Visited Chicago. What a great city. Had a fantastic time. Got some of that famous Chicago pizza, window shopped some classic only-in-Chicago restaurants, saw an authentic street-side news stand, almost saw a professional hockey game with the local team! Gotta love the Windy City

So I’m taking international law as an elective this summer. As always, my timing is exquisitely Forrest Gump-esque

Hard to trust the stated reasons of an imminent credible threat to the US national security that could justify such dramatic and consequential military action from the administration that still to this day says this about their last military strike on Iran

Not many if any current or former US intelligence officers sad to see the demise of the Iranian leader and his regime. I’m worried of what’s to come—and my personal feelings aren’t justification for my country’s military actions—but I’m not worried about khamenei.

Come out of an all day mock trial exercise where we used the rules of evidence & criminal procedure in service of the rule of law, and see we have targeted & killed the leader of Iran and others, in a regime change of air strikes, and I worry about all of us and the rule of law.

Stop calling the department of defense by the fake tough unofficial name the fake tough babies gave it. By statute & still by statute, it’s the department of defense. Stop accepting this juvenile garbage masquerading as accomplishments. Be an adult. Demand our officials be adults

How much more open does he need to be before people accept that he’s telling the truth about his intentions. He’s going to screw with the election, and he and his cronies are not ceding power. January 6th was a test, and we failed it. Stop minimizing what he’s flat out saying.

At school, took a diagnostic test as a check to see how I’m doing as it relates to the bar exam: multiple-choice questions (MPE) covering CivPro/Contracts/Crim Law/Con Law/Torts. Not taking bar until Feb 2028, but today I did a bit better than average. Good to know, & now I’ll just keep moving on

I travel light. Rolled up my tiny clothes, laptop, miscellaneous stuff into my old trusty messenger bag. No drag, in and out.

The Extra Orangey aka Adam Driver aka Marmalade aka Marms is not a morning cat.

MeanCat has left word he shan’t be having breakfast. Upon waking, he shall have double brunch. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Home. Long day. Interesting etc etc. Head out to Cleveland tomorrow for a few days of law school stuff. Why do I do this?? I make the worst life choices….(also, this is a small container ship leaving the port today while I was out & about. The really big ones are MUCH larger.)

The only orange tyrant worthy of my time. Good night

Home. And after a long day, I’m not watching or thinking about for one second as ugly angry children in tight suits run their mouth about hard work. The state of my union is the state of my neighbors. Stop electing dolts and frauds. Stop wasting your lives. There. Saved you a few hours.

@pmskinner.bsky.social The calming youtu.be/Etsr2ZRVWDw?...

It’s State of Union day. Here’s perhaps the only interesting story in my dumb life. The State of the Union in January 2002, the Axis of Evil speech, soon after 9/11. I was with US Capitol Police, and was assigned to escort a VIP around the Capitol…strap in for this dumb ride…

Adam Driver is a movie star

Court is adjourned

Baby Thor

MeanCat happily accepts the gold medal for men’s hockey that he should’ve won

Sunday breakfast with the whirling dervishes of the Eastside Orangeys plus Gentrification Kitty. Impossible to overstate our love for this gang

From 2021. History’s Most Handsome Monster

All kitties far and wide fed and happy, mom had breakfast and happy, plants such as roses watered and happy, now it’s time to do lots of school work, so I’m going to go outside and see how much yard work I can do.

THE BABY ZINNIAS ARE ARRIVING. Exciting times (will sow a ton of zinnias directly in the gardens and pots later but wanted some early babies)

Big Leany went to the vet for his yearly checkup. He’s 18.5 pounds. He’s big. And he leans. And he’s healthy.

The annual early-spring feeding frenzy of the birds on the cherry laurel trees with their berries.

Home. And history’s greatest monster, MeanCat, met me and escorted me through his lands.

Bad times all around, so let’s marvel at the goodness of The. Little. Kitty in July 2021 just before she moved inside forever. She loved the front porch

If you rightfully said a person & his behavior was immoral & pathetic years ago, and now say that same person & same behaviors are acceptable, then you have become immoral & pathetic. Those who are shedding their honor now will NEVER be honorable again. They are forever shamed

Grumpy Face Blacky Whitey helps me move on from property law midterm, and get my mind right for whatever tomorrow brings for police work and more.

Welp. Finished property law midterm on estates & future interests and that dumb rule against perpetuities. Good lord that is dumb stuff. I either did kinda ok or not ok. As usual, impossible to tell other than I know I didn’t ace it or totally bomb it. We shall see. Onward.

Blacky Queen of the Gongy Gongy went to the vet. She was puking & pooping constantly. Turns out it’s ’just her being her normal terrible gross self’. She and Baby Thor had life-threatening intestinal issue when they came, & kinda still do. She’s back home on meds. Fun fun fun. She’s the worst. Meh

The Blacky Whiteys of Skinnerville

Adam Driver is a movie star

Hopefully this will give us an inch or so of badly badly badly needed rain.

Squirrel-ey and the Spanish moss-ey against the wind

If the officers learn the person they stopped is a lawful resident, they “promptly let the individual go.” #KavanaughStop Words written by a Supreme Court justice removed from the lived experience of most Americans unleashing this contemptible behavior on our nation. Shame on Kavanaugh

And…..what exactly is the reasonable suspicion based on?? It doesn’t have anything to do with racial profile only in the sense that it is absolutely and only racial profiling.

Skinner getting 2 out of 3 questions correct on his conlaw weekly quiz when he really really needed 3 out of 3.

I can’t wait until there is are calm hours in which I can do homework. I must create those calm hours.

Grumpy Face Blacky Whitey, Chief Justice of the Skinnerville Circuit Court of Appeals, at rest between motions.

Over the last 36 years, I swore an oath to the US Constitution for 5 different careers. I’ve never sworn allegiance to a person. Or a party. And certainly not to ignorant greedy crooks. My next constitutional oath will be as a lawyer. And then I’ll see these ignorant greedy crooks again. Bet on it

Of the three chili crisps now in my repertoire, I might say this one today is my favorite. Samir Nosrat’s Calabrian chili crisp is sublime and rather spicy; my 1st chili crisp is savory and delicious. This one is tingly and savory and bright and tangy. I’m a man rich in crisps

Tried a new recipe for chili crisp. Using the mandolin for shallots & garlic. Gochugaru pepper flakes , cayenne pepper, cumin & coriander seeds, Sichuan peppercorns! Star anise & a cinnamon stick. Let’s check it out

Cleaned up the remnants of Fort Basil, readying it for the transformation into…Fort Zinnia! We’re going all in for zinnias this spring and summer. Heat loving flowers that do great here, and are among our fav blooms. And the Orangey Idols guard the entrance to MeanCat’s Gardens.

Big Eyes the Punching Assassin on my lap, annoyed she has not punched anyone this morning. She will change that soon. This could be my last transmission

It’s. The. Little. Kitty. and she’s helping me studying future interests, and the rule against perpetuities or late breakfasts.

Mom and neighborhood kitties fed and loved on (they are all fixed, to preempt the inevitable scoldings), coffee made, and now I’m studying property law for a midterm next week before starting the rest of the day.

It’s. The. Little. Kitty. and she’s spectacular

Today in 1809, the greatest president of the United States of America was born. Abraham Lincoln. Staggering intellect. Staggering will. Staggering empathy. I am in awe of his unparalleled writings and his indomitable will, and his insistence that we be better than we have been