Another thing I hope will never get old: getting a client's certification for admission to the bar after a long, hard fight to get them in

current state of my inbox

It’s time to play the stupid things clients say drinking game. “It’s not the money, it’s the principle.” Just take a sip, you will get drunk way too fast if you do more than that.

401K meeting: "One of the great things about AI stocks is that there is a bubble--oops that is not the word I want to use--a sphere of other industries that are increasing because of AI--think utilities, semiconductors." Me: "So why didn't you want to say 'bubble' and what happens when it bursts?"

Be the change you wish to see in the world. Ask the question that makes the meeting an email next time.

Because I am me and need to amuse myself, I made a leadership election Bingo card and I am happy to report neither "[not doing what I wanted] was why we lost in 2024" nor "booing at mention of Hillary/Kamala/Biden" was checked off. We did hit "disruption re Israel/Palestine" though, sigh.

If anyone is wondering, I am going to vote for the slate of normal people who have been active in the party and know what they are doing for Milwaukee County Democratic Party leadership

Maybe you're getting primaried by people who mostly agree with you not because [the libs/ the establishment/the commies/the socialists/the centrists] are out to get you, but because you're an asshole, have you thought about that

One reason you try to cultivate a good relationship with people who are frequently on the other side of you is because you can talk like human beings about difficult subjects

I adjunct at a dental school and I had to review and sign a whole policy that was basically: * Dental student or someone you grade? No * Any other student? You have to fill out a form, so this should probably only be your spouse or someone you were in a relationship with before taking the position

good lord my options to get to/from San Antonio in February all suck

Elections for Milwaukee County Dems leadership are tomorrow and from what I can tell, it is a choice between a slate of normie longtime Dems and a chair candidate who is from the outside and wants to shake things up and I have no idea how we get people who support the losing side to trust the winner

Update: moderate fatigue, mild head/body aches, arms still achy. I have also been really thirsty. I don’t think I’m brain foggy at least. It’s tolerable, but not fun. Glad I planned to do nothing today.

So around 3 pm I got shingles (#1), flu, and covid vaxxes. My arms are achy (as happens with every vaccine) but other than that, I've got no side effects so far. Usually by now with covid vax the fatigue and sometimes metallic taste kicks in. Am I going to feel like death tomorrow or...?

Julian Kossow taught me property law and trusts & estates. He was elderly, old-school Socratic, but not mean. He routinely went to restaurants with groups of 3-4 students (everyone paid their own way, and all anyone had to do was sign up) to talk about whatever the students wanted.

@brookebikesmke.bsky.social this seems timely

I am “the pharmacist who gave me my vaccines looks like she goes to my son’s high school” years old

I have been giving CLE talks about AI for a couple of years, and for the very first time today I got asked about the environmental impacts

I regret to inform everyone that the alternating porn store/Jesus billboards on I-41 north near the Fox Valley are now all porn store

We have been through this, but Lindsey from Freaks and Geeks.

This is a big difference between a lot of MAGA and a lot of normie Dems--we may be shocked/sad etc. if our favorites are in the files in bad ways, but most of us would welcome their outing and downfall after that

Once again, person I ran into in an out-of-town courthouse who knew who I was www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh-0...

Hotel thermostats operate in one mode and one mode only, no matter the chain or price of the room: X degrees = freezing X+1 degrees = roasting And X could be anything, and that varies from room to room

Me: finds 80s/90s rock/metal station on radio, turns up "Youth Gone Wild" by Skid Row, screams along with it Me: Resumes driving to hotel for depositions tomorrow Me: Became a caricature some time ago

Pop, Six, Squish, Uh Uh, Cicero, Lipshitz Read type print earworm depo prep eff this

Sure why not

So apparently I was pardoned this week for my work on the 2020 election. Were you?

It's 2025 and there are still hair places that charge more for women versus men (as opposed to charging based on complexity of the cut and/or experience of the stylist)

My teen has a very lyrical way with words I mean, today, it is more like "So What" by the Anti-Nowhere League than anything else but it is lyrical

"Why is this addressed just to frat boy?" -- a friend of mine, upon seeing a SCOTUS filing with my name on it in 2020

Today’s the day! streetangelsmke.networkforgood.com/projects/258...

Election Lawyer Barbie, reporting for duty

Spotted at my local grocery store (which serves a primarily Hispanic/Latino clientele).

LawSky folks who travel on clients' dimes (and whose agreements are silent on such things), how do you choose a hotel? 1) Cheapest, non-sketchy 2) Cheapest, sketchy 3) Mid-range business hotel 4) Classy hotel 5) Chain where you have status 6) AirBnb 7) Actual BnB Something else?

13, it lasted two weeks, he broke up with me, I was devastated.

"I don't know if it's possible for relationships to last long-term without conflict and argument, but people in successful relationships don’t focus on winning the argument—they focus on resolving the conflict, and that’s different." -- I don't know if this is *the* best, but it came from 15.

Referee: "Can the court reporter read Attorney Rosenzweig's question back?" Reporter: reads back question Me: "Well that was the single worst question I have ever asked, I will withdraw it and move to strike and salt the earth and forget it ever existed"

And here is one dumb thing: If you are driving a car, you ALSO want transit to run better and be safer because that gets more cars off the road and you have fewer of them to deal with

You don’t have to like Mamdani but JFC the “if you’re a Jewish person in New York and can’t make Aliyah I have a spare bedroom in Corvallis you can stay in” spam is a lot

People like to be heard rather than yelled at, go figure

There is absolutely no reason that a congressman from Maryland should have to weigh in one way or the other about a mayor race in a different state, but at the same time...in a world of Chucks be like Jamie.

Was the officer a patrol officer? If so, would that make this...mustard on the beat?

It is the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November and I have a day long hearing scheduled and it is so weird (WI has no elections today)

If you need to feed a lot of people, koshari is cheap, vegan, and reasonably healthy. (I've not tried it gluten free but it could probably be adapted.) It does take a bit to get everything together but it's not difficult. www.themediterraneandish.com/egyptian-kos...

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and see that goddammit I forgot the attachment again, didn't I?

Some of you know this, but I was a big metalhead in high school, and also a pretty prolific amateur horror writer

This is a silly post, but I've never seen Mamdani campaigning wearing anything other than business clothes. Is that typical for New York? It is not typical for Milwaukee (even for a high office).

I see a lot of “they have a flat screen tv!” too, which may have been a more valid criticism in 1999 when they cost $20,000. Now a “flat screen TV” is…a TV. That’s what TVs are and they aren’t expensive anymore. You often get one for free if you stop by a college neighborhood on move-out day.