I was going to come on here and complain about something, but then I thought “That’s not change, that’s more of the same.”

Sex addiction? Sounds more like someone got caught or the wife finally got fed up and threatened you with the promise of taking away something he valued (assets, kids, reputation?) So disappointed. I was just saying to my sister that I thought there was something intriguing about him. She, seemingly knowingly, crinkled up her face, said “Yuck” and explained she thought there was something creepy about him. I always wondered why Gillian Anderson not only seemed to refrain from discussing her former colleague during interviews, but actually seemed to harbor negative feelings toward him. Oh, well.

Me not getting it right.

That’s not change, that’s more of the same.

An Alaskan resident writes…

and more

It is extremely disconcerting to see comments written by kids about CP. It’s similar to how we would talk about Michalek (sp?) and Riberdy and now WE are those people. Hmmm…

Here is CP on YouTube.

He is so modest I needed to discover this video on my own. I admit some of the students’/former students’ comments amused me. Some kid wrote “Pat Thorburn Taught Me History and I am proud to have been taughten.”

Tomorrow classes begin and I already had my first bad dream. I walk into Intellectual Property and see all the kids with their books open and a sheaf of stapled papers, (an extra case we needed to print out?), with highlighting galore. Green highlighting to be exact (dreaming in color?). I panic as I never received any notice of our assignments. Damn you over-achieving law students - classes do not commence until 8/18 and yet here you all are with the highlighters and the books and briefs… My first instinct is to leave the classroom. My next thought is to stay and play the odds that some eager, grinning kid (but these are very rare, admittedly, as most do not like being called on) will be called on to present the cases. I really want to get my back of the class seat and if I miss the first day I will undoubtedly get stuck sitting somewhere in the middle (suffocating) or - horrors! - a front of the class seat with all those students behind me -very unsafe - paranoia based in logic. Sitting in the back I have been involved in computer screen staring for the past year. I have been privy to everything from the copious notes of some to the streaming TV show watching of others to the IM’ing of many.

Then I wake up and head off to the law school and yes, there is an assignment for IP law tomorrow and a syllabus posted. I guess the bad dream was good in a way as far as it being a motivating factor to get me to the law school.

I am definitely looking so much more forward to my GA “job” then school. I would absolutely enjoy school if the daily fear of being called to present was not weighing on my mind constantly. Like right now. I bet I will be called on Tuesday. I feel it.

Why always with the calling on students! Not all lawyers are big-mouthed, attention-seeking, know-it-alls - some quietly do diligent work and research leaving the trial work for the aforementioned candidates.

Happy Left-Hander’s Day - especially MI, CJF and up-and-coming lefty KV. There is an official Left-Handers’ Day website, but when I attempted to access it today the server was too busy to handle my page request.

I learned it was the official left-handers’ day of celebration during my first meeting in my new GA job which stars Monday. The director asked if anyone was left-handed, no one was, and he said his son was left-handed and informed us that seven of the last nine presidents were left-handers.

The Colbert Report- Prayer Hands

Coincidentally, I had recently been thinking of lefties and the troubles and subtle discriminations they face with few complaints. It was during last Thursday’s (August 7, 2008) The Colbert Report. I highly recommend viewing this episode.

During his report he puts on his “praying hands” - two giant foam fingers -FANtastic! I instantly noticed that he was wearing two right-handed hands. I saw that to fit the finger on his left-hand he needed to turn it around so that the etched knuckles and hand creases were facing towards him. I figured they had probably asked when buying the fingers if they had a left-handed one available and the answer was probably one. So I assume that left-handed foam fingers are probably items which require custom ordering.

So once again, Happy Left-Handers’ day!

I had been following a few stories on HuffingtonPost.com regarding an alleged affair of John Edwards with a woman who had produced some documentary shorts for him. The story I read on the aforementioned website repeatedly mentioned some stories in The National Enquirer. I thought it was a ridiculous lie, especially after seeing the photos The Enquirer had printed as supposed proof (very blurred and did not seem to resemble Mr. Edwards.) However, it would now appear that my faith in believing this guy would not have an affair was completely misguided.

Perhaps I am a sucker.

Years ago some person laughed at my gullibility and I have never been able to forget this accusation. Actually, I wasn’t the only person he placed in the category of dupability, for he actually said, “You and your sister are so gullible.” I remember this clearly because, if anything, I think I am very skeptical and cynical - not all that dupable. Perhaps he was 50% accurate in his statement…just kidding JAF.

This also reminds me of this quote from “Seinfeld”. Although, I haven’t seen this show in years (it has passed the expiration date for television shows and movies for me), I clearly remember this comment made by Elaine. She was on a train going to a wedding in which she was standing up. A fellow passenger seemed put-off by Elaine’s rambling about the gay wedding, to which Elaine responds, “I am not a lesbian, I just hate men.” Really great, just great.

Anyway, I respected the Edwards, as I feel both Elizabeth and John were two intelligent lawyers driven by a sincere motivation to improve our society. A few weeks ago she appeared on “The Colbert Report”. She held her own on the show and even had a great comeback to one of Colbert’s retorts - it was a classic touché moment which showed both her quick wit and ability to tie together seemingly disconnected pieces of the show. (I learned from watching “Last Comic Standing” one sign of a good comedian is when he/she ends the set by tying it all up so that it appears that there was an underlying theme or logic to the series of jokes.) Admittedly, I felt she radiated a deep sadness during the show. Of course at the time I attributed it to her state of health, but now I feel it was probably a combination of her husband’s bastardliness which she sensed was about to be made public and her cancer.

In another story: Clay Aiken is a dad!

“I am not a lesbian, I just hate men.” - Elaine Benis

To be fair, the woman was at fault as well as she obviously knew Edwards was married. It’s the thrill of the famous-f***, the political groupie sensation. Like somehow their self-worth is improved because they get to sleep with someone powerful, rich or famous. Yes, we are jealous of you, Ms. Hunter, we think you are great because you had the opportunity - an took it - to sleep with the married, attentively coiffed, supremely tanned John Edwards. Brava!

E. Edwards’ response.

I have just been informed that a Gentle Reader has been on top of the Edwards affair for months and has always known him to be scum-like. He wrote his opinion by starting with “Val you’re nice, but…” Now, I think he edited this intro, because this reader/lawyer probably started reading the blog entry and thought, “She does not know what she is talking about.”

And I write this with a smile.

Comment away.

“I am not a lesbian, I just hate men.” - Elaine Benis