I just spoke to a rep from Carnival. Here's the deal on the $459 rate below:
The deposit is $200. This is non-refundible, so if you cancel you lose the $200. Also, name changes on this option are not allowed so you cannot pawn your cruise off on someone else if you decide not to go. Obviously, this is risky for us who will be trying to manage work schedules around this. But if you're positive you want to get then this might work for you. The group rate has more security built in at a bit higher cost (like $80 more). More on the group rate coming soon!
6.30.2009
Post Bar Cruise Info
Contact me if interested in hearing more. I'm trying to get a group rate!
INTRO
I'm trying to gauge everyone's interest in a post-bar-exam cruise. I'm thinking if we book soon we can begin saving for the trip and plan any post-bar work plans around this adventure. The cruise linked below is one of the best I have found for value, cool destinations, and a great ship. Please check it out and let me know what you think.
I've been doing a lot of research and have found an excellent 5-Night Wester Caribbean cruise on Carinival that sails the Saturday after the bar exam.
THE SHIP
This ship is called Destiny. It was refurbished and modernized in 2008. It has a gross tonnage of 101,353 with 4 restaurants, 4 pools, 18 elevators, clubs, a casino, a theater and much more. If you've never cruised, the ship is smaller than the biggest mega ships but 100,000 tons is still quite large.
PORTS OF CALL
The cruise I've isolated leaves out of Miami on Saturday, July 31. (The Alabama bar exam is July 26-28 and the Tennessee bar is July 28-29.) The best bet is to either fly into Miami if you can get a cheap flight, or to drive most of the distance on Friday night prior to the cruise, getting an inexpensive room overnight, and driving the shorter distance the day of the cruise. I would probably be driving some passengers are welcome.
Day 1 (Sat. 31st): Miami, Fla. (Departs at 4 p.m.)
Day 2 (Sun 1st) : At Sea
Day 3: (Mon 2nd): Ocho Rios, Jamaica (9 a.m. - 5 p.m.)
Day 4: (Tue 3rd) :George Town, Grand Cayman (8 a.m. - 4 p.m.)
Day 5: (Wed 4th): At Sea
Day 6: (Thur 5th): Miami, Fla. (8 a.m.)
PRICE
A rate of $459 is availabe for interior rooms is available with a non-refundable deposit. Someone from Carnival is supposed to be contacting me soon on what type of deposit is required and by when. This will cover great food, including room services. Alcohol and some specialty items are charged extra. Tips are left in envelops for each group who provided services during the cruise. Tips are generally not made on a daily basis.
INTRO
I'm trying to gauge everyone's interest in a post-bar-exam cruise. I'm thinking if we book soon we can begin saving for the trip and plan any post-bar work plans around this adventure. The cruise linked below is one of the best I have found for value, cool destinations, and a great ship. Please check it out and let me know what you think.
I've been doing a lot of research and have found an excellent 5-Night Wester Caribbean cruise on Carinival that sails the Saturday after the bar exam.
THE SHIP
This ship is called Destiny. It was refurbished and modernized in 2008. It has a gross tonnage of 101,353 with 4 restaurants, 4 pools, 18 elevators, clubs, a casino, a theater and much more. If you've never cruised, the ship is smaller than the biggest mega ships but 100,000 tons is still quite large.
PORTS OF CALL
The cruise I've isolated leaves out of Miami on Saturday, July 31. (The Alabama bar exam is July 26-28 and the Tennessee bar is July 28-29.) The best bet is to either fly into Miami if you can get a cheap flight, or to drive most of the distance on Friday night prior to the cruise, getting an inexpensive room overnight, and driving the shorter distance the day of the cruise. I would probably be driving some passengers are welcome.
Day 1 (Sat. 31st): Miami, Fla. (Departs at 4 p.m.)
Day 2 (Sun 1st) : At Sea
Day 3: (Mon 2nd): Ocho Rios, Jamaica (9 a.m. - 5 p.m.)
Day 4: (Tue 3rd) :George Town, Grand Cayman (8 a.m. - 4 p.m.)
Day 5: (Wed 4th): At Sea
Day 6: (Thur 5th): Miami, Fla. (8 a.m.)
