Like, maybe don't call your local elected official nasty names when they have their toddler in their arms or scream at their spouse at a bus stop over something they did (true stories) but the politicians themselves sign up for it.

not one of my partners (who does not do ethics work) 'splaining to me disqualification law on a Saturday

You know what it is right and proper to oppose ICE renting space in downtown Milwaukee, but it is not a third amendment violation if they do In other words, that’s enough Facebook for today

I was today years old when I learned I am six months older than Russell Vought, what the hell

Cognitive dissonance: When a client's voice sounds really familiar, and you can't quite place it, and then you realize they sound exactly like Captain Kangaroo, except with a lot more f-words (Specific TV personality changed, same general jarring nature)

If wait times are up in ERs (and I don't doubt they are in many places) maybe it's because people are using ERs in lieu of primary care, and because 5+ years of covid has made everyone sicker and because even in the best of circumstances the population is aging and older people use health care more

Law360 invited me to adapt my blog entry from last week into an Expert Analysis piece. (Paywalled, sorry.)

An Amazon driver came into my work lobby and couldn't find a store; it has a street entry. He spoke about as much English as I do Spanish. We muddled through ("es la tienda...afuera y a la izqueirda?" with hand motions) and I got him where he needed to go. Why is the GOP so afraid of this?

Love watching the HIPAA compliance video for my adjunct gig and it's wrong

If you work with me you'll get chocolate cupcakes with Nutella buttercream tomorrow.

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At what price point do you find a QR code menu (for dining in) off-putting?

In case anyone is wondering, the first iteration of "happy age younger than you are because heaven forbid we acknowledge aging!" type greeting came at 11:36 am Central time.

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something about skinheads bowling? (i hate that guy)

I just redeemed the AARP offer for a free insulated trunk organizer. My 50s can officially begin (tomorrow).

My stupid superpower manifested in a particularly stupid way this afternoon. I had a meeting in Madison and both ways I was stuck behind a camper. Do you know what I ended up earwormed with?

It's tradition here to bring in treats for your birthday. What should I make? (My birthday is on Saturday but I'm not going to be here tomorrow, so I plan to bake this weekend for Monday.)

"Huh, I get the ketchup and hot sauce and soy sauce, but why does this office have fish sauce?" I see we have some new people

Ruin a band with law SZA sponte (Yes I am taking liberties)

Read some of the comments and quote tweets

My law firm ad with my face in it is showing up disproportionately in this article www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...

"I don't have a racist bone in my body, but" is to my grandmother after she started losing her filter, as "I'm a lifelong Democrat, but" is to a bunch of bots and apparently some of my high school classmates who again want me to join the Jexit group on Facebook.

Achievement unlocked: I received an order in which the judge said that all of the briefs were of high quality AND my client did not get screwed in the order

15 was talking last night about things maybe not working out with this girl he likes, and he concluded with, “she’s cool and I’d be ok if we were friends.” You know what he didn’t talk about? Getting “friend zoned.” If that sticks I will consider that a small-but-huge parenting win.

Probe thermometers, when they are inserted into food that is then inserted into the oven, are hot when they come out of the oven

It’s the High Holidays, which means we will learn which elected officials, campaigns, brands, etc. know a Jewish person or how to Google. Let’s see who posts apples and honey and who posts menorahs and dreidels.

Technologically advance a band: The WHOIS

Shanah tovah, everyone.

In case anyone is wondering, somewhere between "Fade to Black" and "Master of Puppets" by Metallica is the right length of time to knead my grandfather's challah by hand.

In 2011 a Black Milwaukee County Supervisor was set up and charged with bribery and misconduct in office. He was acquitted, but not before his career was destroyed. The amount at issue was $500.

I love neighborhood Facebook groups during the Bay View Bash. Everybody, let’s complain about the free thing that is run entirely by volunteers that nobody is obligated to attend!

In lighter news: My son often spends time on FaceTime with friends (as well as a past girlfriend and possibly a future one). They can be on FaceTime for hours, and doing completely separate things. They're basically keeping each other company and occasionally checking in. Is this a thing?

A reminder, with the High Holidays coming up, that posting graphic pictures and Israeli flags superimposed with swastikas on a post by a Jewish person (particularly one with no connection to Israel) about challah or shofars is antisemitism, not antizionism, please and thank you

Today is the anniversary of when my then-7-year-old commented that there were "human seeds" in the rice at Bombay Sweets in Milwaukee, and so long as I remember, I will never not mark this anniversary

The State Bar's legal blog aggregator (WisLawNow.com) put my piece on the fact that saying mean things about Charlie Kirk on the Internet is not professional misconduct in a featured, "above-the-fold" position. Good.

I could have watched SNL’s debut from my mom’s lap but it is unlikely I would have been able to see the screen or even noticed the TV.

Age test questions: 1. Did you ever/do you have “objectives” on your resume? 2. Did you ever/do you have “hobbies and interests” on your resume?

Someone just anonymously donated $1,000! If you're on here, thank you thank you!!!!

Me last night at a @lawfwd.bsky.social gathering: “this is great! An oasis of sanity! Old friends! And hey even though it’s a school night…One glass of wine won’t hurt!” Me today: what the fuck

In Milwaukee the equivalent is Mordecai Lee, who was in the legislature in the 1980s and is an emeritus professor at UWM

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Why yes it is possible to have good ideas and opinions and be completely toxic in the way you express them, why do you ask?

15's first civics class assignment was a grid comparing various forms of government.

does...does Popehat know my case? 👀 (I represented the City of Milwaukee in a "cop posting racist shit online" case a few years back)

The tl;dr on my take as to whether lawyers should be disciplined for saying mean things about Charlie Kirk (or really anyone else): no

One of my Trumpiest law school classmates lost her mom to a GI cancer in her 50s and her dad is now dying of a blood cancer (both received excellent care at Mayo, and Mom went to some quack farm in Mexico in desperation). I have all the sympathy in the world for her family, cancer is a jerk, but…

One of the weird things about niche practice is that after a while, your own cases are the cases you have to cite, and when you do, there are things you know and want to say that aren't in the opinion and you can't say anything.

I see a few people are using AIPAC and Zionist as shorthand for "Jew" here How pleasant

My grandparents owned a bakery from the 1940s through 1986 or so. My sister and I could go behind the counter and pick out cookies. I have their cookie recipe but it's not the same. I do their challah well. Sometimes I make it into fun shapes, like this uterus flipping the bird with her "hand."