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Not my 16 yr old critiquing development in Tosa. “If they cared about the community, they wouldn’t build $2,000 apartments that only rich white people can have. We need to make it more affordable and have diversity.”

In my PD office, I am older than most of my colleagues. I also have been a lawyer for longer. But I am new to criminal defense. (Yay career shift in your 50s!)

If someone asks me a question because I appear to be an adult, I often refer them to a more “adultier” adult.

I know I am not dying. And I know my job cannot actually kill me. But today I believe that it just might.

A drawing of a brown and grey tabby cat wearing a monster hat.

Timmy. A brown and grey tabby cat wearing a monster hat.

It’s time for my favorite fundraiser ever - poorly drawn pets sponsored by the Wisconsin Humane Society. I present Timmy

I made cookies for dessert. I sat on the couch while they were cooling and got trapped under a cat. He has been sleeping for an hour. I want cookies but you never wake a sleeping cat 😭😭

teensy tiny correction: the government does not have to provide you an attorney for immigration court, so you should make arrangements with one now. Just someone you can call if you get yoked up by ICE.

If you ask for one, they will not and do not have to provide you one.

Today I left work and felt like someone had beaten me up. I legit sat at my desk for most of the day.

How much tea is too much tea?

And does your answer change if you had to go to work in a polar vortex?

Today my daughter sent me a picture of her and her friends standing on frozen Lake Mendota. I have similar pictures from a million years ago. I love that connection.

grappling with the implications of The Claims Adjuster turning out to be a hot Italian tech bro gym rat who went to Penn, seems to have had a pretty gnarly back injury, retweets anti-woke nonsense, and has read not one but two books by Steve-O

Child 1 came home from college Tuesday night. Wednesday night I told Child 2 dinner was ready and I called upstairs to let Child 1 know as well.

Child 2 was shocked. “When did she get home?”

Reader they were in the house together for 24 hours and he had no idea.

This is so important. I’ve been to events where tap water was my only option.

Word of the day is ‘sequaciousness’ (16th century): the slavish and reckless following of another person in matters of thought or opinion.

Luckily there is a coffeehouse next door and I can get a salted maple latte for my troubles.

Reason number 437 that I will be happy when Child 2 has his license - I won’t have to take him to the barbershop at 7 am on a Saturday.

dear @support.bsky.team, can we get a toilet flushing sound for the block button? Please and thank you!.

a woman with a surprised look on her face says i 'm old ! Alt: a woman with a surprised look on her face says i 'm old !

You know how you say “I’m old enough to be your mom” to a coworker because they are like 15+ years younger.

Today a coworker informed me she was born in 1999. I turned 30 that year. I was married. I legit could be her mom.

Kristie Mewis and Sam Kerr’s baby announcement photo holding a sonogram.

Sportsmanship

I need to find the people who are excited about Sam Kerr and Kristie Mewis’ baby. I am obsessed.

Sleeping kitty

I was going to be productive today. But you can’t wake a sleeping baby.

NY Jets and Indianapolis Colts stat sheet. Colts up 10 - 0 in the second quarter. Aaron Rodger’s has thrown for 4 yards.

Yikes. That’s not good.

The excerpt from William and the Werewolf showing singular they spelled with a Thorn

The first known use of singular “they” is so old that not only does it pre-date singular “you,” it wasn’t even spelled with a “th”

When William and the Werewolf, in 1375 CE, used singular “they,” it was spelled with a Thorn

My kingdom for a quarterback. Sigh
Badgers

A murder of crows in a tree

Crows in a tree

So I came home to a murder of crows in my yard. They flew into the trees. Let me tell you seeing 50 crows flying around is hella creepy.

I feel this. I am heading to my first exercise class in years this morning. Of course I am currently laying in bed regretting my choices.

Yes! Call the police less.

I made a mid career shift to the Public Defender’s office. The amount of times I say “this is bullshit” on a daily basis is astonishing. People are getting screwed over left and right with their freedom on the line.

I know everyone says this, but the amount of STUFF libraries have available digitally is just breathtaking. My library system here in Baton Rouge has thousands of Udemy courses available. And they're free! They're so free.

Libraries are cool. Librarians are cool. Support your libraries.

Lots of people still don't know about this feature! It's very, very good. Reduces dunks and pile-ons, and hey, even just people being annoying or missing the point when they quote.

I say this to my cat every morning. Just because I’m scrolling on my phone doesn’t mean I’m up yet.