Living on the Road, My Friend, Is Gonna Keep You Free and Clean

I suppose you only learn these things once you are able to gain a certain amount of distance between yourself and your alma mater, but if there's one thing I can certainly say about Baylor Law in comparison to the University of Houston Law School, it is this: Even though Baylor Law felt like a prison at times during my three years there, it certainly did not look like a penal institution.

The U of H law library? Well, I'm sorry I can't say the same thing. I'm looking forward to working with a number of U of H law grads when I start in August, but among the things I won't be gathering from them are the finer points of educational architecture.

Current Reading

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon

All in All is All We Are

Congratulations to Mr. John Middleton for correctly naming "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" by The Beatles as the Monday Song of the Day. Here's a version by George Harrison from the Concert for Bangladesh in 1971.

What I'm about to write might come back to haunt me in, oh say late August, but right now if you take a peek at the current standings in the American League West and let your eyes read those standings from top to bottom, the first team they will fall upon is one based out of Arlington, Texas.
That's right, ladies and gentlemen, the only baseball franchise to have never won a postseason series is currently up 4 games on the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Greater Orange County. I'm not sure how long this current state of affairs will last, but I'm going to enjoy it while it does.

Current Reading

The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon

I'll Bring Home the Turkey If You'll Bring Home the Bacon

Future Reading

1. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay: A Novel by Michael Chabon
2. Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell by Karen DeYoung
3. Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero by Leigh Montville
4. War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals by David Halberstam
5. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
6. A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe