Sometimes we let bella drive.
Holly

May 12, 2007 :: 1L Life, The Summer, and Resting

This is day two after life as a 1L has come to an end with successful (I hope) completion of second semester finals. Of paramount importance, I don't think I failed anything. I have never been able to peg quality of law school grade from feel. In retrospect, it seems the british saying "slap-dash" would work, or in american geek: indiscriminant. We'll know when we know.

The photo is climbing on April 29th, but I hope to get some good climbing trips on this summer's weekends!

I'm still tired, and on the 11pm to 5am sleep schedule. Yesterday, I organized and cleaned the house for a couple hours, giving the shower it's due scrubbing (and it needs more this weekend). I did a couple errands and watched tv. It was a nice first eight hours of the day, topped when I was starting to doze in front of "Deadliest Catch: Best of Season 1, Part 1," Holly came home after eight days of being with her family. That was a nice treat, as she got home 30 minutes earlier than she planned...tailwinds, I suppose.



Then our day got even better! We got a quick snack together and fountain drinks at a convenience store. Then we enjoyed coffee in the nice warm afternoon shade before trekking (accross the parking lot) to a couple g-stores for misc sundries. Then we got to REI and spent too dang much money, again. Penzey's Spices in Rockville was well worth a lightning $30 spree of spices. Then a none too romantic, but wonderful dinner where neither of us left stuffed.

In summary, it was a really nice day yesterday, despite the heat/humidity, but I'm still tired, and will either visit M&D today or tomorrow, but I think today would be better, for the buffet traffic tomorrow is going to be hellish for all who attend, and I just want to give my parents a hug for all their support (no small amount, by a damn sight!) this first year of law school being now officially completed. Sigh.

climbing

Climbing with holly at Carderock, MD, April 29, 2007.

Concealed carry permit reviews show loopholes

It seems to me that this is how rights are taken away, little by little. Reminds me of the "frog in hot water" analogy where the frog tossed into boiling water would jump out, but the one placed in cool water and the temperature is slowly raised gets cooked.

Concealed carry permit reviews show loopholes

"Dann highlighted one example in Summit County. A 76-year-old Akron man was issued a permit in 2004. Recently, that man's family applied for guardianship to the courts because he suffered from dementia. A judge then declared the elderly man mentally incompetent.

'He wasn't deemed incompetent until four weeks ago,' said Christine Croce, general counsel for the Summit County Sheriff's Office. 'That's 3 years later. His license was still going to be valid for another year and a half. So we have no way of knowing....the courts don't notify us.'

Dann's office notified the Summit County sheriff's office of the mistake Friday morning.

'That led us to revoke his license today and notify his guardians that he's no longer permitted to carry a concealed weapon,' said Croce.

The state's review of all permits is considered a step in the right direction by many.

'It's an improvement,' said Tim Dimoff, a national security expert based in Akron. 'But it's not the bulk of where we need to go if we want to make a bigger impact with carried concealed weapons and making sure the wrong people don't have those permits.'

By law, gun licensers are prohibited from checking mental health records in any medical facility. Dimoff suggests that hospitals, clinics and doctors should be required to enter names of people"

Star Trek: Generations (1994) - Memorable quotes

Love this quote:

Star Trek: Generations (1994) - Memorable quotes
Dr. Soran: "We're all going to die sometime. It's only a question of how and when. You will too, Captian. Don't you feel time gaining on you?

It's like a predator; it's stalking you. Oh,you can try and outrun it with doctors, medicines, new technologies but in the end, time is going to hunt you down... and make the kill."

April 19, 2007 :: Metroblogging DC: Virginia Tech finger pointing

After the Virginia Tech shooting spree, this article commented that many are using it to prove their point that gun control is good (need more), gun control is bad (look what it prevented, self-defense), video games are bad (not sure on this one), etc. Bottom line, if one is trying to prove a point, or score political points (who isn't these days?), then events like these are opportunities like soapboxes, on which one can stand to prove a point.

This quote was too good, I had to post it.

Metroblogging DC: Virginia Tech finger pointing: "The old saying is that when you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail. I think there's a corollary - when you have an axe to grind, every event looks like a whetstone."

Seems like progress should be done proactively, but I suppose most people are hard to convince unless it would affect them, personally. Reminds me of another quote, this one by Gene Hackman from Runaway Jury:

You think your average juror is King Solomon? No, he's a roofer with a mortgage. He wants to go home and sit in his Barcalounger and let the cable TV wash over him. And this man doesn't give a single, solitary droplet of shit about truth, justice or your American way.

April 7, 2007 :: Snow...in April?

Well, this was an interesting and surprising view to awake to this morning at 7am. My thought as I looked out was, "you've got to be kidding me!"



Bella seemed surprised, too.


It was everywhere, as snow tends to be.