tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62453502011-04-21T11:42:30.874-07:00A Baylor 3L prepares to graduate and gives adviceimadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comBlogger10061100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1170729492785831792007-02-05T18:31:00.000-08:002007-02-05T18:46:33.643-08:00

This past Saturday, I graduated from Baylor Law School. I have a law degree. If you know me, you know that this is something I've worked very hard for for a long time, at the very least, the past three years of my life. But if you know me well, you also know that in an exciting past two weeks, this wasn't even the most exciting weekend.I'm a law school graduate, and I'm leaving for London on

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1166627734037492542006-12-20T07:04:00.000-08:002006-12-20T07:20:34.363-08:00

Well, still no word on who the Commencement speaker will be, so I have to assume that there's still time for a coup. While I'm plotting, I'm going to return this space to the substantially retired status it enjoyed before the campaign. After all, I'm leaving for Vermont in two weeks to go become a proper writer. Shouldn't I be leaving such childish pursuits behind in the name of art?My epitaph

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1166217577766505532006-12-15T13:04:00.000-08:002006-12-15T13:19:37.810-08:00

So, we lost, guys. I did not have the greatest number of votes among the senior class's ballots, though I'm told I was very well represented. Details are not available yet (if they ever will be), since the highest vote-getter will need to be contacted by the Dean to see if he or she is available to speak on February 3, 2007. Wisely, the ensorcelling registrar did not tell me who finished ahead

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1166136912469253482006-12-14T14:52:00.000-08:002006-12-14T14:55:12.500-08:00

...will happen sometime in the afternoon at a law school location TBA. Stay tuned for updates.

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1166081282336241072006-12-13T23:07:00.000-08:002006-12-13T23:28:02.363-08:00

Despite the repeated attempts to both figuratively and now literally demonize me, I believe my message of edification-by-awakeness has reached the voters where they are. I know that everyone here at C4CS07 has worked hard for a cause they believe in, and that's practically its own reward, except that it's not.Which is why I took the liberty of filing with the Chief Elections Officer of Baylor

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1166022695996442702006-12-13T07:06:00.000-08:002006-12-13T07:11:36.033-08:00

Here I am cowering behind my press secretary, awaiting the results of yesterday's election. Though initial exit polls were promising, it turns out the "fire drill" kept down turnout in heavily Chris-leaning precincts. Whether we take this fight to the next level--contesting the election--depends on what sort of statistical margin we're looking at. Anything less than a landslide for Prof.

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1165942388320775222006-12-12T08:36:00.000-08:002006-12-12T08:53:08.390-08:00

The day of reckoning is here! All the work we've done--meeting voters, securing endorsements, making our sign, er, signs, er, I mean, whoever did that--comes to fruition at 5:00pm today. Remember to vote (if you can, that is), and imagine your graduation day as you do. Put yourself there, in the seats of Waco Hall, waiting for the introductions to finish and Dean Toben to tell us all just

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1165858169200296012006-12-11T09:15:00.000-08:002006-12-11T09:29:29.233-08:00

Monday morning finds us here at C4CS07 in the midst of a mad dash to the finish. Team Has-Been has certainly been pulling out all the stops, and my operatives hear and read rumblings of dark accusations levied against both my candidacy and me personally. That's why I think it's time to set the record straight.I graduated from the University of Southern California in 2003 with a B.A. in

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1165701919165934462006-12-09T13:54:00.000-08:002006-12-09T14:05:19.643-08:00

A candidate giving the Stephen Colbert truth salute.A candidate discussing his vision of a better February 3rd.A candidate confronting tough questions and his receding hairline.

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1165605262084566202006-12-08T10:58:00.000-08:002006-12-08T11:14:22.113-08:00

Everything's coming up Millhouse here at C4CS07. This morning, I took the PC room by storm and had a truly wonderful time in a give-and-give with some of the electorate. Pictures commemorating the event will follow. Also, C4CS07 won a victory in the administrative realm, as the registrar (and chief election officer) sent an email specifically apprising voters of their ability to change their

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1165539721760849552006-12-07T16:58:00.000-08:002006-12-07T17:02:42.460-08:00

Here's an email that I sent to some of the many C4CS07 supporters on my mailing list that I sure hope doesn't fall into any casual readers' hands. I certainly hope none of them decide to come see what it's all about tomorrow morning at 9:05am in the PC room:This is to let all of y'all know that there will be an official C4CS07 event in Room 234 at 9:05am tomorrow morning. Joanna, if you could

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1165537913889648442006-12-07T16:13:00.000-08:002006-12-07T16:31:53.926-08:00

So the nomination list is out, and I have to say, it's going to be a difficult minefield of powerful people, or, to be politically correct, I should say, "persons of power," to negotiate. Tonight's strategy session and marathon speech-vetting catfight should give us a better picture of how we're going to really hit the ground running tomorrow.My initial thoughts, having seen the electorate and

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1165505408123574692006-12-07T07:12:00.000-08:002006-12-07T07:38:01.063-08:00

