Another one bites the dust. 

I bought an umbrella at CVS today and this is what the "LIMITED LIFETIME GUARANTEE" promises me:  "CHABY INT'L UMBRELLA FRAMES ARE WARRANTED TO BE FREE OF DEFECTS IN MATERIAL AND WORKMANSHIP IN ALL PARTS.  THIS WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER THE FABRIC, CASE OR HANDLE ( Read more... )

"Whatever their religious or philosophical beliefs, men of the same community in the same period share a certain background-picture of the world and their relation to it.  In our own age--whether we believe our consciousness to be a soul ensconced in a body, like a ghost in a machine, or some inextricable psychosomatic mixture--when we think ( Read more... )

Looking through the glass wall of Starbucks today, I mistook a somewhat pudgy ten-year-boy for a zaftig middle-aged woman until he was about seven feet away from me.  I really need new glasses. 

I don't actually feel this way, but I keep repeating in my head, over and over again, this phrase: "I hate my life and I want to die."  I will never outgrow my hatred for writing papers.  In fact, it has grown in law school because now I have to reference this little diabolical manual called a "Bluebook" (which sounds innocuous, but don't be fooled ( Read more... )

Things that I could not live without this year:

Valerian root
Fish oil
Noise-isolating earbuds
Ear plugs
Wine
My beloved Honey Joe (childhood teddy bear)
Short story collections
Netflix
Food from Trader Joe's

Most other things are expendable. 

I think it's time for some reflection as this semester nears its end.  But all I can think is, "Only 5 more days and this is OVER!" until. . .well, next semester, but I'll take what I can get at this point. : )

I am not stressed.  I am just tired.  One exam down, two to go, and then I am home free.  Hehe!  

Scientists Speculate Old Earth Resembled Thomas Kincade Painting

Fuck you, California. 

Baker v. Kallash, 63 N.Y.2d 19 (1984 ( Read more... )