it was another long day today. i had to get up at 5 a.m. to be in manhattan by 8. when i left this morning it was still dark out. when i'm up that early i'm always struck by how nice and peaceful everything is. on the other hand, it's really friggin early. i think i'd rather sleep and find niceness and peace some other way.
anyway, i hauled my assets to nyc, went into the hearing, only to find out that the other side didn't bring any witnesses. it's their burden, so the judge gave us a win by default (the two best words in the english language...). i left the courtroom about 4 minutes after i entered. i immediately went to penn station to catch a train back. i was in my office before noon and put in basically a full day. at around 3 p.m. i thought, "was i really in new york this morning?" it was a long day.
the worst thing about today's trip was not the fact that it was such an early morning, or that new york ended up being for basically nothing, it's that i forgot my book. all that potential reading time on the train totally pissed away. i did arabic flashcards instead. but this time no one sat close enough to me to be freaked out. where's the fun in that?
so now i'm home after a really long day. tomorrow i got another field trip. this time i'm going west young man to the wilds of chester county. i am sure it will be a blast as chester always is.
i'm in one of those punchy sleepy babbly moods.
speaking of babbly, over the past few years i have had on-again off-again debates with various people about whether president bush is stupid or just inarticulate. usually i'm on the latter side, but sometimes the former is the only possible explanation. i just found this article in slate the misunderestimated man which is a pretty good discussion of the issue. because The Blogger Code (tm) requires that i reprint some kind of excerpt here supposedly to wet your appetite (but really just to make this post a little longer and more impressive looking), here's one bit:
The question I am most frequently asked about Bushisms is, "Do you really think the president of the United States is dumb?"
The short answer is yes.
The long answer is yes and no.
is your appetite wet yet? is it at least damp? 'cause this post is long enough for me.