I want to thank everyone for visiting my portal to the electorate on the worldwide web! This an exciting time for graduating seniors, Baylor, and America in general! My goal here is to provide you all with a running campaign diary from my formation of the commencement speaker exploratory committee to the big day itself. It should be a wild ride, but I thank everyone for helping out, and for

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1160158409525073482006-10-06T10:54:00.000-07:002006-10-06T11:13:29.776-07:00

I start at Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont on January 4th. Phish, Ben & Jerry's, Howard Dean...and a Baylor Law grad. Bennington, home to 700-odd students, is supposedly the model for '86 grad Bret Easton Ellis' "Camden College" in his 1987 novel The Rules of Attraction. It is also suspected of serving as the basis for Donna Tartt's (BA, '86) "Hampden College" from her novel The

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1156437538739460722006-08-24T08:57:00.000-07:002006-08-29T13:46:45.883-07:00

This is the beginning (and the middle) of the end of this space. I've had a good run, and it's about time to hang it up. The only reason I hedge is for closure's sake. I won't pull down the site without doing a graduation post in February--you know, for all of you who love happy endings, or at least endings.First and foremost, this is a blog that describes the Baylor Law experience as I

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1156340608293988822006-08-23T06:41:00.000-07:002006-08-23T06:43:28.823-07:00

If you have or know of a Baylor Law School blog, please email me with the url--whether the blogger wants to be outed or not. A compendium of the multitude of Baylor blogs needs making and will be forthcoming.

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1156180321560016662006-08-21T09:55:00.000-07:002006-08-21T10:16:40.123-07:00

There's nothing like the adorable mayhem of the first-years milling about outside the 120s on their first day of class.And how awesome is the first-day assignment for Professional Responsibility? Truly, Prof. Crim. Prac. has jumped off the deep end, and I love it. At Baylor, we teach the gentle art of being a lawyer.I'm now in that great middle of law students again, those people who aren't in

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1156021218694579952006-08-19T13:34:00.000-07:002006-08-19T14:00:18.756-07:00

I may or may not do a bigger post containing my advice for PC students who enter the dungeon on Monday (as I don't want to rob you of the wonderful mysteries of the experience and frankly, you're already hearing tons of advice, most of which is rubbish), but I do have a matter that is rather dear to my heart to discuss.Yes, a large part of PC travails is mental. [Incidentally, although "is"

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1155668367669700752006-08-15T11:39:00.000-07:002006-08-15T11:59:27.726-07:00

So I just got back into town (from Portland, OR and then Rockport, TX) and made my first trip back up to the law school. Is there any more heartwarming sight to a post-PC law student than 3Ls running around the library tracking down and printing out materials for the first week of class? If there is, I can't imagine it right now. Okay, that's not true--a paraplegic puppy playing for the

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1154490367809385012006-08-01T16:45:00.000-07:002006-08-01T20:47:33.040-07:00

Just so you know.

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1153423583050163872006-07-20T12:23:00.000-07:002006-07-21T09:50:40.326-07:00

See you in September. Yeah, school starts in August, but I'll roll up around Labor Day. I'm post-PC, so I'll do what I want.UPDATE:I'll be at the Baylor Law School Summer Commencement Exercises on July 29th, so don't think if I haven't said "so long" it's because I hate you. If I don't say "so long" next Saturday, though, it is because I hate you. Here's a preemptive (and as per Baylor,

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1153255539638997712006-07-18T13:34:00.000-07:002006-07-18T13:45:39.680-07:00

I believe it was our Lord who said "man shall not live on professor-posted Products Liability slides alone." I'm about to try to prove Him wrong when I roll up for my final final of the quarter on Thursday. Let's just say that while my attendance record was worse in Conflicts of Laws and Securities Regulation, it wasn't worse by much.That said, I feel empowered by my PC-ness, as evidenced by

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1153083874397610902006-07-16T13:52:00.000-07:002006-07-16T14:04:34.433-07:00

Apparently the Appellate Procedure final is an open-book affair, which means you can bring in the Rules of Civil Procedure, the Rules of Appellate Procedure, the course supplement, as well as the third Harry Potter book.My esteemed PC partner found out it was open-book when he rolled up to the exam several quarters ago sans book. And then he churned out an exam that had Prof. Appellate thinking

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1152896493661407602006-07-14T09:58:00.000-07:002006-07-14T10:01:33.693-07:00

Good luck tomorrow, everyone. And how much does it suck for bar exam takers to get to go straight from the PC II final back to their carrels sans a nice 'rita buzz? A lot.For the record, I'm not taking the bar in July. So you might see me at the bar by 10am tomorrow.

