Wyoming…Woot! Woot!

Yesterday the Legal Dude returned home from a 5 day stint in White Plains, New York where his team of three participated in the National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition at the PACE Law School.

Wyoming was one of three teams, down from eighty-five, to make it to the finals, against Houston and Lewis & Clark (Oregon).

I believe, going this far in the competition is a first in the history of the University of Wyoming’s College of Law.

The team of three, all women I might add, came “this” close to winning, losing to Lewis & Clark, which has a special school that trains for these moot court competitions.

The Legal Dude is beyond happy and so proud of his team.

He goes on and on about how hard they worked, how well they work together and just how much fun they had during the competition and back again to just how hard they work and how they like each other and work so well together.

Getting the picture? He just can’t say enough about them.

Anyway, the judges said all three teams were pretty much equal and that it was a tough decision.

Such high praise!

The Legal Dude worked hard too.

He’s been coaching them for some time and during the past several weeks he’s put in numerous hours late into the evening and on Saturday and Sundays.

It paid off, though. Big time!

Sure, it would have been nice if they had won, but landing where they did is totally and completely awesome!

It was also great to hear:“Wyoming! I don’t even know where Wyoming is!” or to have one of the judges say, “You really need to send some of your students out this way to work,” and to receive kudos from colleagues and friends who were there with their teams and surprised to see small town Wyoming go so far.

I hope the three ladies get their just rewards and acknowledgements here from the school and local news. They certainly deserve it.

Who knew I would feel so proud and proprietary of the University/College of Law?

Of course, it probably helps a tiny bit that the Legal Dude was part of it.

Thanks for listening…

The Legal Dude is...Harsh!

The Legal Dude has been reviewing some of my written class work. Grudgingly, I might add.

Boy is he harsh.

He’s a wordsmith.

I am not.

He doesn’t like silly (stupid) mistakes.

He can’t understand how students can get to law school and not know how to write.

I’m not a law student.

I am, however, old enough to know better.

He doesn’t like ellipses. He hates them.

I love ellipses and yes, I overuse them.

Proper punctuation has never been one of my strong points. I’ve never been able to keep the rules in my head.

Ellipses also help with run on sentences. Or so I tell myself.

Also, I’m one of those who think ellipses proffer a more relaxed, conversational tone.

Excuses, I know, for sheer laziness.

But I also like the way they look…even though I know it’s wrong.

Plus, the auto correct on my computer seems to like ellipses. It never auto corrects when using them.

But back to the Legal Dude…

He’s gotten into my brain (just like he wormed his way into my heart).

“Cut it out already with the ellipses!”

Sigh…

Well, Maybe? Just at the end of the very last sentence…

Just one of the many reasons…

Why the Legal Dude is a keeper and I’m glad he’s mine.



Yesterday, while we were at the store, he picked up a package of Pillsbury’s Crescent Rolls.

He wouldn’t say what he was making…just that it was something he saw on the Food Network Channel on one of his flights in or out of D.C.

He was bummed to discover the tube of Almond Paste that we packed from VA was rock hard.

I gave him the microplane zester.

It worked…sort of.

This is (what was left of) the end result.



The Legal Dude wanted more of the almond flavor.

They were tasty, but I agree about the almond flavor and would add toasted, shaved almonds and maybe some fancy sugar before baking.

Legal Dude would try it again…if he has the right kind of Almond Paste.

The Legal Dude is the better cook in our family and he usually does all the cooking on the weekends and for a lot of our dinner/parties.

But he doesn’t bake.

So I think it’s cute that he saw this recipe, kept it in his head and decided to give it a try.

Like I said…just one of the (many) reasons to be glad he’s mine…