Never ever talk to the police. End of story.

I had occasion to revisit this book today and cannot tell you how much I want to force everyone in education to read this work. A pedagogy of kindness is not about being nice or soft. It is about attending to justice, believing people, and believing in people. First step? Kindness to ourselves.

Two women stopped me and complimented my sneakers during my commute this morning “Oooooo, I love your shoes. They are hot!” I’ll be riding this high for the next week.

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Starting to look for the good vintage/consignment/thrift stores near Baltimore/DMV. Any recs? @actualkatherine.bsky.social

Last Stop Larrimah is every small southern town’s petty feuds turned to 15 and set in the Australian Outback. I have read murder mysteries with far fewer motives and suspects.

I love the chaos and drama of EPL promotion and relegation fights. A++ sporting time.

At least it wasn’t the powdered creamer which I now know is an extremely flammable substance thanks to @deannaraybourn.bsky.social Killers of A Certain Age.

Do this! It’s a good time in a lovely neighborhood!

This is so important so that the law can live outside of paywalls.

Come for the legal writing smackdown, stay for the music recommendations. Never heard of Nathan Evans Fox before this morning and now I have his song stuck in my head. It’s a cousin song to Childer’s “Bitin’ List”

This! People aren’t always trying to game the system but we are asking too much of them. We can’t be excellent teachers, great researchers, and produce 2-3 articles a year without something collapsing.

Excited to teach Admin Law research on the first day of a govt shutdown! Y’all! Really?!

For many reasons, this is my most challenging semester as a law librarian to date. But you know what makes life better? The students! Whether in my classes (omg they are awesome) or just around the law school, they are thoughtful, eager to learn, and just good folks.

@sglassmeyer.bsky.social I came for the pawpaw, getting both!

Just had some deviled egg tostadas and feel like I have reached a new level of comfort junk food.

You know what I heard on the Classic Rock radio station in my town? A song from Matchbox20’s 3rd album. I am mortally wounded.

It is feeling less like late July and more like mid-August in my library right now. This is going to be a heck of a semester, isn’t it?

Half of my profession may be at the annual conference but I’m in a feud with the world’s loudest cricket. They are under a display case in the library and have thwarted attempts to escort them out.

Not only does Seamus and Courtwatch give me the best hypo fodder but the musical recommendations are top notch! Love surprise Josh Ritter and Tyler Childers in my work inbox.

Is there anything more American than setting off too many pyros at a sportsball game and making the game too hazy to watch?

Today’s agenda: Monaco F1 ✔️ EPL all the games - in progress French Open - in progress Indy 500 - soon Nascar- can I stay awake for the end? Sports chaos day.

My favorite teaching tactic is to sneak names of soccer players into my hypotheticals. Today’s hypo has an Uncle Mo.

I’m glad my personal sports nightmare is over and Salah is back at Liverpool.

It’s a normal part of writing but I’m in the “This is the stupidest idea ever” stage of writing and it is horrible.

These auctions always have gems! Check it out!

Join the circle of befuddlement this morning:

Is it a law that no matter how much mulch you get on your first trip to the garden place, it is never enough? 2 trips today. Might need to do one more.

Here’s some good in the world.

I have too much work to do for a new season of the F1 soap opera to have dropped.

Get this goddamn book and watch women kill bad people.

Ok, this made me snicker like Muttley.

A fed govt website disappeared/gives a 504 error in the 30 minutes since I sent the email detailing where to find the information. Do I start screenshotting all websites now? (I’ve check the govwayback but this is a .mil site).

LinkedIn makes my head hurt. I’m not sure why we tell our students to use it.

Go LIL!

We have to have TWO patriotic songs before sportsball now?

This might be the most challenging timeline to teach US administrative law research but my students are learning all sorts of skills - including some deep research skills that I never needed to teach before.

THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS A DEPARTMENT CREATED BY STATUTE; IT CANNOT BE ELIMINATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER! EXECUTIVE ORDERS CANNOT REPEAL STATUTES! JUST LIKE DEPARTMENTS CANNOT BE CREATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER! she shouts into the void

@tracynorton.bsky.social I think we both can use this in our law classes!

Law Librarians: What is your One True Rant about things done wrong? Mine is how the Bluebook butchers cites to the state administrative code rendering “properly Bluebooked” cites useless in my state. Can also do a good five minutes on the GPO’s slowness in publishing the Official CFR.

I say this as a non-native Louisianan - excuse me, What?!?! Also I adore old community cookbooks. They are unhinged.

There is a multi-day estate sale in my neighborhood. My anxious dog is both having a great time and the worst time.

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One of my cats thinks that toothpaste might be squeezy treats (aka Churu). I fear mugging twice a day.

Didn’t expect this much snow in South Louisiana ever.

So what are we watching today? I think I’ll start with The Princess Bride while I work on class prep.

In re TikTok: that’s not how this works! This whole flimflam makes me so very uncomfortable.

I just looked at my work calendar from last November and jump-scared myself. No wonder I was so tired in December - I flew way too close to the Sun last semester.

OMG - A bird law mystery! Autobuy right now.