborhood. Very suburban ain't it?

Ain't No Way This Is Real

Law Professor Salaries

Maybe that's where the increase in tuition is going towards. I really do wish the school would detail exactly what the increase is for instead of saying that the Board of Trustees "developed goals and a budget that they believe will be adequate to maintain and enhance Southwestern's programs. To maintain the highest quality educational experience was of utmost concern." Exactly what are those goals and why maintain a quality of education that ranks SWLAW as a third tier law school?

Blachman Got Nothing On Me

Ok, so it ain't a feature article on me (hell, it's only about three sentences in a lengthy article), it's not the New York Times, it's in the Leisure section (though his was in the Fashion & Style section, so I think we're at a draw right there), it might only be in their online edition and not in their print edition, and I'll be damned if it gets me a book deal.

Regardless, I'm happy to note that this blawg has been quoted and linked to by the Chicago Tribune - even if the quote is about me being a dork.

2005 SWLAW Results

There were 409 total ballots cast, 71 evening student ballots and 338 day student ballots. 3 of the day student ballots were void. Only night students could vote for the evening VP and only day students could vote for the day VP. For all the other positions, the entire student body could vote - except SCALE students, who were completely disenfranchised. The following are the winners and the percentage of the ballots they won that they were eligible for:

President - Chris 60.10%
Day VP - Tessa 57.61%
Evening VP - Alex 85.92%
Treasurer - Marissa 60.10%
Secretary - Tara 57.64%
ABA Rep. - Shahrokh 55.17%

So it was that the B-UNIT slate handily swept the positions and defeated the A-Team. Considering the circumstances - they entered the elections late, they confined their slate to their own section, and they didn't run an evening VP or an ABA rep. - the A-Team didn't do so bad. They really should have lost by a lot more. But that's not to take away from the hard campaigning of the B-UNIT. Congratulations to them!

Now don't 'eff things up anymore then they already are.

Every Gas Station, Residence, Warehouse, Farmhouse, Henhouse, Outhouse And Doghouse

I seem to have misplaced my eyeglasses. Actually, they're more lost than Angela trying to find her way home from about 3 miles away.

It's pissing me off. I remember as I was getting ready to hop into bed last night that I better get my eyeglasses before I forget where they were. Not immediately finding them and already somewhat forgotten what exactly happened to them, I gave up and decided to sleep. Now I've spent the better part of my waking hours searching to no avail.

These passed several days have not been kind to Wayne. And yes, Wayne realizes he is now speaking in the third person. Wayne is doing so in an unsuccessful attempt to disassociate himself from the person having a really bad week.

Back to the search.

UPDATE: Losing your glasses is the worst thing especially if you have really bad eyesight. Essentailly, you lose what you need in order to find what you're looking for. Still haven't found them and I feel that I've looked everywhere, including places they couldn't possibly be, twice. I am thoroughly frustrated.

And the next person who asks me where I put them, I'm going to kick their ass... provided I can see what I'm kicking.

UPDATE: I CAN SEE! After hours of searching, finally. Apparently they got mixed in with some dirty laundry and it took me a few times of going through it to find them.

Yes, I am a blind idiot.

Liveblogging The 2005 SWLAW SBA Election

Yes, yours truly, sits on the SBA election committee and I will be helping in the counting of the votes. Ballot counting begins after 8. Check the comments for continuing updates.

Quote This

"I didn't think I'd meet so many weird people in law school." - Angela

The Biggest Dork At SWLAW

I know who she is and she is sitting right next to me as we collect ballots for the SBA election. How do I know she's the biggest dork? She's playing this game and getting way into it.

Not Even Close

Where she had to go and how she should have gotten there.


Where she ended up relative to where she had to go.

Keep in mind, she was trying to get home and still ended up about 6 miles away from there.

Educating Angela

Nobody Does Poo Like The Japanese

Quote This

"Like I said, I like me." - Liz

Excuse Me For Being A Conservative Prick

The theory is that liberals must create their own version of the conservative pyramid. Conservatives have formed their foundations, think tanks and media outlets into a ruthlessly efficient message machine. Liberals, on the other hand, have been losing because they are too fractious, too nuanced and, well, too freethinking.

Much as I admire my friends on the left for ingeniously explaining their recent defeats without really considering the possibility that maybe the substance of their ideas is the problem, I have to say that this explanation for conservative success and liberal failure is at odds with reality.

Conservatives have not triumphed because they have built a disciplined and efficient message machine. Conservatives have thrived because they are split into feuding factions that squabble incessantly. As these factions have multiplied, more people have come to call themselves conservatives because they've found one faction to agree with.

Maybe SWLAW Didn't Get The Memo

Prof. Leiter comments on the US News law school rankings and had this to say,

numerous others--benefitting from the criteria that usually favor small, private schools--are ranked more highly than they deserve on the academic merits

Maybe SWLAW did get the memo and should really rank among the fourth tier schools.

If that's the case, thank you criteria.

Unbelievable

I was not the last one to turn in the seminar paper.

This Just In From Trini

In sending me the news item, Trini commented, "Knowing how you like the integration of law and strippers...." I don't know where she gets off saying that I like any integration involving strippers other than that that includes myself.

Sixtus VI

I am now more fully prepared to answer Bunny's question.

Seminar Paper Progress

Less than 6 hours until it has to be turned in. I'm not panicking. That could be part of the problem.

8:48 UPDATE: Still not panicking.
12:10 UPDATE: It's passed due. I'm being docked 10 raw points. No use in panicking now.

Seminar Paper Progress

I'll be up all night and skipping Business Associations too. And yeah, I know, so much for being incommunicado but I like saying that word.

Random AIM Conversation

bunny: hey there
Bruin7089: hey
bunny: feeling any better?
Bruin7089: no
bunny: sorry
bunny: did you at least get your paper done?
Bruin7089: no
bunny: do you know the next pope's name?
Bruin7089: no
bunny: jp3?
Bruin7089: funny
bunny: well - i hope you feel better... and get your paper done... and don't worry 'bout the pope's name
Bruin7089: haha
Bruin7089: thanks

I've got great friends.

Going Incommunicado

No cellphone, no AIM, and no blogging from now until I turn in this paper. Talk to you all on the other side.

Misery Loves Company

And I've found the perfect companion. Perfect in that we're in the same sinking boat. Good thing I took those swimming lessons offered to me. Oh wait... I didn't.

Someone Up There Hates Me

I was just informed that I'm supposed to set the clock an hour forward tonight. That's one less hour for me to work on my paper that's due Monday. A paper I haven't touched since receiving the rough draft - and calling it a rough draft is being overly polite - back on Monday. Now if the rough draft were a complete rough draft of my paper instead of almost half of what it should be and I wasn't told to rewrite major portions of said rough draft, then I would be good to go going into tomorrow. Neither is true.

What a perfect ending to my day. Can't catch a break. I need a hug.

Random AIM Conversation

Bruin7089: i want to say, "good for him"
Bruin7089: but i can't bring myself to
Bruin7089: say that
Bruin7089: does that make me a bad person?
yaz: No I said fuck him

Men & Women As Friends?

It's harder than I thought it would be. Part of the reason is that I held onto hope. I held onto the false hope that it could still be more than just friends. That made me vulnerable to misinterpreting/overanalyzing supposed "signals." Because of that there was uncertainty and in searching for certainty I may have cost myself a great friendship. All because I was hoping for too much.

Stupid hope.