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1152797599371100082006-07-13T06:23:00.000-07:002006-07-13T06:33:19.413-07:00

There's a space on the left next to Professor Powell that's just begging for someone to be photoshopped in. Since I actually appear in the picture, I suggest the following candidates for digital addition:1.) President Bush2.) Professor McConnico, to start a tradition3.) Genghis Khan4.) Another picture of me5.) A preggers Heidi Klum6.) Speed RacerOr perhaps that space was just vacated by the PC

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1152743954931723332006-07-12T15:31:00.000-07:002006-07-12T15:39:14.956-07:00

The Tommy Smyth to my Stu Scott, my college roommate Tom has this funny post, which is part of an ongoing series that examines the Google searches that result in his like 12 hits a month. Just kidding, he's up to like 24. [Sidebar: how lame am I for turning hit count into a pissing contest? Whatever.]

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1152742166653089542006-07-12T14:57:00.000-07:002006-07-12T15:09:26.686-07:00

Today was the last day of class (hopefully) for dozens of my classmates, and for their sakes, I honestly hope I never see them again...in class. And for me, the wonderful era of "post-PC" has (again, hopefully) begun. That, or at least it will after Saturday's PC II exam.There's not much to say, as the anticlimactic nature of "last days of class" at Baylor has been well-documented. Yeah, no

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1152557736584467912006-07-10T11:51:00.000-07:002006-07-10T11:56:11.636-07:00

PC II exam: 5 days awayBar exam: 15 days away

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1152304304346757432006-07-07T13:27:00.000-07:002006-07-07T13:31:44.383-07:00

So that some Robin Williams-like Baylor Law School professor in sixty years can give a carpe diem speech to wide-eyed 1Ls, we're taking the Spring '06 PC class picture next Wednesday at 10:00am in front of the law school. More importantly, that leads me to think that there won't be class that day at 9:15, or that it will at least be abbreviated. But I'm thinking I may just sleep in late that

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1152290544571359832006-07-07T09:41:00.000-07:002006-07-07T09:42:24.603-07:00

Today is your last Friday of class in law school. Enjoy it.

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1152136345358265662006-07-05T14:43:00.000-07:002006-07-05T14:52:25.413-07:00

Old Kenny Boy, the pipes are callingThe time to pay the piper came.Your end though timely's no doubt gallingTo those whose nest eggs fed the flameOf yours and Skillings' golden parachute;I'm sure in hell, you think it's quite a hoot.You cheating cheater, you've made bail,Your friend the reaper's spared you jail.One wonders what they do in DanburyTo CEOs who cook the booksDo gay accountants give

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1152116369584398412006-07-05T09:17:00.000-07:002006-07-05T09:19:29.730-07:00

The "rain or shine" 4th of July fireworks on the Brazos River have been rescheduled for Friday night at 9:45. So, everyone prepare for a Happy Seventh of July, which is the 230th anniversary of the day that Thomas Jefferson woke up from his post-Declaration tequila binge.Viva America!

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1152035898449730912006-07-04T10:37:00.000-07:002006-07-04T10:59:34.436-07:00

I am not necessarily a fan of the War in Iraq. I think it was conceived in negligence, pursued with haste, and carried on with questionable foresight. I do, however, believe the government's goals were good, and the removal of Saddam Hussein (and the franchise being extended--gasp!--to women) was a good thing.I am, however, a decided opponent of Cindy Sheehan, who is now (along with 150 others)

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1151990330687519282006-07-03T22:02:00.000-07:002006-07-03T22:21:23.760-07:00

Though I seem to be the only fan of that bellicose Orange County Quaker, here's something from Richard Milhous Nixon that goes out to the 1Qs studying for finals. In Nixon's two-volume, 1358-page memoir of his life until 1974, exactly three pages are devoted to his time at Duke Law School. On the first of those three is this little excerpt:"From the first day I knew that I was on a fast

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1151878159924673862006-07-02T14:27:00.000-07:002006-07-03T22:19:37.016-07:00

I've been reading Vikram Seth's novel-in-verse, The Golden Gate, over the past couple of days. It is itself an homage to Alexander Pushkin's classic Eugene Onegin, which in addition to being memorized and recited by generations of Russian schoolchidren was set to music in the opera by Tchaikovsky. The Golden Gate (and Eugene Onegin) both consist of hundreds of sonnets in iambic tetrameter in an

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1151714787723987492006-06-30T17:22:00.000-07:002006-06-30T17:46:27.756-07:00

It's official. No one will be handing down PC binders ready for use on the first day of the Fall Practice Court class. Well, they'll hand them down, but they won't absolve the new PCers of the headache of organizing what they need to read and where to put it. And then there's the matter of the PC and Evidence outlines...So, as part of my commitment to serving as Chief Alumni

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1151710709045119622006-06-30T16:25:00.000-07:002006-06-30T17:21:05.306-07:00

After 10.5 hours of trial, a jury of someone's peers came to a verdict in the matter of In re RMS Titanic, and we couldn't be happier to be through with bulkheads, lifeboats, and Marconi telegraph operators. For the record, my partner and I represented Harland & Wolff, the builders who constructed the Titanic, and we secured a verdict of 20% liability with no punitives and a "no" against the

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1151683556615198652006-06-30T08:53:00.000-07:002006-06-30T16:25:18.903-07:00

Prof. Evidence-and-PC II is kind of like an Old Testament god. (Don't fear for my apostate soul, I used the lowercase 'g' since there are multiple Abrahamic religions, so there's always someone's monotheism I'd be shortchanging otherwise.)He smites people with fervor if not relish, and he is distant and aloof. His praise isn't so much encouragement as it is a shrugging ambivalence that stands

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1151587348072356712006-06-29T06:22:00.000-07:002006-06-29T06:22:28.100-07:00

...Beware the pirates.

