Jul 25 2011
Cooking & DIY, Health & Fitness 2 Comments
The dog days of summer have arrived, and it is HOT here in the deep South. During these miserably hot, humid days, I don’t have much of an appetite at lunch for anything except cold foods – salads, sandwiches and the like. At the same time, in an effort to be healthier and more budget-conscious, I’ve also been trying to bring my lunch to work more often. But, dressed salad greens are often wilty come lunchtime, and quite frankly, they get a little boring after a while. So, I whipped up this quick, cool quinoa salad to take for lunch along with a turkey wrap.
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Jun 26 2011
Cooking & DIY 6 Comments
So, as I posted earlier, we began our 30MM challenge at 6 p.m. this evening, with three of us making RR’s Parmigiano-Reggiano-Crusted Chicken Picata. The meal is complete, my belly is full, and now it’s time for a recap. Click here to read the rest of this post »
Jun 26 2011
Cooking & DIY 1 Comment
My sweet friend Jenny is a foodie and blogger, and most recently, a writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s food and dining section. A couple weeks ago, one of Jenny’s frustrated friends vented to her about a Rachael Ray 30-minute meal recipe taking two hours to prepare. Jenny then took to Facebook to see if anyone would be interested in doing a 30MM experiment to see whether any of Rachael’s recipes can actually be completed in a 30 minute timeframe, give or take. Click here to read the rest of this post »
Jun 13 2011
Law-ish Things, Life No Comments
Forty years ago today, the New York Times published the first in a series of articles that excerpted the leaked Pentagon Papers. Today, the government released the full text of the Pentagon Papers to the public, including over two thousand pages of previously unreleased material. But between the bookends of the Times publication and today’s release is a landmark First Amendment case protecting the rights of the media to publish classified information, absent a highly compelling national security interest to the contrary. That decision remains just as important and relevant – perhaps even more so – today.
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Mar 14 2011
Uncategorized 4 Comments
In the wake of the recent events in Japan, you might be looking for ways to assist the recovery and reconstruction efforts. When tragedy occurs far from home, the easiest and most obvious way for most of us here to help is to provide monetary aid to non-profit organizations for disaster relief. After events like 9/11 and the Haiti earthquake, however, you might be rightfully gun-shy about making charitable donations without knowing exactly where your money will be going.
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Jan 23 2011
Law School, Transfer 11 Comments
In recent weeks I’ve noticed a sharp uptick in the amount of traffic coming to my blog, and to my transfer timeline post in particular. As much as I want to shove all the remnants of law school and practicing law to a dusty back corner of both this blog and also my life, I would be remiss not to do some sort of follow up to that post. While the timeline provides a fairly comprehensive answer to the question, How do I transfer law schools?, it doesn’t address the more fundamental – and in my mind, more important – question, Should I transfer law schools? Now that I have a little more hindsight, I am going to take a shot at answering the latter.
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Jan 11 2011
Life, Reviews 6 Comments
It’s now Day 2 of Snowmageddon 2011, and no one seems to know when the madness will end. I’ve come down with a case of cabin fever, and have been driving everyone around me just a little bit nuts. So, in keeping with my goal of being more productive and less idle, I decided to put some of my pent-up crazy to work (the rest I’ll save for more nefarious schemes).
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Dec 31 2010
Cycling, Life 4 Comments
For me, the end of the year is a good time to reflect on everything that has happened over the past twelve months. It’s not because I’m particularly nostalgic this time of year, but rather because I’m a goal-oriented person, and having a pre-determined (albeit arbitrary) start and end date for evaluating my progress seems convenient.
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Dec 06 2010
Cycling No Comments
Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, and all of the parties, food and booze that accompany the holiday season, the average American gains about one pound. That’s not too depressing until you consider that most people don’t ever lose that weight. Thanks to some new winter cycling gear, I’ve set a goal of maintaining my fitness level through the winter and continuing to ride as much as possible.
However, I will admit that I frequently find myself wussing out of riding and retreating to the gym instead.
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Nov 03 2010
Cycling No Comments
It was about three weeks ago when I lost my will to ride. I was in the middle of the 50-mile route of the YSC Tour de Pink. We’d started the ride around 8 in the morning, when the temperature was hovering around 45 degrees or so. My legs felt cold and heavy, like they were filled with lead. They never quite warmed up. Click here to read the rest of this post »
