Am I losing perspective? November 28, 2007

Or maybe I’m just tired.  Or drunk on yarn.   Does this guy want to be my dad?  (Context:  I got a ticket on my way back to Minnesota last weekend.)

No-Longer-Potential-Paramour: Im sure it pissed you off at the very least

Me: Not at all. I speed all the time, so I’ll get tickets occasionally

NLPP: I see; well hopefully your insurance wont get dinged too badly

Me: Nah – that’s what lawyers are for

NLPP: Lawyers ! ? For a speeding ticket ?  [Uh…he knows I went to law school]

Me (If this had been over the phone, spoken in a tone as if I’m explaining something to Big Bird): Yes, they take care of it so that you don’t have it on your record

NLPP: Wouldnt driving a little slower be easier and more logical ?

Me: Wow, that was condescending

NLPP: No, not really, at least I didnt mean it that way. It was really just a question.
Getting a lawyer for a speeding ticket just seems a little extreme to me and, well, easily avoidable.

The process of fixing tickets at one time paid my bills.  Is it some sort of twisted lawyer-thing that I don’t see anything wrong with paying one (I don’t have any friends with an Iowa law license) to fix my ticket?

Note to self: Never date twin brothers May 21, 2007

Via Above the Law: Who’s Your Daddy? Paternity Battle Between Two Brothers

 And just to answer your question – according to the latest opinion (218 S.W.3d  2), she did know she was sleeping with two different men.

A little advice for Summer Associates May 20, 2007

For all of the Summer Associates starting over the next couple of weeks, a little advice: seek out every opportunity you have this summer to learn about legal research. You’ll need it later, when you don’t have time to learn because that motion was due yesterday. Trust me – it is worth your time.

And take an Advanced Legal Research class if you can when you get back to school (even if you think you are an expert).