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1151376181694464422006-06-26T19:38:00.000-07:002006-06-26T19:43:01.720-07:00

I'm afraid I won't be posting until Thursday evening, when our trial is over (it had better be over by Thursday evening, too, if not, I'll be wicked pissed). At present, there are 32 witnesses scheduled to be called, and we have set aspirational time limits (since when Prof. Evidence is in the room all time limits are aspirational) of five hours for the plaintiffs and five hours for the

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1151327677136426512006-06-26T06:11:00.000-07:002006-06-26T06:14:37.166-07:00

I've seen the signs around the library that promise undergrads they will be removed if they're found, but Swanburg's actually seen it happen. Look for the McCain-Kennedy amnesty-for-undergrads legislation.

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1151291916227798862006-06-25T19:59:00.000-07:002006-06-25T20:18:36.260-07:00

Apparently, we all have to supply a draft jury charge, whether there's more than one way to (reasonably) skin a cat or not. In that (no doubt) hypothetical case where there's been consultation among the parties on what would constitute an acceptable charge, one wonders about the wisdom of having to concoct something just for the sake of objecting to it. Below is something that I think my

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1151162990487806392006-06-24T08:24:00.000-07:002006-06-24T09:40:34.390-07:00

For soccer (or international intrigue) neophytes, check out Stephen's guide to World Cup rooting, Round of 16 Edition.An excerpt:"GermanyPROS: They make really good beer and cars. Have not invaded their neighbors in over 50 years, a national record."Personally, I find it amusing that Germany's two forwards (Miroslav Klose and Lukas Podolski) are from Poland. The poor Poles can't get a break, not

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1151037466955329772006-06-22T21:29:00.000-07:002006-06-22T21:37:47.000-07:00

So I guess I should do this now before everyone's tied up next week.If you happen to be free next Thursday afternoon, would like (or not mind) serving as a witness in a PC Big Trial, and want to see me actually man up and accuse an at-present-beyond-subpoena-range pirate of sinking the Titanic, email me. I'm the only Chris Fahrenthold at Baylor, and I think the email link is somewhere on the

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1151035953828008582006-06-22T21:04:00.000-07:002006-06-22T21:12:33.856-07:00

...and I don't mean in the "someone took our deposition" sense. We lost to the (presumably) 2Q softball team in the finals, which they were gracious enough to play after the semis happened at 7. I suppose a loss on the merits tonight is better than a loss by forfeit next week, which is what would have happened if the schedule had been followed. For some reason, I don't think "sir, I've gotta

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1151016685647678122006-06-22T15:29:00.000-07:002006-06-22T15:51:25.680-07:00

I don't normally link to a story from the Drudge Report, even if I find it interesting, because frankly, everyone reads it there anyway, and they know where I found it. But I'll make an exception here to talk about this decision from the Ninth Circuit. Basically, for this incarcerated sex offender to be released from a California prison, he had to pass a test wherein the warden stuck a

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1151010949135171912006-06-22T14:02:00.000-07:002006-06-22T14:15:49.190-07:00

Well, the United States was rather unceremoniously drummed out of the World Cup today by losing to Ghana, 2-1. This, after the Italians beat the Czech Republic and left the door open to the second round if we had won. With our Olympic drubbing in basketball and our failure to even appear in the final of the World Baseball Classic, it seems like we really can't do squat in the international

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1150940361449407552006-06-21T18:17:00.000-07:002006-06-21T18:39:21.476-07:00

I've been a little busy recently, what with getting Jigglesby the Blogging Weasel ready for our appearance on America's Got Talent next week. I did, however, want to make mention of today's guest speaker in PC II.The editor of O'Connors Compendium of Forms and Stuff that PC students use like it's the Bible came to discuss federal discovery. Sadly, I think I might have taken away the wrong

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1150775792238942492006-06-19T20:41:00.000-07:002006-06-19T20:59:30.996-07:00

Will someone please freaking sue someone in McLennan freaking County? Please? There was a trial that was supposed to start this morning in the 19th District Court, and while it still appeared on the docket online, it apparently settled sometime before, well, this morning. Great. Don't you people know we PC students have to watch you do your thing?For an allegedly litigious society, there sure

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1150690640776030322006-06-18T21:04:00.000-07:002006-06-18T21:17:20.803-07:00

Since I just mentioned a new(ish) Baylor blog, I figured now would be a good time to mourn the death of an old one, which might also actually be the first one. By my estimation, the end came about a month ago.Jim Dedman, who I don't mean to eulogize, since it's just his homepage that has passed, is an '02 Baylor J.D. whose heart and soul are very much in the 1990s and very much in Austin.

