Nerd Test

What Be Your Nerd Type? Your Result: Science/Math Nerd   (Absolute Insane Laughter as you pour toxic chemicals into a foaming tub of death!) Well, maybe you aren't this extreme, but you're in league with the crazy scientists/mathmeticians of today. Very few people have the talent of math and science is something takes a lot of brains as well. Thank whosever God you worship, or don't worship, so thank no deity whatsoever in your case, for you people! Most of us would have died off without your help.
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Call Me Spock

You Should Be a Mechanic

You are logical, calm, and detail oriented. You're rational when things are chaotic, and for you, reason always prevails. And while you are guided by logic, you aren't a slave to it. You're flexible when it counts. You are always open to being wrong. You do best when you: - Work with your hands - Can use tools, machines, or equipment You would also be a good architect or carpenter.

What Should You Be When You Grow Up?

A Cool Breeze.

Speaking of the new fan, it feels great in my office. A coworker thought it was a great fan. If I get the hottest office then I need the coolest fan. FYI: the low setting has he power of a jet engine. High is a mini-tornado.

Oh well back to the paperwork tomorrow.

Beer!

If I could figure out a way to embed the video I would.

Finally Some Climate Control.

My office is hot. I'm talking jungle hot. The rest of the offices have decent air conditioning. When the temps outside are below 80 my office ends up around Death Valley instead of solar surface temps. All I wanted was a fan.

Sadly those are out of season. Target, Wal-Mart, and a few other big box stores didn't have a medium-sized oscillating fan that would fit on my desk. I guess they're just summer items. On a whim I tried Fry's Electronics. They seem to have plenty of small electric devices, perhaps fans would be one of them. Fans were in the very last row.

I found one that wasn't made of plastic, but metal. For $30 it seems a very nice fan. I can't wait to try it out tomorrow. Sometimes it is the mundane things that are so important.

The Paycheck Is Not In The Mail.

A good thing too since I wrote some checks last night. Direct deposit is a beautiful thing. If I found my paycheck on the desk Monday I think something would have bounced. I wish it was a full paycheck and not a partial one. Once I know what to truly expect paywise then I can work on a budget. I'm going to take a guess that the numbers might work out okay, but the real issue will be timing of outgoing bills and incoming paychecks. I'll find out soon enough.

Day 6: A Little Bit Of Justice?

This would be my third(?) hearing. No wait, I think it was my second hearing. The guy already accepted the plea agreement so I needed to just answer a few questions and say a few major words. The judge, defense counsel, and the defendant would do most of the heavy lifting. I may be new to this real world lawyer thing, but I've been around the block a few times.

Most people say they're sorry when they get caught. This guy was different. His rehab had been going well for the year. He was on Step 8 on the 12 Step Program. Even the judge didn't know what Step 8 was since no one ever seems to get that far. The sponsoring witness remarked how much more mature and less angry the defendant was compared to the beginning of the program. Could this be the 1 in 100 guy who realizes that is downward slope in life really needs to be stopped before he hits rock bottom?

Few people live a charmed life. My own life has lots of rough patches. When looking at these people I know my life could be like theirs but for a few choices or circumstances difference. On paper I wanted to throw the book at him. I had to press for a severe punishment, but I was curious about the ruling. The judge was crafty and came up with something just and fair. He had to stay in rehab, that time would count towards his sentence, but it wasn't good time so no days off the sentence for good behavior. If he screwed up the full sentence would be imposed.

Okay sir you get a shot to better your life. I hope you make good use of your second chance.

Cutting The Safety Line.

I haven't worked since mid-June. Needless to say money is tight. When the roommate's rent check comes in I dance an Irish jig for joy. Last year I was working that first job my degree opened up for me. I was scheduled for a night job as well. I decided to work the night job as well. It would only last 4 or 5 weeks and I could use the extra money. Then the day job disappeared through no fault of my own. Stupid non-profits never have good cash flow. I was suddenly very happy to have that night job. It was a good safety line to have some cash coming in.

In a twist of fate I was scheduled to work that same temp night job again starting Thursday night. I'm not certain what hours and days my upcoming new day job will have, but I'm pretty certain I couldn't get to the night job by 5:30. It starts at 5:30 and there is no way around that. They're very draconian in many ways. I admit it: I'm paranoid. Far too many times what I thought would be THE JOB was yanked out from underneath me. Sometimes after the job starts, sometimes before it started. Regardless I'm tired of being yanked around as if I were the chew toy to the fates.

Day job should be my first real start in my legal career. Their funding is secure (relatively speaking) and provided I learn quickly and don't screw things up my job should be secure as well (relatively speaking, security is ultimately a illusion we delude ourselves with). Yet I was very nervous calling the night job to let them know I wouldn't be starting. I explained that I found a new day job and there was no reasonable way I could get to their place by 5:30. All true and the lady congratulated me for my good luck getting the job. The night job doesn't really need me since they have a few hundred of us doing their grunt work. Yet that safety cord felt good to have. I always fear getting screwed over because so far I have been.

Pretraining

I have this job offer. The laptop keys are silent. The printer isn't printing off any resumes. The stamps aren't being used. The email server is not sending anything from me today. It's such a weird change of pace compared to before. I couldn't help it, but I had to check out one website. I saw a few new ads there. Both looked very interesting. Both would be full time positions. Yet I've verbally accepted this one job so I should stick to it.


It'll be a long drive to this job. I decided to do a test drive to see how long it would take and what the traffic would be like in the morning. The rush hour traffic is flowing the other direction, but there are some natural bottlenecks that slow things down. The trip is slightly less than an hour. I don't see any way to significantly reduce that time. Almost as important a question is what quality of radio will I have for such a long drive. I like the local AM station for their traffic reports. Once I get off the interstate I won't care about traffic reports. My fav FM station does surprisingly well through most of the journey until I get right into Small Town. The last five minutes are what a CD player is for!

I'll start reviewing some class notes and PMBR CDs tomorrow. I haven't touched certain areas of law since the bar exam.