Whenever I take some time to think about what I want to do after I finish law school I try to list the things that I really care about. There are always specific positions such as ending the death penalty or promoting marriage equality, but I keep finding the word "civilization" cropping up on these lists, and I often find my reasoning for certain ( Read more... )

The call finally came ( Read more... )

What would you rather do on a Friday night?

A.) go bowling
B.) get dressed up in your finest for an evening out
C.) engage in an epic struggle against suburban teenagers for domniation of a music video playlist, pitting The Smiths and Buster Poindexter against Keek Da Sneek and Kenny Chesney.
D.) all of the above

If you picked D, you ( Read more... )

... and we were definitely at the geek table for the reception. Subjects discussed included:

• D&D
• Discordianism
• The Church of the Subgenius
• XKCD
• Invader Zim

I've been meaning to go to this for some time but funranium kindly pointed out that it's happening again this Saturday evening: the Sea Shanty Sing-along on the Balclutha at the SF Maritime Museum. You should go - how else will you learn the work songs of 19th century ship hands, including ones that teach you at which bars in San Francisco you're most ( Read more... )

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When chatting with funranium last night, I mentioned that we would have to have a housewarming party at some point. Only it came out housearming party, which I think sounds very promising.

It's official - we're moving to Oakland. We get the keys this Saturday and have to be out from Treasure Island by October 1st, so we'll be able to spread it out over two weeks.

Of course there will have to be a Big Move Day, and that's going to be Saturday, September 22nd. We have a fair bit of stuff so we can use all the help we can get, hint ( Read more... )

Is it kosher to apply to two different rental units before having decided which one you like most? or is that considered Not Nice? It's been so long since I've been in the rental market.

This comes up because we went out looking at places today and, after some real duds, found two places that were WONDERFUL. Both are in Oakland. One is a three- ( Read more... )

A.) Humphrey is moving out, so we need to either find a new housemate or move. We're looking for both on CL, but if anyone has any leads, send 'em along ( Read more... )