Kaulapi World

Busy past two weeks, things have been moving at work, a welcome change of pace, things were getting bogged down in the process of how things get done, but otherwise business as usual I suppose. Got snowed in on Wednesday, trucked the hill in my snow boots to go to the store which was an adventure with all the unplowed snow still on the ground.

Linkes 2/4/07 - 2/17/07
Mistrial in Watada court-marshal, free speech and the military
One of the reasons why living in Hawaii costs so much
Badgers Badgers Everywhere
Medical Aid in Cambodia
Secret contracts tend to cost a lot
63% now antiwar hopefully in time for round II?
24 Fiction and the TV generation and real life.
Can’t happen here? too late.
War on America waged from from within hiding behind the extremist myth?
With us or against us
Cody’s Books closing in Berkeley
Hawaii market refixing refixing? Kaka’ako apartments

Still a little sick, but well enough to go back to work this week. Strange thing is that as I progressed on this week I ended up feeling like hell on Friday, I felt like I was either getting sick again or had gotten another cold. Didn’t want to call in sick again since I had just been out the previous week, so I decided to tough it out and go in anyway. not too much fun.

I think either way the couple of days off did wonders for my energy level and focus. I had a very productive week on all angles, especially with my classes, I found cases going by very quickly and being very engaged in the process. Work has picked up as well, I think we go through an administrative bump that was holding us back. Crossing my fingers to that things will be moving on from here on out.

In other news I got a summons in the mail for jury duty later this year, unlike most people I assume, I was actually pretty psyched, curious to see how the experience is in a different jurisdiction, and of course 5 years from the last time I got a summons. Then I looked at the estimated date of trial and realized that it would hit in the middle of my finals period. ouch. So I filled out a request for excuse/deferment which may or may not be granted. If my previous work experience is any indication, I know that students generally get a break, but not always. I really depends on the judge and the clerk, what mood they are in when they are selecting the jury pool.

Either way, like other things in life, if I’m selected to report I’ll just have to find a way to deal with it. Maybe it’ll be an extra motivator to study hard and (much) earlier this year.

Linkes for 1/24/07 - 2/4/07
Empire vs. Democracy pic one, not both
$1.3T - Good Lawd thats a lotta money
Germany ordering Arrest of 13 CIA agents for kidnapping the wrong arab guy.
Dangerous Child Predators beware
100 alternative search engines other than google
Ook Video Downloader and 10 best extensions for Firefox
Chad Vader Night shift manager
IP blog copryright law blog
Eroding beaches The price of of paradise buy or move.
Fascinating mental disorder - BIID