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1150689229624581302006-06-18T20:42:00.000-07:002006-06-18T20:53:49.696-07:00

For those of you who love Baylor Law School, love blogs, and love thinking really hard, here's something for you. Topics range from game theory to religion to literature to the law and back. It's a group effort, and the fare is fairly eclectic, so there's something for everyone.

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Since I gave the French props for giving us the term "voir dire," I figure I have to throw the French-baiters a bone, too. In surprisingly caustic (and masterful) fashion, Garrison Keillor rips Bernard-Henri Levy a new one over his book American Vertigo: Traveling in the Footsteps of Tocqueville. I say down with the "freedome fries" nonsense and up with more clever bitch-slaps like this.[You

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1150502854993707382006-06-16T17:05:00.000-07:002006-06-16T17:07:35.020-07:00

I'm taking fake depositions for my fake trial all weekend. Then I'm going to confer with my fake client over fake lunch that I'm fake billing, and we're going to decide what fake witnesses we're going to call.

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1150392599053353462006-06-15T09:33:00.000-07:002006-06-15T10:31:55.930-07:00

Professor Mark Osler (Baylor's resident criminal practice guru and part of the Practice Court faculty) has been on tour the past couple weeks. Arguing for the ACLU, he's been trying his best to draw a split in the federal courts of appeals on the disparity between the sentences for crack and powder cocaine possession, even after the revolutionary Booker decision (in which he was cited) broke the

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1150297974122516232006-06-14T08:06:00.000-07:002006-06-14T09:02:07.080-07:00

Today is my voir dire exercise, and it's a fun two-hour, four-party affair. Since the "strike zone" exceeds the number of venirepersons, I think we should just say the panel's busted and go home, talesmen be damned. But alas, I doubt that's going to happen.I'm the third to go, and by then, I'm only going to have about two questions to ask. They will be, in no particular order:1.) Have any of

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1150262149431528962006-06-13T22:11:00.000-07:002006-06-13T23:47:42.766-07:00

If you had a law school education and didn't want to be a lawyer, what would you do? Any suggestion from dominatrix (er, dominator--I took T&E) to Wimbledon ball boy will be entertained. I've got a 25-hour-a-week master's degree to fit in, but nothing else to fill the time.Do I chill on the court-appointed list? Do I become a guardian ad litem? Do I try to be the strip club correspondent for

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1150228763410746762006-06-13T12:56:00.000-07:002006-06-13T12:59:23.436-07:00

If you see a PC student today (or someone huddled in a corner mumbling to themselves while rocking back and forth), be kind to them. PC grades come out today, and word on the street, from Prof. PC himself, is that there are 5 D's and 3 F's in the batch. So much for an adjunct curve and a new fuzzy look to Practice Court. The only thing fuzzy about PC is Prof. PC's beard.Not that I've felt it,

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1150118140459775842006-06-12T06:13:00.000-07:002006-06-12T14:10:37.953-07:00

At 10:55am CDT, the USA plays the Czech Republic in our first match of the World Cup. It's on The Deuce, and we should be out of PC by then.Watch it, or the terrorists have already won. Then again, with Mexico beating Iran 3-1 yesterday...UPDATE: Man, we suck.

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1150082468921602912006-06-11T20:07:00.000-07:002006-06-11T20:21:08.946-07:00

I just returned from the coast (of Texas) where my parents' 25th wedding anniversary was celebrated in an uncharacteristically raucous manner by both sides of my somewhat staid family. That said, I missed out on most of the international sports banter of the previous post. I love how the Olympics and the World Cup bring everyone together. Hooligans and all.I would like to thank everyone who

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1149874528302792172006-06-09T10:34:00.000-07:002006-06-09T10:35:28.330-07:00

Yes, I'm watching Germany and Costa Rica in opening round play of the World Cup, and I'm loving it.

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1149647592676714322006-06-06T19:24:00.000-07:002006-06-06T19:33:12.700-07:00

As I was perusing the blog of everyone's favorite latex-salesman-turned-law-student (I shall dub him "The Gloved One"), I noticed that Vanilla Ice is playing Graham Central Station in Waco on June 14th. After I got over my complete bitterness at the 1- and 2Qs' two-week Torts hiatus, the awesome shittiness of my favorite Surreal Lifer's appearance in the town of my birth dawned on me.You may be

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1149625205703673762006-06-06T13:17:00.000-07:002006-06-06T13:20:05.730-07:00

Leaving his gig as what must be the longest-tenured interim chief-of-staff to the president of Baylor University, Professor Mike Morrison is returning to Baylor Law School to teach. No official word yet on in what and when he will reemerge in the classroom.

