Woo Hoo! Grades are in...

I am still on target to achieve my goal of making it all the way through law school without buying a single vowel. Hooray for Cs and Bs!

Cindy Sheehan

I have to be honest. I never really payed much attention to what Cindy Sheehan had to say. I know her son died in Iraq and I know she protested the war but other than that I never took the time to listen. As a result, I can not say whether I agree or disagree with her on any given point.

The one thing I do remember is the hatred that seemed to surround every discussion of her politics. I remember thinking that her sitting around GWB's ranch was kind of dumb. I also remember that it inspired an on air David Letterman vs. Bill O'Reilly spat.

So basically... I just had her written off as another voice in the crowd. I didn't give her arguments any more weight because she had a son who died, I didn't really think she was a pawn of the left.

Despite my total lack of background I still find this letter amusing. On Memorial day of this year she decided to step out of the ring. Apparently she has had enough of the spotlight. And who can blame her? The far right hated her and called her a tool of the left, the left loved her and called her one of their own. When her message remained constant causing her to criticize both republicans and democrats the left threw her under the bus.

Ah politics... What a mistress... Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned but Washington has something for her...

Summer Crash

Wow... I have absolutely crashed. I was so wound up at the end of the semester and now I can barely get my butt out of bed. Summer in Moscow with everybody gone is going to be difficult. Here's to hoping I don't crawl inside a hole, gain 20 lbs, and start playing D & D.

Unknown Gunman Kills [blank] in [blank]

Last night my wife and I were sitting in bed when we heard the sound of an automatic weapon firing somewhere in the distance. It's not a common sound. It's not a sound most people would recognize. Had I not spent a few years in the armed forces I wouldn't have recognized it myself.

This morning we woke up to news reports that a man with a gun fired into the courthouse to draw police into the open. When an officer responded he was gunned down, when another officer attempted to help the first officer he too was shot as was a civilian who apparently came out of his house and also attempted to help. The gunman was later found dead in a nearby church. He took his own life but not before killing the elderly sexton who lived in the church.

Just yesterday I joked about how quiet Moscow was becoming now that everybody has left for the summer. Not so much...

Oh the things I learn...

Today someone asked me, "What is the most interesting thing you learned this year?"

Unfortunately, it wasn't exactly the right time or place to tell them the true answer so I said something about probable cause and reasonable suspicion but now I can express what I truly felt.

This year I learned that the stores around Pullman, WA sell more beer and condoms on "Mother's Weekend" than any other week of the year. This seemed a bit strange to me when I first heard it. I wondered why these kids would be more inclined to be out on the prowl when their mothers are in town.

Then I learned that the medical clinics around Pullman, WA distribute more plan B, STD tests, and pregnancy tests over Mother's weekend than any other week of the year.

1 + 1 = HOLY CRAP!

It's not the kids out getting their grove on, it's the MOTHERS! When I first reached this conclusion I was sure I my math was wrong. Unfortunately... I checked with some of the locals and it is true.

As I watch the kids on the undergraduate campus wearing their pants half way down their asses, drinking themselves stupid, and exchanging sexually transmitted diseases I frequently find myself fearing for the future of our nation. I wonder what will come of our society when these kids are running the show.

Well... Mother's weekend gives me hope. How much worse can I guess it get? Can these kids really be worse than their mothers?

Of all the things I have learned, this is BY FAR the most interesting, disturbing, and disgusting. I don't know where these people are from but the idea of my mother visiting my dorm and getting all Mrs. Robinson with my fraternity brother is so foreign I can't even start to imagine it.

What is the world coming to?

Summer

What happened to spring? The other day I was talking to my wife about something and I said, "maybe when summer comes." She informed me that summer is here and that I failed to notice that spring already sprung and the earth has continued to rotate.

I think it was a combination of finals prep, crappy weather, and a trip to the tropics that confused me.

But anyway...

The semester is over. I am now a 3L. At church today I said goodbye to several of the kids who just graduated. As I thought back to my first Sunday here I was honestly a little freaked out at how quickly these first two years had gone by.

I'm beginning to notice a pattern here. Perhaps I should buy a day planner or a calendar.