For the first time in several months, we’ve both been able to leave the office at pretty normal hours, without taking work home, more than once in a week. Finally, our respective cases have calmed down enough that we’re running near a normal work week again. It’s nice. Also, big congratulations to my buddies Phil [...]

A friend posted this sage advice to people about the take the bar exam, like yours truly: RELAX. Yes, it’s overwhelming. Yes, there is a huge amount of material, much of it obscure. But, you know what? If you study diligently, you will pass. Relax. It’ll all be over soon!

My friend William has created LAWIKI, a wiki accumulating information on the University of Chicago Law School. Check it out.

Sarah and I went with two mutual friends to an Indiana casino, tonight. The guys played poker while the ladies played $0.02 slots. I did well at poker, while my counterpart lost only a little. The real story, though, was that each of the women won $200, playing $0.02 slots… at the same time. They [...]

Location: Hyde Park McDonald’s franchise, Chicago, IL, USA Date: Friday, April 27, 2007 Time: 8:15 PM McDonald’s Employee: [mumbled] We don’t have southwestern dressing. Amy: Okay. [confers with Sarah] We’d like ranch. McDonald’s Employee: [looks confused, looks in refrigerator] We’re out of ranch. Amy: You don’t have ranch? What other dressings do you have? McDonald’s [...]

Wow, I feel old, now. My high school class is trying to track down all of its members, again, in preparation for our 10 year reunion, next year. If you were in the Class of 1997 at William G. Enloe High School in Raleigh, NC, go to the Enloe97 Yahoo! Group page and rejoin us!

I ran into a buddy (Nathan Renick) from my Panama City Beach summer in the Knoxville airport, Wednesday night. That’s exceptionally obscure, since he lives in Mississippi and I live in North Carolina. It just worked out that the only flight I could book (late) was through Knoxville and Nathan’s family was getting together in [...]

I spent the weekend (Friday through this morning) visiting my sister and brother-in-law. The weekend was lots of fun. I caught up with my good friends Brooke and Sarah (whom I’ve known probably longer than anyone else my age) and finally met some of my sister’s friends I knew only in name. The most interesting [...]

I don’t know how I forgot this; two of my dearest friends, Bryan and Kristine Vermillion, delivered a healthy, baby boy, today. Congratulations, Bryan and Kristine!

In the last few weeks, I have witnessed the deaths of three very different people. The first, a neurological patient in need of therapy and her family’s love, was mercilessly and relentlessly marked for death by her husband, the judiciary, and a great many Americans who claim to value life. Why did she have to [...]