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Saturday, May 9, 2015

The Recital

At the Arabesque Dance recital at Nathan Hale High School

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Awful News

My best friend's father passed away unexpectedly last night. I ask that you keep him in your thoughts and prayers as he mourns the loss of his Dad.

100 years ago today the RMS Lusitania, a British passenger liner illegally carrying ammunition to the home isles, was torpedoed by German U-Boat 20 and sunk off the coast of Ireland. 1,198 people lost their lives, including 128 Americans. The event galvanized American thoughts on the conflict and eased our entry into the war two years later. To all the victims - RIP Also - 70 years ago tomorrow Eisenhower accepted the unconditional surrender of German forces in WWII

The word "thug" describes a behavior pattern, not a race. I have seen the word applied to black and white alike, from muggers downtown to mafia goons on TV. It's about as racially generic as you can get. The media manufactured a linguistic controversy because they like to stir the pot and keep us all at each others throats for the sake of their ratings. What better way to do that then to hold the language captive?

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

The Sultan of Swat

100 years ago today Babe Ruth hit his first (of 714) major league home runs. #IBowToThee #MightyPinstripes #TBE

YaYa's taking some heat on Facebook for recognizing Floyd Mayweather's greatness, an opinion she developed by watching him fight, not because I'm a fan. Good on her! Keep preaching the truth girl!

Hmm.

In a doctor's office and able to overhear the doc discuss my hip in detail with a med student in the hallway. It's a better summation than what she gives me. I'm learning some stuff for a change. lol

I think the Con Law final was the most difficult so far in law school, in large part because of the format: 53 questions over four hours, most of them multiple choice. You'd think that would be easy, but when each possible answer is fifty words long and filled with bits of truth, twists of logic, and lawyerly gobbledygook, er, not so much. I'm sure I did fine - I certainly didn't fail - but given my expectations I may be disappointed. We'll see. I know the material, I just hope the grade reflects that fact.