Where are all the good men dead? In the Heart, or in the Head?

Hey All,

Just wanted to take a moment to let you all know that my Grandma passed away last night. She was slowly deteriorating and her passing was a long time coming, and, frankly, I'm relieved to see her go and to know that the state she was in is over for her now.

She was a powerful, strong, bold woman, and I'm happy that she's in a better place now. Laura and I won't be coming home for the funeral, but Mom will be holding a memorial in the future for grandma. Laura and I are actually doing quite alright, our grieving has already happened and the idea of grandma not being with us is not a new one. We have her in our hearts and minds, as we always have.

Thanks.

Well, that's done it. The madness is ended, and the dust has settled. Job interview season is over.

The first year of law school is crazy and competitive. The pressure has broken some men greater than myself like a fistful of dry spaghettini. I remember particularly one guy in the library before the Criminal final that was clean-cut and on top of things all year, having wound up with terrible breath, chocolate stains (I hope) all around his mouth, and a neck beard like a crazy prospector, yelling at me: "Vaillancourt v. The Queen! Stigma and penalty --- are they disjunctive or conjunctive? Which matters more: that you're a murderer, or that you murdered someone?!"

Grizzled Prospector syndrome: put down the casebook and get to pannin'!

Whoa, homeboy. Take it down a notch. Everything is going to be all right.

He didn't think so, though, because of "the system".

( 'The System', continued... )

...and Mark Gordon says everything will be fine.

Here is a link to what I think is probably the dumbest thing I've seen an executive producer say about a disaster movie that has yet to be released. So you have a disaster movie about the end of the world, as apparently foretold by a calendar from a culture that no longer exists and some dude who, admittedly, has been interpreted as possibly being more than an outright lunatic, but I think his most useful contribution was his garlic and aloe salve.

I got off topic there...

So you have this movie coming out next week about the end of the world. Everyone - and I do mean everyone - says its going to be pretty stupid. Then you stand up and say "So it's the end of the world, right? But people survive it, kay? Watch the spin-off TV show about how they rebuild the world that was supposed to end. It'll be real awesome!"

I don't know about the rest of you, but I won't be watchign that show. Nor will I be watching the movie. Usually in a disaster movie I'm hoping against hope that every single person dies horribly as penance for their persistently bad acting.

Sushi King (St. Mary's South) - 530 or so

Tavern United (Pembina)- 730 or so

Back to the house for a bit of a party. 1000 or so.