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1149610678873679902006-06-06T09:15:00.000-07:002006-06-06T09:17:58.906-07:00

For those of you who still need to observe a direct and cross-examination, there is supposed to be one commencing at the federal district court in Waco at about 1:30pm today. Now, if only it had been yesterday afternoon, I could have been spared that three hour tour of oral depositions that was post meridiem PC.

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1149553346228604492006-06-05T17:15:00.000-07:002006-06-05T17:22:26.253-07:00

In the final of the Houston Regional, Baylor's baseball team was eliminated by Rice, who will advance to the round of sixteen. Also gone are last year's champion, Texas, and last year's runner-up, Florida. At least Baylor was the third team knocked out of Houston.In the "of interest to 'SC fans" file, ucla and notre dame failed to make it out of their regionals, though Stanford advanced. Worry

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1149551965965793542006-06-05T16:52:00.000-07:002006-06-05T16:59:26.036-07:00

Joe Jamail is an asshole.

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1149478007938477282006-06-04T20:22:00.000-07:002006-06-04T20:30:39.206-07:00

For everyone who's wanted to punch Joel Osteen in the face (and that number should really include everyone who's ever seen him, heard him, or read his regurgitated self-help piece of crap at Barnes & Noble), here is the next best thing. You can also look forward to guest appearances by Benny Hinn, Robert Tilton and all the others who are circling the drain to what I can only hope is the tenth

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1149441391333561772006-06-04T10:03:00.000-07:002006-06-04T10:16:31.396-07:00

Because I'm the only member of Plan B not studying for the bar this quarter, it has fallen to me to come up with and have made the official Plan B shirt. I would like the shirt to be general enough to be purchased by the occasional fan, but specific enough to act as a sort of final class shirt.The format idea that's had real staying power is that of a band's tour t-shirt, which is made a little

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1149363956713900062006-06-03T12:43:00.000-07:002006-06-03T12:45:56.783-07:00

So there was rodeo on CBS this afternoon, and I couldn't help but watch it over my Taco Bell. I felt a little bad about it, but I was rooting for the bulls, not the cowboys. My favorite is Hot Damn, followed by Cooter. Where are the bull fans in the crowd? I want to see someone holding a posterboard sign that says "Gore 'Em" or the like. If I ever go to a rodeo, I think I'll bring one.

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1149022304615888342006-05-30T13:38:00.000-07:002006-05-30T13:51:44.643-07:00

Well, apparently SoTheBearSays Book Club posts aren't as popular as they are entertaining to me, so it's back to the old law school grind. Of particular interest these days is the Practice Court Voir Dire exercise, which as a per my pledge to send legal terms to deTex, I will pronounce "vwahr deer," not "vor diar." We can dislike the French, but William the Conqueror at least jumpstarted our

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1148937115595635472006-05-29T13:48:00.000-07:002006-05-29T14:11:55.813-07:00

So right now--well, not right now--I'm reading The Collector by John Fowles. It's a perfectly wonderful book, an artful literary novel about an obsessive butterfly collector who kidnaps this woman and keeps her locked in his basement. It predates and perfects that Thomas Harris-like tripe that roams the "psychological thriller" genre shelf these days.Anyway, as I was reading it this afternoon,

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1148931134675640952006-05-29T12:24:00.000-07:002006-05-29T14:15:38.230-07:00

Baylor is the three seed in the Houston Regional of the NCAA Baseball tournament. To get to the Super Regional (not to mention Omaha), they'll have to go through Arizona State and Rice. Ouch.And in case anyone forgot who has 12 College World Series titles, more than twice as many as the next place team...it's USC.CORRECTION: USC "only" has twice as many baseball national championships as the

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1148911090603341002006-05-29T06:43:00.000-07:002006-05-29T06:58:10.630-07:00

Yesterday, I saw Penn Jillette's documentary about the dirtiest joke ever told, The Aristocrats. The "joke" is only barely a joke, and it's not a terribly funny one. I don't want to give anything away, but it's mainly a punchline in search of a setup, and its staying power is due to the fact that every comedian tells the setup a different way, each trying to be more disgusting and offensive

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1148858518288450262006-05-28T15:55:00.000-07:002006-05-28T16:24:14.590-07:00

I've wanted to do something like this for a while, so I guess this time is as good as any to introduce the latest feature of SoTheBearSays. Officially and unofficially, yours truly has been called upon to counsel some of the folks around Baylor Law School who are facing questions and crises in their lives. This is because of my caring demeanor, encyclopedic knowledge of the novels of Steve

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1148840119412004492006-05-28T11:10:00.000-07:002006-05-28T11:15:19.456-07:00

The Chosen One, the child who shall save us all, was born yesterday in Africa.

