Welcome back! Last week, I was in a bad mood, bitching about the weather and such. Never mind the fact that I’m still not feeling like Mary Poppins and it snowed like
crazy this weekend (in March!); I keep trying to tell myself that spring is
just around the corner. Unfortunately, even that isn’t enough to keep me in a
good mood. Oh well; in a strange way, I guess that’s all the better for you
guys; after all, if I were a happy fulfilled person who didn’t feel the need to
make biting and sarcastic comments about almost everything, this column
wouldn’t be much fun to read, would it?

This week, I discovered a new blog, Dizzy does it
[http://dizzydoesit.blogspot.com/2007/03/is-it-uncool-to-be-smart.html],
which like, discusses all the totally major issues, like how going to law
school is so awesome because it allows you buy more expensive purses, and even
more importantly, if its “cool to be smart” (no, I’m not kidding). Anyways,
there’s a lengthy discussion about how girls can get away with the “smart ,
inexperienced vibe”, acting like a “typical smart person”, building blocks, and
even some thin connection b/w all this and the law. Whatever, I didn’t
understand any of it, but I just love the fact that one of these girls finally
admitted she went to law school b/c she wanted to wear fancy outfits for the
rest of her life!

I also discovered an, um, interesting article on JD Bliss [http://www.jdbliss.com/e_article000334430.cfm]
about…the niche practice of Karate Law. Apparently, David Kaufmann, a Professor
at George Mason University Law School of Law parlayed his life long love of
karate in to a sustainable legal practice. Okay, in all fairness, this guy does
sound pretty cool (much cooler than most of my law school professors, at least),
but I can’t help but find humor in the niche practice of “Karate law”; what’s
next? Trampoline law? Stiletto law? By the way, if you do practice in some sort
of strange niche area, please write in and let me know, I’d love to hear about
it (and I promise not to mock you!).