January: [In answer to the writer's block question: Are there any political issues, such as abortion or capital punishment, that are so fundamental to your core values that you could not respect and/or trust a romantic partner who held a contrary view?] Yup. [and then a long list of things]
February: Is it sad that the Winter Olympics are what I'm currently most excited about?
March: [After the title "'Live'blogging the close"] Of course, it's not live, staying up till the end of the hockey game and then getting home in spite of a suspended Circle line kept me up late enough on a school night, I couldn't stay up to watch the ceremonies.
April: [After the title "A Secret Millionaire learns about asylum seekers"] ...(and volunteers at a food bank and a hospice.)
May: I'm second six now!
June: [In answer to the writer's block question: How would you describe your sense of humour in six words or less?] Hit and miss, and sometimes unintentional.
July: [Overheard in London] Barrister 1: Is this copier working? [Barrister 2: Yes, like me. Intermittently, with bad grace.]
August: It's been rainy most of this week, and there's a chill in the air even when the sun's out.
September: My client's former partner and her parents brought their fifteen month old little girl (subject of proceedings) to court today.
October: Stolen from
slutsforchoice, an article that demonstrates that for anti-choicers, "abortion" is a catch-all word.
November: This has been a crazy week.
December: Judge: So, you are here to represent the London Borough of X in their application, Ms Janes.