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1148753682016571222006-05-27T09:50:00.000-07:002006-05-27T11:14:42.053-07:00

There's something of an insensate pissiness floating over the PC folks like a cloud, and it's not the usual kind. Perhaps it is, but I just assumed that in PC I, this sort of thing was to be expected. Now, though, it seems as if everyone is more, hmmm, annoyed with the regular PC whatnot than overwhelmed or exhausted. That annoyance is no doubt due to the obligations of Barbri, Big Trial,

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1148582490681142102006-05-25T11:35:00.000-07:002006-05-25T11:41:30.713-07:00

Here's something someone should look into, because it bears upon impossibly important matters of state. There is an "Oral Advocates" softball team, as well as a "PC Defending Champs" team. Aren't these the same team? If not, how lame is the underclassman team that jacked our old name? If so, shouldn't the 5th team (the one not scheduled to play tonight) be playing? And did Desmond die in the

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1148526750013558372006-05-24T20:05:00.000-07:002006-05-24T20:14:30.186-07:00

1.) Kellie Pickler is really really dumb or smarter than us all.2.) Now I know why you shouldn't use a cellphone on an airplane...that electromagnetic shit is scary.3.) The songs they write for the American Idol finalists are gayer than Ace Young.4.) Michael had better die in Season 3 of Lost. Not a lesson, more of a wish, but still true.5.) Being required to attend the finals of the

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1148424016961620772006-05-23T15:37:00.000-07:002006-05-23T15:40:16.990-07:00

I talked to my family today, who live in San Antonio, and my mother said that in the wake of the Mavs' victory in Game 7, SA hasn't been this depressed since the USA beat Mexico in the '03 World Cup.

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1148337778357600092006-05-22T15:41:00.000-07:002006-05-22T15:42:58.386-07:00

My partner and I lost in the first round of the mini-trial tournament to a team who claims they didn't even want to win. Man, we suck.

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1148265394587274772006-05-21T19:31:00.000-07:002006-05-21T19:36:34.613-07:00

Blogging has been light due to a convergence of fun set for tomorrow, which includes the first round of the (hopefully) week-long mini-trial tournament, the due date for our answer in our Big Trial, and the first appearance of Prof. Evidence in Practice Court. I'm hoping we learn something about discovery, um, now, since I got's interrogatories to send to these whiny Titanic plaintiffs. I'm

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1148247517730743282006-05-21T14:34:00.000-07:002006-05-21T14:38:37.800-07:00

Here is the latest addition to the Baylor blawgosphere. He's a 1Q who managed to get kicked out of Civil Procedure almost as fast as the dynamic duo from my class's Spring '04 orientation. He also happens to have a very healthy sense of humor about it and the rest of law school so far. Give him a read, because I do. What, I don't have that kind of compelling coolness yet? Well, read him

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1148160550515579932006-05-20T14:22:00.000-07:002006-05-20T14:29:10.540-07:00

Barry Bonds has "tied" Babe Ruth by hitting his "714th home run" in Oakland. No comment yet from Brad Halsey, the Oakland southpaw who just earned Trivial Pursuit question immortality.This officially puts to rest the era of records in baseball. Barry has finished what McGwire and Sammy "The Corker" Sosa began in '98. Oh well, at least Barry-hate is fashionable.

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1148019911510278272006-05-18T23:19:00.000-07:002006-05-19T11:12:26.316-07:00

Yeah, so we pretty much rocked. Sure, there was an SBA function scheduled, but it turned into a Spring '04 starter photo session right quick after we finished. We had a great time, and I think at least a fair amount of our audience did, too. We were loving and respectful of all in our rendition of "The Fallen," and even Promgate and our Jay-Z cover got at worst an "eh" treatment from

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1147977358394419192006-05-18T11:33:00.000-07:002006-05-18T11:35:58.423-07:00

If anyone has the means to record tonight's show for our shot at TS's label, please do it. It's a moment in time that should be captured and then laughed at...a lot. Let me know if you've made a recording, and I'll see about posting the file sometime for those diehard Plan B fans who just couldn't make the show tonight.

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So now Practice Court is like Footloose, and Plan B is Kevin Bacon. That's right, The Man is trying to bring us down, and it's all because Prof. PC hates music.Tomorrow has been declared a "double-absence day" in PC, which means that, for attendance purposes, missing tomorrow's class will count as missing two class periods. This policy has thus far only been used with respect to days that are

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1147896505180715132006-05-17T13:03:00.000-07:002006-05-17T13:08:55.736-07:00

It's official, the inaugural farewell reunion tour for legendary law school band Plan B will be tomorrow night at Poppa Rollo's. Rumor has it some SBA event dealing with law buddies is scheduled to be there as well.Come out and hear the latest rendition of "The Fallen," as well as some other songs we've been working on. By "been working on," of course, I mean "will work on tonight." Come out,

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1147714112112737642006-05-15T10:16:00.000-07:002006-05-15T10:28:32.146-07:00

...or at least your friends, 'cause there's a move afoot to have a Plan B reunion farewell tour appearance at the Law Buddy Social on Thursday at Poppa Rollo's. For those of you unfamiliar with us, Plan B is a badass band formed in the Summer of 2004, composed of 4 (perhaps 5) of the most badass mothers on the planet. We play songs--some about law school, some not--and it's not that we're bad

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1147473589631711062006-05-12T15:37:00.000-07:002006-05-12T15:39:49.656-07:00

Evidence grades are up. I know nothing of the distribution. But I do know that I won't see Prof. Evidence again, save as Prof. PC II, The Duke of Discovery.

