August 2011
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My travel credit card came in the mail today. I now have a corporate credit card!
I now can also be sent to Thunder Bay, Kapukasing, or Windsor.
Have you ever heard of a town called Moosonee? There are no roads to get there. NO ROADS!
And we go there. By tiny planes.
I’m summarizing trial transcripts and either the courtroom was too big or the Justice was hard of hearing, because every other line is the JP saying “repeat that” or “I can’t hear you”.
Typing that out is totally why I went to law school.
“What is party rock? Something that a party rocker does. What is a party rocker?...”
– Jacob Ganz, Songs Of The Summer, ‘Party Rock Anthem’ (via nprmusic)
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Samsung Cites 2001: A Space Odyssey Against Apple... →
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Correction: The complete 104-disc DVD box set of... →
notnadia:
Not $700. Quick. Someone give me $489.99.
Plot twist!
Please go on sale. Please.
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NP: ‘Royal’ returns for Canada’s armed forces →
withmy2hands:
tableclothcape:
After 43 years, the Canadian Forces are regaining their “royal” moniker. Canada’s navy and air force are to be restored to their pre-1968 titles of Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force.
Land Force Command will now be known simply as the Canadian Army. Defence Minister Peter MacKay will announce the changes Tuesday morning at CFB Halifax. Similar...
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NBC is releasing a DVD box set of all 456 episodes... →
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notnadia:
In addition to the — literally — hundreds of hours of “ripped from the headlines” episodes (11 seasons of which are making their DVD debuts), the box set will include hours of bonus materials, like deleted and extended scenes, cast interviews, set tours, featurettes and a tribute to the late Jerry Orbach, who starred as beloved Detective Lennie Briscoe for 12...
katiepiemiscellany asked: Thanks for your good advice- I hope I'm not scaring you from legal practice! (it's AWESOME)
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Big News!
Remember all that bar exam-related bitching from a few months ago? You’ll never hear it again from me because I PASSED!!!!!!!
I happy danced for like half an hour this morning.
Make a free $25 microcredit development loan... →
tableclothcape:
Kiva is a project that allows you to make tiny loans, together with many other people, that accumulate to make a larger loan that will prove huge for an otherwise impoverished small business owner or group of individuals in a number of countries. This is called microcredit.
At the moment by clicking through and signing up (there is no fee, and no credit card needed) you will...
Just one of those days today...
One of those days that goes by quickly, and then you look up and it’s an hour past quittin’ time. And the commute home takes a long time, and dinner is not made, and all you want is a slice of cake and a nap.
I’m settling for hot chocolate spiked with rum cream and an early bedtime.
To article or not to article? | Canadian Lawyer... →
“It’s a capstone to legal training in Canada, a (mandatory) right of passage that allows law students to prove they not only have the academic chops to become full-fledged lawyers, but also the nimbleness to effectively serve their clients in the real world. Unfortunately, for many budding lawyers in Canada, articling — the “bridge” between law school and full-blown legal practice — has now...
