Renova Black

Move over traditional white toilet paper - you just can't compete with remove black. What is all this buzz about - what are we going COO COO for black toilet paper??? That is the question I want to know. But hey, it sure looks cool - just another design concept to make your bathroom look extra cool

and they don't just come in black - there is also red and orange!

Happiness = S + C + V

On the metro ride this morning, I was reading the free newspaper "Express." There was this article that spelled out the secret formula to happiness. Yes, so it seems simple, that we can reduce everything to a mathematical equation.... but then reality hits

S is your biological disposition toward being happy, aka your "happiness set point"
C represents the conditions in which you live, some of which are fixed ( i.e. age or gender) and some of which you can change (i.e. relationships)
V stands for voluntary activities that you engage in i.e. work, vacation etc.

What I mean by reality is - it looks all simple when we reduce all the factors down to three variables. However, within each variable, there are just too many factors. For example: C really equals i.e. X(age) + Y(gender) + Z(relationship) + A(city you live in) + ...etc. So what is the point, in the end, even after knowing the mathematical equation - there is no way for us to add up all the different factors we need to make ourselves happier - or even to add it up to know what out happiness level is..... hmmm.......

Trick to Flirting

A wise guy once told me the trick to get any guy is "just be a little flirty, but not the over-the-top Adams Morgan style flirty (meaning that the girl would lay everything out there like a piece of fruit waiting for a buyer). Instead the flirting must be slightly dangerous, more subtle, keep-your-distance-or-you-might-get-burned style."

now - can someone interpret that for me? just exacltly how to do the
a) slightly dangerous
b) more subtle
c) keep-your-distance-or your might get burned

seems like a lot of steps to me.....

Fun in Bar class

No - this is not a bartenders class many you of think this is. This is, instead, the dreadful prep class for the New York State Bar Exam. Yes, all lawyers have to go though it even though we have fought for years for the elimination of the bar exam. And no, this class is not fun, this class is filled with anxious recent law graduates who believes their lives are dependent on passing this ONE exam. This is the last stretch of the marathon we have all been running from about at least 4 years ago when we started preparing for the LSAT (the law school standardized test). And if we don't make this last stretch - well, it is as if we ran 24 miles of a marathon without being able to finish the last 2 miles, and hence, no medal!

Yes, even in this stressful situation - there is the light!!! There are cuties in the class. And just think - no greater ways to bond than to go though some horrific event with someone (and yes, studying for any state bar is a horrific event). So, turn on your magic and talk to that cutie you have been eying in class - and hey, you never know what will happen. Not to mention - hey, these people WILL be LAWYERS!!! (there are worse professions that you can pick up)

p.i.n.k. = the new red bull & vodka?

the saying goes "doctors are druggies and lawyers are alcoholics!" And here is a lawyer at his best - a former Federal Aviation Administration lawyer has knew how to party - and to satisfy the need to party with the need stay up to handle the cases stacked at the desk, the former lawyer came up with the perfect solution and invented p.i.n.k.


p.i.n.k. is Vodka infused with both caffeine and extract from the Brazilian guarana plant. Marketed under the slogan "World's Perfect Party Spirit," p.i.n.k. provides a kick more akin to an espresso than a martini.

there you have it folks - let the lawyers do what they are best at!

666

Today is June 6th, 2006, or 06/06/06 or simply 666. The day of the devil. Well, I looked around me, I am still alive, everyone around me looks the same, it looks the same outside...hmm.... like the millennium, nothing drastic happened.

or..... we are all fooled because we need to wait until 6:06pm (and 6 seconds) tonight. So be careful ladies and gentlemen because it is possible that on the day of 666 and at time mailto:666!!@)(@&$*(#&$(&#

Then again, the real 6:06 was this morning. Many of us use military time, so 6pm tonight will be 18hr..... I guess perhaps we are safe after all.

TAGTOWN

I was reading the paper on my metro ride this morning, and an article caught my attention in the newspaper. The article is titled "Are we in 'Tagtown'?" And yes, I do wear an ID badge to work, this is how I can get in and out of my building, and to move around with looking like someone who does not belong. Personally I do not like to wear the ID badge at all.... But apparently, according to the article, people wear their ID badge proudly. The article states "...some people, particularly young people, want that extra patina of prestige. In Washington, you are much more recognized as a position than as a personality."

I wonder if this is true... Yes, I can see how people are more recognized as a position - but that is not exclusive to DC. From my experience, people are generally well recognized as a position first, then a personality second in most big cities. But they like to wear a badge!!!???!!!! The only good thing I see with the badge is that I don't have to remember anyone's name - I can just look at their badge, so it does come in handy. Other than that...hmmmm....... it is like free advertising for your employer!