| Can has babysitter? |
[Oct. 7th, 2009|05:40 pm] |
Wesley is now six weeks old, and growing like a weed. I'm still floored by the whole thing. I don't think I can digest it well enough to put into words; at least, not yet.
He is getting old enough to have more contact with the outside world, and with other people. To that end, both Lisa and I have some overlapping interests and occasionally will both want to go somewhere. We'll probably take turns going to things for the most part, but it might also be nice to see about finding a few people who might enjoy playing babysitter.
Would anyone be interested? As a more general matter, what's the right way to deal with friends as babysitters? Obviously I'd want to compensate someone for their time, but is straight up cash the best way to handle it?
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| Pomp and circumstance |
[May. 4th, 2009|05:26 pm] |
So, I'm now, officially, Michael LoPrete, Attorney at Law. The ceremony was this morning--it's the one time you can swear at a judge and not be held in contempt!
It was a short, efficient (maybe svelte?) affair: we all said our names, introducing ourselves to the presiding judges. The most important of them took the opportunity to impart their wisdom to the group of new lawyers, congratulate us, and joke around with each other. We all stood, swore our oath, and were sent on our way. What's funny is that the entire affair was fluff--we weren't really attorneys, the handlers informed us just as the ceremony was about to begin, until we signed our names onto the oath, and that happened after the judges were done doing their thing. |
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| Celebrations, Libations, etc. |
[Apr. 17th, 2009|02:08 pm] |
Anyone interested in celebrating with me tonight? I don't know exactly what I'm thinking in terms of plans, but it'd be nice to have a little fun after all this nervousness and waiting.
If you want to come along or have an idea, leave a comment, I'll have LJ on most of the day. |
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| Last minute thoughts... |
[Feb. 23rd, 2009|10:53 pm] |
Why is it, when I think about this test tomorrow, I get the following line stuck in my head:
"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar."
Is that a bad sign? |
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| T-Minus... |
[Feb. 23rd, 2009|12:59 pm] |
Less than 24 hours till I take the Bar exam... again. It's up in Indy, starts at 9am. I leave tomorrow morning at 630 from B-town (yes, excessive, but I'm being safe).
Lisa's bringing me up, and there should be no problem there; her car is working pretty well, so it would take a freak accident for it to not work.
That said, I'd like to see if I can't finagle an emergency backup. It'd be an exceedingly unlikely circumstance, and I'd only need the ride up (and of course would cover costs), but would anyone be available to give me a ride up tomorrow early morning, in case the unexpected happened?
(Yes, I'm nervous about the test; can you tell?) |
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| Found on the internets |
[Feb. 18th, 2009|09:56 am] |
Just in case any of you followers of Baconpunk (someone needs to make a wikipedia entry soon) haven't seen it yet:
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| Wine with dinner |
[Jan. 26th, 2009|12:54 am] |
I'm having a discussion with someone on the question of serving alcohol to minors with dinner.
My position, one based on how I grew up and my observations from friends who grew up similarly, is that there is nothing wrong if a parent serves his or her child a little wine with dinner, assuming that the parent deems it appropriate. As a parent, I certainly wouldn't be ok with other people serving my hypothetical child alcohol until the child was old enough to legally acquire it him/herself, but I take the position that parents can make the decision for themselves. I believe it can be an aid in teaching children responsibility with regard to alcohol; as such, I don't think it necessarily increases the risk of the child seeking alcohol outside the home. Parents should set an example through minimal use (or at least the appearance to their children of minimal use), and the slight permissiveness should be used to soften the desirability of alcohol associated with its socially taboo nature.
Her position is that serving any alcoholic beverage to any person below the age of 18 is wrong. It expresses to the minor that it is ok to break the law, and that the rule of law and respect for authority can be disregarded; additionally, it sends the message that harming one's body is permissible. She believes that introducing children to alcohol in the home increases the risk of the child seeking alcohol outside the home, and that the better method to teach responsibility lies solely in personal example. Parents should set the example that drinking is a potentially dangerous and even fatal activity, and should themselves drink minimally when their children can witness the behavior.
I think I've got a decent variety of people on my friends list, I'd be curious to all of your positions and thoughts on the matter. |
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| Up to Purdue? |
[Dec. 17th, 2008|03:26 pm] |
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Anyone heading to Purdue this weekend for their fall semester Graduation ceremonies? My brother graduates and I need a ride up that way. Naturally, I'd help cover gas and whatnot. |
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| So, how does a $6,000 couch affect the feng shui of a room? |
[Dec. 16th, 2008|03:33 pm] |
Sister: My day: finding fabric for a $42,000 bedroom for a 14 year old girl.
me: You could find fabric for 100 bedrooms for 14 year girls on that budget!
Sister: DO NOT even get me started.
me: What girl needs a 42,000 dollar bedroom?
Sister: Both of them. |
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| For People: |
[Nov. 13th, 2008|07:02 pm] |
For ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) imaginenation and imaginenation in particular:
Build your own Muppets!
If you make Muppet versions of yourselves and conduct your wedding with them, I hereby promise to make one of myself, become a justice of the peace, and conduct the wedding with a Muppet of my own.
For all the librarians and bibliophiles on my friends list (which includes, what, everyone?):
Let's Party at the Library!
"Yes, they kiss like Marilyn and Joe DiMaggio. The books are hopelessly in lust with each other. They squeeze so close to each other that they share the same dust.However, the lust for knowledge is pornographic in nature. Every day these books are ravaged by countless hands, backpacks, dorm floors, trunks, sneezes, dirty drawings, underlining and the most potent effect: learning. The library is more than a room full of books. It's a brothel of knowledge. And knowledge should never be monogamous. Knowledge is a mistress that so many seek and only few might feel her warmth." |
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 13th, 2008|09:47 am] |
If you see me in a police car, it's because I burned all the memes that exist on the internets.
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(actually, it's because I shamelessly stole this from corporatepiracy )
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| Zen and the Art of Bicycle Maintenance |
[Oct. 23rd, 2008|10:30 am] |
I inherited a bicycle from one of the attorneys in my office. It's more than a little old, but looks plenty serviceable, and hey, free bike.
Its one big problem right now is a lack of air pressure in the tires. It could be that the tubes are dead, but it might be as simple as the tires needing air. If someone has a pump I could borrow today or tomorrow, I'd be very grateful.
Also, if anyone can recommend books or websites for learning what I need to know to keep the machine well-maintained, I would appreciate that information as well.
I have to admit being a little nervous. This is my first time in 10 years that I'll have been on wheels, so far as I can remember. Just after I graduated high school, a roller-blading accident put a 3 inch fracture in the back of my head (which probably explains a lot of things), but I have been reluctant to power wheels with my feet since then. |
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| Oh well. |
[Oct. 3rd, 2008|08:32 am] |
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Made of fail. |
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| First the good news... |
[Sep. 9th, 2008|10:48 am] |
The MPRE is the ethics portion of the Bar. It's a separate test from the actual bar exam, and since it's all scantron, the results come in pretty quickly. To the point: they came in this morning. Hooray for passing scores!
That said, this was the easy part. The bar--pardon the pun--is not set high and I only had to take this test again because my original score had expired.
October 3, 8:30am is the big date. Expect my nerves to be shot that entire week. |
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| Down to the last one.. |
[Aug. 13th, 2008|03:06 pm] |
Not a bad day so far, I'll admit.
90 more minutes of office fire-fighting and I'll be free for the day, with plenty of time to get ready for a great many War stories.
Somehow three and a half dozen homemade oatmeal cookies have nearly completely disappeared in an 18 hour time span. Go figure. |
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