Engaged!

I'd say this counts as news worthy of a return from the blogging dead : )

Taken on the Fourth of July in Wolfeboro, NH about 3 minutes after she said "yes."

So Long, Farewell

Now that I'm done with law school, I guess I really am a lawyer. It is, indeed, a hard thought to wrap my head around. Rarely have three years gone so fast.


Graduation, which fell on Memorial Day, was just beautiful. It was, at the same time, the most difficult day since I've become motherless. She wanted to live long enough to see me graduate so desperately that we almost went up for commencement a year early, in case she didn't live to attend my own. I regret I didn't push for that trip.

Her absence from this picture weighs on me. But I really did feel like she was there the whole time. I could hear her cheering (and crying). I could see her clapping (and standing in the shade). And, when they called my name to walk across the stage and receive my degree, I could feel her warmth and love. So much of what I've accomplished in life is due to her support and affection. That goes for you too, Dad.

But life, it seems, goes on.

I learned a lot in law school. But I learned even more from my mother. One of her lessons was to "think of the good times." So, I think of her a lot.

With this one by my side now, I know there are still plenty of good times to come.

Much of this blog has been devoted to my experiences as a law student and a son coping with the loss of a mother. Both of which have run, for the most part, their natural course. With that in mind, I now sign off. I'm not saying that I'll never post here again. I am saying that I rarely will.

Thanks for caring enough to check in on me from time to time.

Where's Waldo?

Yale Law School Class of 2008

That Was Three Years Already?

I used to be a law student.

The Final Countdown!

10 days 'til commencement. 1 final to go.



You're all heart, Rock.

I'll Take What I Can Get

 Women's College Lacrosse. Great sport or greatest sport?

1 Penn                   14- 1- 0    390
1 Northwestern                  17- 1- 0       390       
3 Maryland                      17- 2- 0       348       
3 Virginia                      14- 3- 0       348        
5 Syracuse                      16- 2- 0       321        
6 Georgetown                    12- 6- 0       286        
7 Boston University             17- 2- 0       276       
8 Princeton                     12- 4- 0       268        
9 Vanderbilt                    13- 5- 0       242        
10 Notre Dame                   12- 6- 0       197       

Rankings courtesy of laxpower.com

What Tom Friedman Said

"So on this Mother’s Day, if you take one thing away from this column, take this: Call your mother. I sure wish I could call mine."

Fiesta Time

Supervised Analytic Writing
October 17, 2007 - May 5, 2008

It began with this simple statement. It began again with this dejected statement. And it ends here. Today is the first day of my post-law school thesis life.

Home Sweet Home?

If the coop board passes Girlfriend and me this week, my childhood home will cease serving as my permanent mailing address. Cornwallis Road had a nice run, but its in with the new. After growing up in the city's shadow, we finally drop the 'bridge and tunnel' label.


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Anyway, this place comes totally furnished, the rent includes utilities, and the building is steps away from Gramercy Park.

It was kind of depressing, of course, to see NYC real estate prices for ourselves; but we're thrilled with our find. Plus, we managed to avoid going through a broker.


Moving on up, hopefully, the first of June.

That's A First

You're having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day when you drop your only set of car keys through the one inch opening between the elevator and the floor, down the shaft.