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Save the Monkey

Posted on May 28, 2009
Dan and I showed Becca Aladdin a couple days ago. She only noticed two characters, though. Becca: Monkey! MONKEY! Me: Becca, who's this? (Points to Rajah the tiger.) Becca: Grrrrr. (Aladdin and Abu get in big trouble in the Cave...

Justice Sotomayor

Posted on May 26, 2009
Let the old dudes with the talking points insist that being moved by biography proves we don?t care about intellect and that we should avert our eyes from inspiration based on identity. Today I saw a biracial president nominate a...

It's Time

Posted on May 24, 2009
Bleh....I've been avoiding this for months (and stalling on publishing this post for 3 days), but in about a week, I'm going to password protect Peanut Butter Burrito. I'm not moving to another address, I'm just putting up a little...

Baby Love

Posted on May 20, 2009
I was hanging out on the couch with Becca tonight, who was nearing her bedtime, meaning she wasn't running around the living room hollering and spinning in circles. It was just us girls because it's budget time at the State...

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Pre-Born

Posted on May 18, 2009
Let me take a break from my usual subjects to talk about everyone's favorite water-cooler subject: abortion! No, actually, this is just a criticism about political buzzwords. What is going on with some parts of the pro-life community using the...

Haircut Airlines

Posted on May 16, 2009
After a couple of home trims, which I don't have any talent for, we finally took Becca for a real haircut. We figured we might as well go all out and take her to one of those goofy kid places...

RBG

Posted on May 14, 2009
At jail (or in the car) all day yesterday. In court this morning. I've been doing a little of everything, and it feels like the list of weird things I might be doing keeps getting bigger. Today I added reviewing...

Drop in the Ocean

Posted on May 14, 2009
Today I got the loveliest letter from one of my detained clients, thanking me not for winning his case, but merely for filing a habeas in federal court. Some nice correctional officer must have let him loose on the word...

Mother's Day Hijinks

Posted on May 11, 2009
Thanks for the Mother's Day wishes. It was a pretty uneventful weekend - pancakes, Thai food, heated discussion about what we've been learning about mortgages, fees, and yield spread premiums. I got a pedicure at the mall and let the...

Back in the Saddle

Posted on May 09, 2009
Today Dan and Becca took me out for Mother's Day pancakes, at my request. I have a weird thing about not liking to go out to eat for a holiday ON that holiday because I am convinced the crush of...

Suddenly For Sale

Posted on May 07, 2009
For those of you who haven't seen this elsewhere: The Norton short fiction anthology that I'm included in is available for pre-order, and I stumbled across the listing and the gorgeous cover art a few days ago. The description of...

Pink

Posted on May 06, 2009
Yesterday evening I got off the T in Harvard Square and saw a tall white guy in a button-down shirt, shorts, loafers without socks, and a backwards baseball cap. I rolled my eyes, but whatever. Then I realized he was...

Milk

Posted on May 01, 2009
Dan went on a quick trip to the supermarket last night and bought a tiny chocolate cake for us to have after dinner. Then he went into the little wine shop attached to the supermarket. He stared at a few...

Problem Solved

Posted on April 29, 2009
It took a couple days, but I fixed the case I messed up. I went in my boss's office and told her it was solved, and then I teared up because I am a big baby. I had learned about...

Cars and Trucks

Posted on April 27, 2009
When I picked up Becca at daycare today, she grinned at me, but then toddled over to climb aboard a baby-sized truck. The daycare provider said, "Oh, she loves cars and trucks." For whatever reason, this made me really happy....

Being A Grownup Is Scary

Posted on April 24, 2009
Today was a day that reminded me that I am really a mother and a lawyer, and those are pretty powerful jobs. At work, something unfortunate happened in a case that I can't get into that was partly my fault,...

Skinny Baby

Posted on April 19, 2009
An update for those who follow for baby news: At 15 months, Becca is 31 inches tall and doesn't quite weigh 21 pounds. The pediatrician isn't worried about her, but did say she should gain weight and recommended we feed...

Help Wanted

Posted on April 13, 2009
The recession's hitting the legal market as hard as any other sector, and from inside my organization, I'm seeing it in all different ways. Our 3L interns looking for public interest jobs still haven't found any. Our former intern who...

Happy Passover and Easter

Posted on April 11, 2009
I've been meaning to blog about this for a month, but Dan and I have gone to a Reform Jewish temple for Shabbat services a few times lately. After a lot of waffling about whether or not he wants to...

Weekend Off

Posted on April 06, 2009
OK, here's something that's not about a national quiz show or money: My mom was here all weekend and today, which meant I took an extra day off work and bummed around town with her, including trips to Dan's workplace...

Easing Back In

Posted on April 01, 2009
I've been trying to blog about something other than THE MONEY for a few days, and it's harder than I thought. Part of it is that we've been in a flurry of paying off loans and figuring out our taxes...

Uncle Merv Griffin's Money

Posted on March 29, 2009
A few people have asked the big question: How are we spending the money? I'd definitely want to know if you won that kind of money, so I thought it was only fair to share, since we've been happily discussing...

And Then...

Posted on March 28, 2009
Monopoly bank error in our favor? Giant glitch in B of A tracking software? Decent Photoshop job? It's almost impossible to believe it's not. The check came yesterday. And everything changed, again. I....ACK!! It's been kind of a weird week,...

Jeop Cake

Posted on March 26, 2009
From our Tuesday watch party. How marvelous is this? Thanks to the multi-talented Wendy. I promise to post actual thoughts and stuff this weekend. We've heard that TOC checks come right away, so we're trying to mentally hold it together...

I KNOW

Posted on March 24, 2009
He won. I know. 18 months ago, I thought he was going to come in 3rd in his first game and go away with $1000 and a fun experience. But. He didn't. He won 9 games. 3 1/2 months ago...

Dan on Jeopardy: TOC FINALS

Posted on March 23, 2009
The Press: Gloucester Times: Jeopardy champ? A couple blog posts: The Thicket (blog of the Nat'l Conference of State Legislatures) and Kitten a Go-Go (expressing the theory that Dan is 'part robot') The Preview: What's left to say? It's go...

Star Sightings

Posted on March 22, 2009
Last time Dan was on Jeopardy, he only got recognized a couple times in public, including by a bus driver who wanted to know why he was still bothering with mass transit. Ha! This time around, his fan base has...

How's Work?

Posted on March 21, 2009
...you might ask? The quick roundup: It's really good. On the tough side, my supervisor is going on maternity leave SOON, so I'll kind of be running our side of operations and our joint cases over the summer. There's also...

Dan on Jeopardy: TOC Semifinals

Posted on March 18, 2009
The Press: Gloucester Times: Tarr aide advances in 'Jeopardy' champs tourney Cape Ann Beacon: UPDATE: Tarr legislative aide moves ahead on 'Jeopardy' The Preview: Sometimes casual Jeopardy watchers assume that the show purposely tailors the categories toward the contestants, or...

14 Months

Posted on March 15, 2009
Becca is 14 months old today. She likes to walk around the house hugging things. She also likes to take objects out of the pantry and the recycling. Sometimes these interests combine... She's my funny, joyful, curious, and (mostly) mellow...

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