Impersistence of Memory

The other day, I heard some fellow students say things like "I haven't started studying yet" or "I only have a week to learn all this."

While they said this I thought to myself "If I haven't learned this by now, I'm never going to." By now, I'm fine-tuning what I do know. There is no way in hell I could cram for a law school final. I have to study at a steady drip instead of a torrential deluge.

Their young minds are like little sponges , readily absorbing everything. My mind is like an over-packed suitcase before a 2 week trip to Cancun that needs someone to sit on it while a second person zips the thing shut. I'll get it all in there but it will take more time and effort than my younger counterparts.

Put another way, their minds download  info at GHz: mine at kHz.

Archie's a Hero

Archie most likely saved Dixie's life last weekend. My brother came up from Atlanta to visit my mom for Easter and brought Dixie, the puppy I gave him for Christmas or at least 3/4, my mom paid the rest.

Archie can swim now but Dixie cannot. She sinks. My mom said she probably doesn't have her undercoat yet and subsequently gets waterlogged when she gets in the pool.

My brother had let the two babies out to play while he stayed inside. Sometime later, my brother could hear Archie barking like mad. Archie has a big-boy bark now. He no longer yaps or whines like a puppy.

Archie kept barking and barking much to the annoyance of my brother. When he went outside, he saw his girl clinging for dear life to the edge of the pool. Not only can Dixie not swim, but she does not know how to get to the pool steps to get out. My mom had trained Archie to go to the steps in the times he has fallen  in the pool. A lesson he learned well because during that time, Archie had gotten in the pool but had made it to the steps and got out.

Dixie may have drowned that day. That little boy is a hero!

3L and Still Gunning

I was in administrative law the other day and overheard some 3L's talking about grades at length. They wanted to know if the class was graded on a curve. They were discussing Order of the Coif, cum laude and other grade related stuff.

I mean, these guys were talking about this shit like it was really important. One guy even made an implicit reference not to just his GPA but to what his overall GPA was.

I couldn't believe these guys were gunning with such intensity this late in their law school experience. My god, what were these guys like two years ago. Unbearable comes to mind.

Archie Broke My Mom's Arm

Last week while my mom was on a stool getting something in the kitchen, Archie somehow knocked by mom down. She fell on her left arm and broke it. She might need surgery. We'll have to wait a couple of weeks to see how it's doing until we know for sure.

I don't know what to do about Archie.

Apple Brought Down a Peg or Two

The other day, the news reported that over a half million Apple computers were hit by malware. That should wipe the smug smiles off of their faces. Every time a virus hits someone's PC, a Apple user will gleefully chirp "You should get an Apple."

Well, now I'm smiling.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17623422

Phone Calls During Dinner

It's amazing how indignant people get when someone calls around dinner time. They act like the caller had intruded during  the holiest of holies.  Or that the intrusion was forcefully imposed for which there was no recourse. It's as if the caller had peeked in on the couple having sex.

There is a simple remedy: DON'T ANSWER THE FUCKING PHONE!

This is especially true nowadays when technology has afforded us with caller ID, *69, answering machines and voice mail.

Screen your damn calls and keep eating.

Crossing Paths

The other day in Administrative Law, we read a case: Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation. A couple of days later in Trademark law, we read a case that cited National Wildlife Federation. How fucking awesome was that?

It reminded me of when I was a kid seeing a guest on The Love Boat show up later that night on Fantasy Island!