Monthly Archives: November 2018

Not the right size

On my list of things to do today –  SF Passport office and rescue my new passport. Considering that I turned in the paperwork on Monday, I thought it was a pretty good deal, even with the $60 expedited fee. … Continue reading

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First Exam

Law schools make a huge production out of exams. Seriously huge. I don’t remember anything, including National Boards or Specialty Exams that were this much of a production. Of course, those were also in the paper/pencil days and did not … Continue reading

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Con Law II

The first of my final exams for the semester is this Wednesday. I haven’t even bothered to look and see if it is morning or afternoon. It doesn’t matter at this point and by then I think all the material … Continue reading

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They won

Up front, I am not much of a football fan. US football just so there is not any confusion. I don’t detest it the way I do boxing (no excuses, a sport where you win by inflicting brain damage on … Continue reading

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A full house

It was fun, an almost full house between having family members in town, some friends from the public health class and a number of my fellow students from UCHastings (the Exchange and LLM programs). Needless to say, there was more … Continue reading

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Missing stops

Sometimes riding BART can put you to sleep; other times it is hard to breath. Today was a usual ride, meaning that we were all packed in like sardines. Like most of the rest of the travelers – the choice … Continue reading

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Oral Arguments

are one of those particularly American Legal thing. At the Appellate Level you have apposing council and and a panel of judges. Unlike your standard courtroom trial, those judges can, and do, ask questions. They also interrupt and try to … Continue reading

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Registration

I don’t know where my mind was this morning. Or rather, I think I left it steeped in the cup of coffee forgotten on my dresser. Somewhere in the back of my mind was the thought that I needed to … Continue reading

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And occasional areas of smoke

or more than occasional as is the reality. You have heard weather reports in the past – cloudy, raining, partly sunny? Or some variation of the above? Unless, of course you live in Hawaii and get a report that says … Continue reading

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Veteran’s Day

lately has become a day on which I hide out and stay home. Especially in the U.S. where the holiday has become just one more in a long line succumbing to commercialization by retailers looking for one more opportunity to … Continue reading

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Northern California Fires

There are those out and about who are still denying that the world’s climate is changing. Perhaps they didn’t get the message when watching “Day After Tomorrow” which was released in 2004. Or perhaps missed the news story about Tonga … Continue reading

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Not in Vienna

It isn’t likely, but you might remember me writing about having one more meeting to attend this year. The IMED is held every two years in Vienna. I have attended the last several. I was all set to go this … Continue reading

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School Crossing Guards

Somehow, as a child of suburbs and small towns I had failed to connect the idea of children, schools and cities. I know that it should be obvious to everyone that there are schools (elementary and secondary) inside cities. Hello? … Continue reading

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Artificial Universes

It was liket a light bulb went off over my head.  You know the one – blinding flash of the obvious – where, in retrospect you have no idea why you missed the main point of whatever. It was an … Continue reading

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No photos

Ok, I thought I had the system beaten. It doe take sending out 2-3 emails rather than one, but it looks like I can possibly get group emails through the “new improvements” of Gmail. But then, things started bouncing today. … Continue reading

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Norcal Benefit

Or maybe it was NoCal? (5 Nov update – it was actually NorCal – title above edited to reflect correction provided by George) Anyway, it was a benefit for the Cal Marching Band held last night at the University Club … Continue reading

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Whiskers

If personal information makes you squeamish, then please move on to something else. There was a time in my life when I firmly believed that whiskers occurred on cats and guys who didn’t care to shave. One of the blessings … Continue reading

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Stealing our words

there are certain words which have definite meanings to us children of the 60s. Those of us who grew up with mainframes, set vocabularies and a sense of humor about the Jaberwok. Not so these modern children who think nothing … Continue reading

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November rolled into the Bay Area

with blue skies and balmy temperatures. It was shirtsleeves in normally cool San Francisco with t-shirts and shorts in the East Bay. The weather in much of the rest of the world hasn’t been as kind. But then, it would … Continue reading

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