Stacie Rosenzweig

I’m gonna go home and turn on my heated blanket and do nothing

(Hope your PI went ok)

Well enough. We shall see!

Hot bacon

I am now at the “eating my salad because the argument is over” part of the argument prep

I am now at the “my argument should be over by now and instead it hasn’t even started yet because the last one has gone an hour long” part of the argument prep

I am now at the “dude, my moms is arguing with the Supreme Court tomorrow, I gotta shut the fuck up” discussion between 15 and his friends on the gaming headset part of argument prep

(Which is the last part, as I am going to bed)

I am now at the "what the hell got into you?" remarks from 15 part of argument prep

I take it it's not an ag PhD?

But yes, super weird

There is speculation that the blanket claim was a euphemism for something and I'm not sure what I want to know what that something was

Some day someone is going to pay me to be in a courtroom like that and it will be very uncomfortable

Aww thank you!

someone else can keep the blankie though

This is an interesting question. I think some empathy is innate but expressing it appropriately is learned. I've learned to mask and mirror, basically.

(Girls were not evaluated for neurodivergence in the 1980s if they were good at school and not disruptive, why do you ask?)

There is a time for digging in, and a time for throwing yourself on your sword, but there is never a time to be untruthful or obnoxious, and yet

And that's a good point about getting outside counsel--your firm may even be willing to pay for it if the carrier won't, but your interests may not be allied in this type of situation.

At the very least someone like me can help you salvage your dignity

I went to the grocery store right before drafting and I really liked how the guy who did the banners wrote "fresh" fish daily and I wanted to try that out in court, your honor

"I edited two sentences together but forgot to take out the quotation marks" would be at least a smidge more believable

Congratulations to you both!

I am now at the "garment steamer does not work unless you turn it on" part of argument prep

I mean it will certainly liven up the prose of the order from this hearing

I am now at the "brains are stupid and I hate them" part of argument prep

I still haven’t pulled the trigger, but should— I have an acoustic bike that I am not super fond of riding, but I would be looking for an e-bike for transportation, not as a “ get out of exercise free” card.

Also how would a 5-year residency requirement for a state office violate the US Constitution? States are pretty free to set their own requirements for state office.

Once again, I am old enough to remember JohnKerryIsADouchebagButImVotingForHimAnyway.com

"Cane sugar, nonfat dry milk, Dutch cocoa, salt"

"Disaccharide--sucrose/fructose, pasteurized dehydrated skim milk product, cocoa powder (processed with alkali), sodium chloride"

I am at that very familiar point in argument prep where I wish the argument was today or three months from now

I remember in elementary school we did a hot chocolate taste test— one had ingredients listed by their common names, the other by chemical or process names. People had very strong opinions about which one was better. They were both Swiss Miss.

You could definitely pull different passages from the same book or article and people will feel very strongly that one was written by a better writer than the other. This is even dumber.