Auld Lang Syne

A translation on Yahoo.com today. Beautiful.

Should old acquaintances be forgotten,
And never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintances be forgotten,
And days of long ago !

Chorus:For old long ago, my dear
For old long ago,
We will take a cup of kindness yet
For old long ago.

We two have run about the hillsides
And pulled the daisies fine,
But we have wandered many a weary foot
For old long ago.

We two have paddled (waded) in the stream
From noon until dinner time,
But seas between us broad have roared
Since old long ago.

And there is a hand, my trusty friend,
And give us a hand of yours,
And we will take a goodwill draught (of ale)
For old long ago!

And surely you will pay for your pint,
And surely I will pay for mine!
And we will take a cup of kindness yet
For old long ago!

My Chores

I have a short list of things to do while on school break. (The whole week and a half, ha ha!)
They are:

--catch up on laundry and hang clean clothes up
--clean out my car
--finish doing dishes
--clean off my kitchen table (my hot spot)
--catch up in my course Secured Transactions.
--catch up on sleep


I have done number 2, and am working on the rest. I am considering my deadline to be Thursday, when I go back to class. Will update.

Moot Court Blues--Episode 6

Moot court this year has had its bumps in the road. As part of the program, the moot court teams are supposed to line up and pay for their own court reporters, which has been sticking in everyone's craw. Not only do we have to spend time doing this ourselves, but we have to spend more money. We are not sure why the school doesn't handle this, and we think they should.

Well, they don't, so it is up to us. Our case almost didn't have a court reporter--we just remembered we had to line someone up about two days before. Luckily, someone on the opposite team knew someone, scheduled them, and they showed up.

Another case was not so lucky. They had scheduled a court reporter, and she didn't show up for the case. The teacher made everyone stay for 45 minutes to see if she would show up, but she dind't. So he let us go, which made most of us happy. Not the scheduled team members, because they were ready to present their case and get it over with. But the rest of us were happy to be let go, so we could go back home, study for our other subjects, or do some Christmas shopping.

Maybe the school should add Huseby, Inc., a court reporting agency, to the list of court reporters they give the students.

The agency apparently can provide nationwide court reporting, legal video deposition scheduling, and video conferencing services. Their Website says they are leaders in real-time technology and computerized litigation support services. They have provided services in some high profile cases including the class action lawsuit against Jim Bakker and the PTL organization, the Zantac patent rights case, and the murder trial of Michael Jordan's father. It says that Huseby also helped develop North Carolina's first computer integrated courtroom in Charlotte.

I looked at the company's offices in Nashville and was pleased to see that they are in one of my favorite buildings in Nashville--an attractive old house on 8th Avenue that has also housed tea rooms and club space over the years.

Biz Buzz Words of 2007

MSNBC compiled a list of business buzz words of 2007. I only know two of them. What about you?

1) grass station--a future fuel station that would dispense ethanol and other gas substitutes. Good idea!

2) connectile dysfunction--a phrase coined by Sprint as a take off on erectile dysfunction. It is the inability to get an Internet connection. I knew this one.

3) meatball sundae--an unfortunate result that comes from mixing two good business ideas.

4) friendquest--roaming around online looking for friends. Is that what I am doing?

5) subprime--who doesn't know this one?

6) narcissurfing--googling oneself on a daily basis. Could be a good idea for some.

7) disintermediate--firing middle managers.

8) Shanghai sneeze--stocks around the world falling after China's stock market plunged.

9) ringtone rage--rage set off by certain cell phone ringtones.

10) blogola--perks offered bloggers by corporations.

Who makes up these lists????

It's a Wonderful Life

There is something special about that movie It's a Wonderful Life. I just can't get enough of it. I watched it again tonight. It is Jimmy Stewart at his best. And what a wonderful message--that each life is important and touches others in immeasurable and measurable ways.

I remember when I had a philosophy course in graduate school. We talked about the fact that from a philosophical point of view, an individual life does not make that much difference. That whether you are a George Bailey or an Adolf Hitler does not matter that much in terms of philosophy on the universe over the long haul. That your impact is de minimis.

That may be true in the extreme overbroad sense. But I prefer the other view: that we each have an impact and that it can make a difference.

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I went to a homeless shelter tonight and took some gifts for a four year girl, whose name I had drawn. I did not get to meet her as she was staying somewhere else, but I got to meet her mother and saw photos of the daughter. She is adorable! I hope the clothes and shoes I bought her will fit.

Home Free

I was shocked and dismayed to hear about Dan Fogelberg's death yesterday. It seems like a another little piece of my youth just slipped away.....

I had a roommate who was stuck on Dan Fogelberg. She played his album Home Free a lot. I too got stuck on it. Particularly his song "The River." It was powerful and unique, and it seemed to sing to my soul.

I didn't even know he was sick. He seems so young to have died from prostate cancer. Interestingly enough, lately I had thought about going out to buy a CD of Home Free. I definitely will now.

After reading the news item of his death, I looked at his Website. He was so hot!

So sad.

Cons of Con Law

I really like con law, but not right now about 36 hours before my mid-term. I swore I wouldn't get into this position, but here I am: Not Prepared.

I love the course, I love the teacher, but I don't love being unprepared. I will make it up this next semester, I promise!

I don't think the stuff is that difficult. Not if you get to read it. That is the problem: Getting to read it.

I better get off the computer and back to my outline.