Thu 20 Dec 2007
It is snowing again and the little red Honda is getting buried again. Last year, Boston got only 17" of snow the entire winter, as of this morning we had 19.5" and we're getting another 5-6" right now. There is a mountain of snow in front of our house courtesy of Boston Public Works, who decided that our house was a perfect place to dump some of the white stuff. So, well, we just keep digging and throwing it in the bushes. Maybe we'll bury the house that way.
So what brought me back to blogging? I'm done for the semester. Took my last exam yesterday morning and commenced drinking within 15 minutes of completion. What did I learn all semester?
Torts: are not a tasty little sweet, they are nasty ugly lawsuits and what passes for social insurance in this country. The way to accomplish loss-spreading and wealth redistribution is not to enact socialist or communist programs like universal health care or decent unemployment insurance. Let them hire a lawyer and sue! Innovative efficiency is the american way!
Property: isn't about that house or that car or that ipod, well it is, but it isn't, I mean its about the relationship you have to that ipod in relationship with someone else. Sound convoluted? That's what happens when you hand a very simple concept to a lawyer.
Civil Procedure: is Panzer Leader! The Feds make Avalon Hill proud. At least they did better than Divine right, but I bet some states have procedures as convoluted as that game.
Anyways, I'm done. It feels good, I think I'm going to play MTW or something else until I go blind. Then get up in 14 days and start all over again. Happy Solstice everyone!
December 22nd, 2007 at 9:07 am
Enjoy that time off, you've earned it!
Hope you and Ana have a Happy Holidays.
December 26th, 2007 at 10:42 am
Divine Right, eh? Does that mean that some states use roving bands of lepers in their courtrooms?
Congratulations! Enjoy your two weeks of drunken gaming!
December 26th, 2007 at 10:43 am
also, I'm jealous as hell about that snow, but at least we're finally getting some serious rain. Wanna trade?
December 28th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
Heh. Brings back memories of my dad asking about my drinking habits when I was in grad school. The answer went something like, "Nothing for 11 weeks, then to excess for one week. Repeat 15 times."
Good luck with the remaining 2 and a half years and Happy New Year to both of you!
December 30th, 2007 at 8:59 pm
Glad to hear the first semester is survivable. Do you suppose you'll be able to fit in a course on tortes?
The Sra. and I got ourselves a taste of the ol' New England winter, which kept us around a day longer than we originally intended. Now, of course, we're in the tail end of the 'oliday and the coming semester looms, like some sort of thing that looms.