The Evils of Spell Check

Marlo and I were IMing this evening from two different rooms (beats yelling across the house).

I admit to her that I don't know a function on my computer.

She writes, "Your dumb."

I retort, "At least I know the contraction to "you are" is "you're."

It's almost as good as when we were doing some college applications for her this afternoon and she tried to convince me that gospel is spelled gosspil.

Good grief! Spell check has destroyed the spelling capacity of an entire generation.

Bar Exam Tomorrow

Tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday is the bar exam.

It's nearly 9:00 p.m. Monday night and I've finally stopped cramming. If I don't know a subject or rule by now, I'm not gonna. I've just got to trust that the amount that I do know is sufficient and not worry about the things I don't know. (At least, unless and until someone proves that worrying spontaneously converts to unlearned knowledge).

Cross your fingers for me.

Letter to the Editor Published

I had a letter to the Editor published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer on January 27th. I had no idea! I only found it because I decided to google my name and see what came up out of curiosity.

You can read the letter here (but take warning that it is political and likely to tick you off if you don't believe in the rule of law or that our country should abide by the Convention Against Torture that we signed and ratified).

Update on the Update

Ok, I finally finished law school and somewhat recovered my health after being ill most of the fall. Marlo turned 18 and I turned 40. Goodbye 2008.

I'm now studying for the bar exam. After 3 years of law school and tens of thousands of dollars, it still takes another three grand and a preparation course to pass the bar. The exam is four weeks away.

There is good news on the horizon though. In between taking the bar in February and getting the results in May (yes, it really does take that long), I'll be taking Marlo to France for two weeks and will be sure to take pictures and blog about our trip.

A quick update

After weeks of being ill (18 days to be precise), my doctor finally put me on antibiotics the Tuesday before Thanksgiving (a week ago yesterday). I am almost recovered - just a slight residual cough due to some congestion.

I haven't really felt like cooking much because I've been so tired and, frankly, couldn't taste much anyway. I'm starting to get my interest back and anticipate getting caught up on my outstanding My Kitchen My World countries soon.

On a happy note, today was the LAST day of law school classes and therefore my last day of law school classes FOREVER! I just have to finish writing 3 four-page papers and one take-home final exam and I'll truly be done. Yay!