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1147318683531681042006-05-10T20:27:00.000-07:002006-05-10T20:38:03.556-07:00

After tomorrow, I will have attended every non-PC class of mine for the quarter (with the exception of 1-unit Appellate Procedure, which was cancelled Tuesday). Equal Protection & Voting Rights is pretty much what you'd expect from a Prof. ConLaw seminar-type class: precleared single-member recitation of cases (shameless and lame inside-Equal-Protection-joke) and grandpa-on-the-porch telling of

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So I'm in a really big Big Trial. Like, bigger than big. Like, a Titanic Big Trial. Haha, man that was lame. But seriously, my partner tells me we're in this four-party debacle that is a trial of liability for the sinking of the Titanic. He also tells me the materials came on two CDs. Great. Given my subtle knowledge of procedural law and my tenacious defense training, I'm wondering how

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1147020018827472092006-05-07T09:29:00.000-07:002006-05-07T16:38:22.460-07:00

Summer quarter starts tomorrow, so as the Post-PC folks graduate, we'll have an influx of new first-quarter students. Also, in the PC II quarter, we get to take classes with civilians, er, non-PC students again. And I'm looking forward to lording my smug PC-ness over the "stressed out" kids of the first two years. It's a tradition as old as Baylor and one I intend to keep alive as we come

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1146324403274300432006-04-29T08:18:00.000-07:002006-04-29T08:26:43.303-07:00

Congratulations to all of those who are graduating, and to my classmates, congratulations on finishing PC I. I will be spending most of the week in Rockport, reading and recuperating from the quarter. Then there's the summer, which brings with it Law League softball and 9:15am classes. Both are wonderful things.

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1146239173104235092006-04-28T08:42:00.000-07:002006-04-28T08:46:13.130-07:00

I am now officially (hopefully, pending passing grades) finished with PC I. That is all.

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1146147460315133072006-04-27T07:05:00.000-07:002006-04-27T07:21:24.273-07:00

Tomorrow is the Practice Court final exam. To serve my goal of learning something about this thing called "the charge" between now and then, there will be no updates today. But here's a great quote from the Lariat's coverage of the Kinky Friedman appearance yesterday:"Friedman responded to an incident during a St. Patrick's Day parade in Dallas this year where Friedman broke open container laws

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1146095634370127982006-04-26T16:08:00.000-07:002006-04-26T16:53:54.403-07:00

A lot of people have been asking me what I plan to do in the future, both with respect to the blog and with respect to my career. I've answered this summarily in the comments, but I'll go ahead and put it out here now. The people want to know, and you've got to give the people what they want.I've never wanted to be a lawyer. That's no secret. I came to law school because I thought it was

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1146092613867726672006-04-26T16:00:00.000-07:002006-04-26T16:03:33.893-07:00

So Kinky Friedman's pretty much a badass, and I'm totally voting for him for governor this fall. Smoking his cigar into the camera as he was being interviewed, he pulled no punches and was his usual charming and cantakerous self. And I also got him to sign my copy of Greenwich Killing Time, his first mystery novel which stars his cat and himself.

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1146076328488599192006-04-26T11:31:00.000-07:002006-04-26T11:32:08.516-07:00

I'm about to go to a reception for Kinky Friedman and then hear him speak on campus. A write-up and gubernatorial endorsement should follow.

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1146001103761976052006-04-25T14:36:00.000-07:002006-04-26T08:32:51.106-07:00

...tough love from Prof. CrimLaw in the form of a school-wide email, and I endorse every single word of it.(Though, given my post of yesterday, it does seem a little old hat--see lessons 2 and 3.)UPDATE: Well, you all haven't let me down. I hoped against hope that the comments wouldn't turn into a general bitch session on every perceived wrong with Baylor Law School, dating back to and

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1145978715950382242006-04-25T08:17:00.000-07:002006-04-25T08:31:30.096-07:00

The Evidence exam is in about three hours. This exam is somewhat apocryphal at Baylor Law School for its difficulty, one of those A-MM multiple choice affairs. I'm just hoping the test is heavy on Rule 405(a), as I spent a fair amount of classtime honing my skills on it.

imadancingbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154354828174099904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245350.post-1145898020145532272006-04-24T09:59:00.000-07:002006-04-25T08:46:36.390-07:00

[I think I've earned some street cred and a somewhat long leash, so cut me some slack on what follows--somebody grab a bucket, 'cause I'm fixing to truth.]I love Baylor, and it breaks my heart to see our institution laughed at. That wasn't my call, though, it was the Dean's, and now we all have to pay for it a while. More than any of us, however, who have the consolation of anger, of resentment,

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