Nature reminding me that I have to renew my @baltimoreravens.bsky.social season tickets.

It's 14 degrees outside.

"You don't seem like a Californian. [Pause] Particularly not a SOUTHERN Californian." From a DOJ colleague (who I called "dude" every time I saw him after that).

"Collette, you couldn't block your way out of a wet paper sack!" Coach Sims, sophomore year at La Mirada HS (it was one of his favorite rants and not entirely without merit).

Some people say Golden Retrievers are smart ...

There is no such thing as a "short' flight to or from O'Hare Airport. The only question is whether the time on the tarmac will exceed the time in the air. At this point I'm not sure if we're just going to taxi to Ottawa on the plane instead of fly.

Interesting to see there are no career DOJ attorneys on this filing.

Ravens-Steelers in the battle for AFC North supremacy (aka the Mediocrity Bowl).

The good part of the leaves falling off the trees is that we have a view of the eagle who likes to perch in the tree out back.

Happy Exploding Whale Day for those who celebrate :)

Mamdani is going to implement Maria Reynolds law and I just can't say no to this.

A leading federal judge quits in protest of Trump's corruption-- & to fight it Wow www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Potsdam NY

Hope it's true. With those people gone we can provide health care for all and sensible gun restrictions. Just think of what we can accomplish without them standing in the way!

It was dark and I didn't see the skunk in the backyard. One of the dogs definitely saw the skunk and decided it was prey. He paid the price of his hubris. And now we are paying the price as well. If you're wondering, the price continues for a while (3 days and the meter is still running).

The rains in Canada.

Kid next door is going to kayak across the St. Lawrence to Canada today (parents accompanying in their boat). I told him to map out the currents and potential good landing spots ... for no reason whatsoever. Nope, no reason at all to do that- just totally out of curiosity.

I wasn't a ringer or even a particularly good player but I scored 4 goals in a beer league hockey game once. I still have the score sheet.

D.C. Legal Job Alert! The Retail Litigation Center is hiring a VP of litigation. I can say from personal knowledge that the incoming President of the RLA (Monica Welt) is super smart and very nice, so this looks like a prime job. secure.builtapp.com/rila/jobs/cc...

William F. Buckley’s Bill Never Came Due - defector.com/william-f-bu...

I was proud to join so many of my former colleagues in signing this letter.

I am not surprised he would behave this way. I have it on good authority that Wittgenstein was a beery swine who was just as schlossed as Schlegel.

Happy Canada day to my Canuck friends across the river!

IDK this doesn't strike me as the situation of a guy born on third base and thinks he hit a triple. It's more like a guy who was born on second base and knows he's the extra inning ghost runner who got there without getting a hit.

No Kings. Canton NY.

LinkedIn has become incredibly depressing. It seems that half the posts I see begin with "today is my last day at the Department of Justice . . . ."

Took 3 weeks but our on-site order from Portugal has arrived. In retrospect we may have gone overboard, but the Port was SO good.

I'm pretty sure growing up in the U.S. doesn't make him the only Pope who went to college and had friends growing up.

Today we visited a castle in Lisbon but one of our traveling companions wasn't feeling well and did not go. As we left she did NOT say "have fun storming the castle" so obviously we cannot be friends any more.

Truth.

Well that was one hell of a power outage. Fortunately we had enough port to get us through. Power is back on here in Porto. Gotta say, though, there were panicy vibes and rumors of 72 hours without power. Glad it's over.

Folks, Porto Portugal is a magical city. Very beautiful and the food and wine are wonderful (and inexpensive). And did I mention port? Lots and lots of port.

It's our anniversary today, a mere two days after Easter. I've checked and all of the lists of year-by-year anniversary gifts say that "half-price chocolate bunny from the drug store" is the perfect gift for a 36th anniversary. Wish me luck.

Just a theory but: Officer: "Ms. Noem, how much cash was in the purse?' Kristi: "3 hundr.. no, three THOUSAND dollars. Yeah, that's then ticket! Insurance pays this, right?"

Love that this person is also a fan of the Washington Capitals. #GoCaps

I cannot say this strongly enough -- If you are a member of the DC Bar, VOTE NOW for Diane Seltzer for president.

My dogs apparently think very highly of me. They seem to believe I can make thunderstorms go away. At 3 a.m. And again at 5 a.m.

Many Republicans wake up each morning and think to themselves "what would Jesus do?" And they answer some of them get is "go on TV and lie his ass off, of course."

Inexcusable.

By the time major media agree that it's a dictatorship, it will be so far along that they'll be afraid to call it a dictatorship.

I'm proud of my firm today. masseygail.com/2025/04/04/m...

I was listening to an Ottawa radio station this morning in the car. Nearly every ad mentioned that the company was "proudly Canadian" or that their products were Canadian sourced. And more than one ad explicitly mentioned tariffs. So basically, Canadians are having none of this shit.

Client communication CLE in three steps: 1. Send email to client (with cc to your team); 2. Get up and walk away from computer; 3. Desperately rush back to your computer and check "sent items" in a panic to make sure you didn't accidentally add someone to the email who shouldn't be there.

I'm proud to have signed on to this letter.

Tomorrow's April 1 so what if Trump and Elon appear together at the end of the day and report that all the fascist stuff and DOGE chaos for the last 3 months was just an elaborate joke and then rescind all of it. And we'd be "boy, you got us good" and we'd resume our democracy. Hey, a guy can dream.

Dear March: what part of "out like a lamb" do you not understand? Sincerely, Matt

Just came across this in a transcript: Q Is he a civil engineer? A No, no. Q Is he a mechanical engineer? A He's a choo-choo engineer. I hope that's the way he put it on his resume.

Love this.

While I greatly appreciate AOC and Bernie Sanders barnstorming against the meanness, lies, and ineptitude of Trump/Musk, I have to wonder, where are the Obamas? Where are Biden & Harris? Where are the Clintons? This is an "all hands on deck" situation.