PRICE
A rate of $459 is availabe for interior rooms is available with a non-refundable deposit. Someone from Carnival is supposed to be contacting me soon on what type of deposit is required and by when. This will cover great food, including room services. Alcohol and some specialty items are charged extra. Tips are left in envelops for each group who provided services during the cruise. Tips are generally not made on a daily basis.
6.29.2009
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6.26.2009
Things We Do
I volunteered to help a friend lay sod tomorrow. The high temp is supposed to be 95. What was I thinking?
Cat Story
I was hoping to have resolution on the Cat Caper by now, but no such luck. Here’s the story:
BACKGROUND
Sunday evening, at about 6 o’clock I get a ring at my doorbell. I wasn’t expecting visitors. At the door was a short, stocky, older man of about 60. His hands trembled with Parkinson’s. His name was Mr. Smith. He spoke slowly and clearly, pausing a half-beat between nearly every word.
“Yes, sir,” he said. “I live across the fence in the neighborhood behind you, and I’m looking for my white cat that’s been missing.”
I knew the cat. It often wondered around our neighborhood, but I hadn’t seen it, and told him so.
“Well, actually sir,” he said, and began pointing ahead of him off to his left, “I see the cat through the window right there.”
He pointed towards the window, but it wasn’t my window. I live in a row of connected townhomes and he was mistaken. My bedroom window was to his right. I told him this as I stepped outside with him to see the cat sitting in the window sill just as he’d said. He noted that the cat stitches in its side with the hair around the stitches shaved in a neat circle. We deduced that the lady had taken the cat to a vet. The man thanked me and I went back inside.
THE RETURN
Five minutes later the doorbell rings again.
“Your neighbor is refusing to give me my cat,” Mr. Smith said. “Will you call the police for me?”
This is an interesting development, I thought. The neighbor, Ms. Craft was certainly the type.
She was probably in her forties, but one could easily mistake her for being in her sixties. She wore think eyeglasses and always kept her head pointed towards the ground. In my 9 months of living there I’d hardly spoken two words to her. In fact, I remembered right there the only time I had spoken to is when she asked me what my friendly Boston terrier Sophie’s name was, and whether it was okay for her to pet Sophie though the fence. Many times I’d waved or spoken with the only response from Ms. Craft being a perfect ignorance – if acting as if someone didn't exist were a sport she would be a world champion contender.
I asked Mr. Smith what happened. He said he’d rang her doorbell and gone through the same scenario he’d done with me. He started by telling her he was looking for the cat, but not that he’d seen it in her window.
“She denied having the cat,” Mr. Smith said. “That’s when I confronted her about seeing it in the window and asked her to give me my cat back. Will you call the cops.”
I call the cops, 911 to be exact because I couldn’t find their number. An hour later two patrol units pull up, knock on the door and wait… nothing. Ms. Craft doesn’t drive. Her live-in spouse is not at home with the only car, and there’s no way she could have left without someone seeing her. Nevertheless, the lights are off and no one comes to the door. The cops, not wanting the paperwork a report would require, tell Mr. Smith to call them if she comes outside and they will come back over.
The next morning Mr. Smith, and the cops, are back. Mr. Smith got the door shut on him again, this time by the man who lives with Ms. Craft. Seems he didn’t want to discuss it either. The cop advises Mr. Smith to go down to small claims court against her. Someone else suggests he should swear out a warrant against her for her arrest. He asks the cop if he can do that and the cop says yes. Five days later and I’m awaiting updates from the neighbors.
Odd story, eh?
BACKGROUND
Sunday evening, at about 6 o’clock I get a ring at my doorbell. I wasn’t expecting visitors. At the door was a short, stocky, older man of about 60. His hands trembled with Parkinson’s. His name was Mr. Smith. He spoke slowly and clearly, pausing a half-beat between nearly every word.
“Yes, sir,” he said. “I live across the fence in the neighborhood behind you, and I’m looking for my white cat that’s been missing.”
I knew the cat. It often wondered around our neighborhood, but I hadn’t seen it, and told him so.
“Well, actually sir,” he said, and began pointing ahead of him off to his left, “I see the cat through the window right there.”
