hi.

so, the firm cubs outing is today. i only have two hopes:

1. that it doesn't get uncomfortably hot outside. this is pretty likely, as the weather channel says it's only supposed to get to 76. if that holds up, then the weather should be...if not pleasant, at least somewhat tolerable.

2. that i'm not the one who does something stupid. it's the cubs outing. it's summer associate lore, it's attorney lore: a summer INEVITABLY does something really, really dumb at the cubs outing. i'm just keeping my fingers crossed that it's not going to be me.

okay, i have three hopes. seeing the cubs lose today would also be pretty sweet. i'm all about seeing the cubs lose.

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in other news, i got beavis and butt-head--the mike judge collection volumes 2 and 3 last night. i can't wait to watch them. :) i had been dying to get them...and now i have them. so, if anyone in chicago wants to watch a ton of beavis and butt-head--i'm your girlie.

homeland "security"

this story is absolutely ridiculous. airplane "security" has gone too far.

trying to force a mother to drug her kid, and then kicking them both off the plane, for the kid saying "bye bye plane" over and over again? the kid isn't even two years old. he has no concept of "security implications." if he were parading around in a car, seeing other cars going in other lanes, he'd probably be saying "bye bye car." it's baby chatter. that kid is not a security threat, and anyone who thinks he was is just plain stupid.

yes, i know. i never go to bat for kids. i hate kids. whenever i mention them here, i am usually trashing them. but, this isn't really about the kid. this is about the adults running the flight. this is a shining example of zero tolerance gone too far--of adults being extremely stupid, and too wedded to bright-line standards of what "should" and "should not" be said on an airplane to use a little common sense. this isn't an adult telling jokes about guns and bombs. this is a kid who doesn't know any better and is not old or sophisticated enough to mean anything sinister. let it slide.

wtf?

dear yahoo radio,

whatever genius decided to place Something Corporate in the "Old School Punk Rock" genre needs to lay off the crackpipe and review his music history. seriously.

no love,
the persecuted crack smoker