WTF mate?

I think the current 3Qs are suffering from a lack of terror in their lives. Prof Civ Pro was sick and didn't scare them to the point of frozen horror in their first quarter. Then Prof LARC left and I hear they get to go through LARC pass/fail. The gravy train doesn't go on forever, people.

My point is, this might explain one of the conclusions my moot court partner found while paging through the 1L briefs - it said simply, "Ice cream."

I Heart Bob the Dinosaur

All the World's a Stage Unfortunately

Last time I mentioned the China-Tibet tensions, I was indecisive - we were giving an award to the Dalai Lama when we desperately need the friendship of China.

But all bets are off. Tiananmen Square apparently meant nothing to the Chinese government - I'm not sure how you can laugh off worldwide condemnation that even I remember, though I was only 5, but apparently they want to try. It's an anti-jihad, really, if you think about it - the Chinese are persistent in stamping out religious freedom. And nothing says "shady" like barring the media from entering the country that you're trying to "stabilize".

It's a shame really - 50 years ago Jon's family (both sides) fled from China because the Communists were quite literally destroying their lives and livelihoods. I won't repeat family history but the things that the government did were so barbaric that the Mongols were the cute, floppy-eared bunny predecessors. And apparently, it hasn't changed in the least. But the rest of the world has and now we can watch every instance of violence in horror and shame that humans are capable of such things.

China's world debut at the Beijing Games this year could have been a monument to change and progress. It's sad that once again, China's image will be marred by Tibet and its failure of diplomacy and peace, when one side wants it so desperately.

Echo Echo

Instead of ranting about airline prices ($1200 to go to London - good Lord above), I've decided to give you part 2 of Echo's story which I mentioned awhile ago. I finally saw it and decided to share. Happy puppies make people happy.

(Insert NASA Joke Here)

So I've recovered from a whirlwind 24 hours in Houston. When I got up at 6 am yesterday, I felt as if I were getting a head start on my break. Not so much, unfortunately. A job fair is tiring work - far more so than expected anyway. Charlie had to come with us and let me say that if I ever move to NYC, I'm going to have to live directly next to some sort of patch of grass. Walking even 2 blocks when the dog needs to go out at midnight would get very tiring very quickly - for me, not Charlie. He was quite the little metropolitan puppy and gladly trotted around the streets of Houston with us.

The hotel we stayed at was far fancier than expected. It was a little preview of returning to London - tiny but beautiful room and an expensive restaurant where we got stared at for not ordering wine. The only difference was that we didn't have to ask for water and there was ice in it. Best dinner I've had in a long time though.

Then on the way back, we somehow missed the Rt. 6 turn and ended up on Rt. 36/77. Talk about a difference from the opulence that we had just experienced...