He pointed towards the window, but it wasn’t my window. I live in a row of connected townhomes and he was mistaken. My bedroom window was to his right. I told him this as I stepped outside with him to see the cat sitting in the window sill just as he’d said. He noted that the cat stitches in its side with the hair around the stitches shaved in a neat circle. We deduced that the lady had taken the cat to a vet. The man thanked me and I went back inside.
THE RETURN
Five minutes later the doorbell rings again.
“Your neighbor is refusing to give me my cat,” Mr. Smith said. “Will you call the police for me?”
This is an interesting development, I thought. The neighbor, Ms. Craft was certainly the type.
She was probably in her forties, but one could easily mistake her for being in her sixties. She wore think eyeglasses and always kept her head pointed towards the ground. In my 9 months of living there I’d hardly spoken two words to her. In fact, I remembered right there the only time I had spoken to is when she asked me what my friendly Boston terrier Sophie’s name was, and whether it was okay for her to pet Sophie though the fence. Many times I’d waved or spoken with the only response from Ms. Craft being a perfect ignorance – if acting as if someone didn't exist were a sport she would be a world champion contender.
I asked Mr. Smith what happened. He said he’d rang her doorbell and gone through the same scenario he’d done with me. He started by telling her he was looking for the cat, but not that he’d seen it in her window.
“She denied having the cat,” Mr. Smith said. “That’s when I confronted her about seeing it in the window and asked her to give me my cat back. Will you call the cops.”
I call the cops, 911 to be exact because I couldn’t find their number. An hour later two patrol units pull up, knock on the door and wait… nothing. Ms. Craft doesn’t drive. Her live-in spouse is not at home with the only car, and there’s no way she could have left without someone seeing her. Nevertheless, the lights are off and no one comes to the door. The cops, not wanting the paperwork a report would require, tell Mr. Smith to call them if she comes outside and they will come back over.
The next morning Mr. Smith, and the cops, are back. Mr. Smith got the door shut on him again, this time by the man who lives with Ms. Craft. Seems he didn’t want to discuss it either. The cop advises Mr. Smith to go down to small claims court against her. Someone else suggests he should swear out a warrant against her for her arrest. He asks the cop if he can do that and the cop says yes. Five days later and I’m awaiting updates from the neighbors.
Odd story, eh?
395 Days
"Moltz says, is, what's the difference between a real covenant and an equitable servitude?"
Update: Moltz responds: "I'm pretty sure wikipedia doesn't even know the answer to that question."
Update: Moltz responds: "I'm pretty sure wikipedia doesn't even know the answer to that question."
6.25.2009
Hooked Like a Largemouth Bass
Damn you, T-Mobile! Get me hooked on web feature then try to charge me $24.99 for it.
Update:T-Mobile and I are friends again. Great company. You should use them.
Update:T-Mobile and I are friends again. Great company. You should use them.
396 Days
Shows I'm working on for when I start my entertainment production company:
Man vs. Yard - A show about ordinary people battling common lawn problems.
Waffle House - A reality show about the action-packed restaurant
Campus Flavor - A show that combine's the personality and good times of Travel Channel's Samantha Brown with Todd Blacklege's popular segment on college football games.
Man vs. Yard - A show about ordinary people battling common lawn problems.
Waffle House - A reality show about the action-packed restaurant
Campus Flavor - A show that combine's the personality and good times of Travel Channel's Samantha Brown with Todd Blacklege's popular segment on college football games.
6.24.2009
397 Days
Faulkner Law Review is born. Vote to re-launch the publication at Vol. 1 Issue 1 was passed 14-0 by the members last night.
6.23.2009
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6.21.2009
6.20.2009
6.19.2009
Phrase that Pays
I can hardly wait to break out a well-timed "Why don't you try reading the rules, Shankopottomus?" in the courtroom some day.
Heat Is On
Currently 94 degrees here in the Capital City, heat index of 103. Temp is expected to reach 100 tomorrow. Of course if you're reading this it probably means you're not outside working in it -- be glad.
402 Days: Workin' for the Weekend
Fridays usually remind of me one of the great Jeff Hammond lines of 1L. Workin' for the Weekend, indeed. Enjoy!
6.18.2009
403 Days: The Countdown Begins
I'm counting down the days until I take the bar exam in July 2010. Maybe post some other fun stuff too. Stay tuned!
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