Archive for October, 2007

Lists

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

Lists are so much easier to recall than outlines. So tired of hearing about outlines. Can I put lists in my outlines?

Here is a list. I was driving for many hours today so started thinking about “I never” items.

I have never…

  1. watched any (6 in all?) of the Star Wars movies.
  2. eaten fish.
  3. read Alice in Wonderland (nor do I know the plot and outcome of the story).
  4. watched an entire soccer game.
  5. acquired a passport.
  6. shorn a sheep.
  7. acted in a play.
  8. shoplifted.
  9. witnessed a plane crashing to earth, although, I have dreamt this scenario many times since childhood.

Elements of Battery:

1. d Acts volitionally
2. Intending to
3. Cause
4. a Harmful or offensive contact with P OR
5. an imminent apprehension of such a harmful or offensive contact
6. and does cause a harmful or offensive contact with P
7. without consent (Lack of consent) (Some view this is a defense rather then an element.)

(CAHIL)

Ha-Ha

Saturday, October 6th, 2007

I came across a few items today…

1) This is a quote, not sure in what context it was spoken, but it was uttered and it kind of brought a tear to my eye.

“It was my dream to be a sex symbol. To actually achieve those things I wanted was a dream come true.”

By Carmen Electra

What a precious girl that Carmen Electra. Precious profundity from such a beautiful person. (In her defense, I think some pertinent content to which “those things” was referencing was sliced from her speech. Come on, I am sure many girls dream of being sex symbols. I think I recall seeing this ambition written a couple of times while reading my niece’s kindergarten “yearbook” this past summer.)

2) Looking through a Big Lots! circulation flyer I saw an ad for Snyder’s Potato Chips. But it is not the Snyder of Hanover whose well-known pretzels can be purchased in most non-closeout grocery stores, but the less famous Snyder of Berlin (several miles to the east of Hanover) food company. Efin funny. Seriously, think about it.

Law School

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

I love it. The thought process is awesome. I am in the stage where I think law professors are exceptionally brilliant (except one and well, I have defensive issues with this one. I am a defensive sort.) With some analytical extrapolation one could surmise this professor would believe I have no business writing in a blog as my blog would suffer from serious reasoning problems. And because I am leaving my comment as such, I am, thusly, proving this professor correct in that I infer way too much and fail to explain how I reached my conclusion and in effect, earning what I earned.

And on the sixth day a star was born.

Seriously, why the heck did I wait so long to apply to law school?

I have left several “say what?” comments in the margins of my textbooks. The next book’s owner will undoubtedly request a refund. If one buys a marked up textbook, they would like the mark-ups to offer some assistance, yes? The owner of my Torts book probably made Law Review - a guess - her mark-ups are great.

Imagine if…

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

human hair grew only up to a certain age, say 16. At this time, the hair ceases to grow. Imagine the tragedy of one bad hair-cut. The patent response “don’t worry it will grow back” would never have been invented. Imagine the low competition among hair dye companies. Undoubtedly they would charge an exorbitant fee per bottle of dye. Wig* companies would grow greatly in numbers. Raquel Welch wigs would face stiff competition. Hair Cutteries and BoRics would never have come into existence.

Prediction: In the future we will be able to alter our hair color via medication which alters our chemistry. Since our hair constantly grows it seems very plausible that we can pinpoint the genes which determine hair color and then manipulate via a chemical compound.

*I am not a fan of the word “wig”. It makes me cringe, in fact.

Daydreams I miss you!