(Our first guest post! Very exciting. - the editors)
It seems that post-Soviet Georgia doesn't want to let Suzy go. First
the washing machine wouldn't relinquish her clothing, then the
apartment with her things was reluctant to be unlocked, then British
Airways claimed she wasn't on the flight. So she's still in Tbilisi.
She thinks Sakartvelo (Georgia) will be ready for her to leave on
Saturday though. If you're in Houston this winter or want to offer her
a job, let her know.
P.S. Why is the other Adam Block making us post? And why does he have
to post it for us? Hmm....
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Lee's Ski Trip
It started with a carefree week in the mountains for a few medical students and their friends. It ended with a historic blizzard.
Can we get some commenting from the participants up in here?
Can we get some commenting from the participants up in here?
Mike's party
"Mama told me not to come..."
Last Friday, most of us were done with finals, and we let the world know it at Mike's house. A good time was had by all. Git-tars, cadillacs, great friends, good music, a little dancing, and a little libation.
Anything happen at that party you were proud of and want to tell the world about? Anything you were ashamed of, but still want to tell the world about? This is the place.
Last Friday, most of us were done with finals, and we let the world know it at Mike's house. A good time was had by all. Git-tars, cadillacs, great friends, good music, a little dancing, and a little libation.
Anything happen at that party you were proud of and want to tell the world about? Anything you were ashamed of, but still want to tell the world about? This is the place.
Eliana graduates, and promptly moves to Denver
Toronto, Paris, Austin, and Denver. Anyone who picks the next city correctly gets a free tart Tartin :)
After seven long years, Eliana J.S. Schonberg became Dr. Eliana J.S. Schonberg, Ph.D.!
With her bound dissertation in hand, a sharpened number two pencil, and a devil-may-care attitude towards the cross currents of the academic job market, she headed out West.
She now has a great job, a great apartment, and her own post on this blog.
We await your comments!
After seven long years, Eliana J.S. Schonberg became Dr. Eliana J.S. Schonberg, Ph.D.!
With her bound dissertation in hand, a sharpened number two pencil, and a devil-may-care attitude towards the cross currents of the academic job market, she headed out West.
She now has a great job, a great apartment, and her own post on this blog.
We await your comments!
That was delicious! - Best things I ate this year
Fredericksburg peaches were awfully tough to find this year. Mom makes a cheese souffle every year for the Chanuka party I always love.
Cali Sandwhiches in Midtown makes the kind of fish Banh Mi (Vietnamese sandwhich) that I like and couldn't find for a while, but they were not as moist as I remember.
Everything at the Bombai Sweets buffet on Hillcroft is transcendant. Astronomically good. The dishes are different every time, and I've never seen most of these offerings at any other restaurant. For example, I've never had lime as a major ingredient in Indian food, but now, I can't remember what life was like without it.
More to come
Cali Sandwhiches in Midtown makes the kind of fish Banh Mi (Vietnamese sandwhich) that I like and couldn't find for a while, but they were not as moist as I remember.
Everything at the Bombai Sweets buffet on Hillcroft is transcendant. Astronomically good. The dishes are different every time, and I've never seen most of these offerings at any other restaurant. For example, I've never had lime as a major ingredient in Indian food, but now, I can't remember what life was like without it.
More to come
Books, Books, Books
One Hundred Years of Solitude was definitely the fiction highlight of this year for me. I still have not followed my cousin Wendy's suggestion to read At Swim Twobirds. Samarkand was a faschinating introduction to Persian and Central Asian culture.
I will have finished Democracy and Distrust by the end of the year, and it has been a pleasure. Big answers to big questions about how we use this thing called the Constitution. The book is a little bit dated (it was published in 1980), but it provides a sprited, fluid, eloquent defense of most of the work of the Warren Court.
Today, most 'big picture' legal argument seems to be about issues that were created by the legal culture of the last fifty years: affirmative action, church and state demarcation, treatment of gays and lesbians, the death penalty, environmental regulation, and tort reform. In this environment, a lot of the discussion of legal and political topics a response to these issues, and it can be hard to think big thoughts without being stuck in the present. Democracy and Distrust has helped me get behind the rulings that opened up these points of contention. It is a much better liberal backstop for arguments on these current events than the more recently published Active Liberty (hopefully the topic of a later post.)
I will have finished Democracy and Distrust by the end of the year, and it has been a pleasure. Big answers to big questions about how we use this thing called the Constitution. The book is a little bit dated (it was published in 1980), but it provides a sprited, fluid, eloquent defense of most of the work of the Warren Court.
Today, most 'big picture' legal argument seems to be about issues that were created by the legal culture of the last fifty years: affirmative action, church and state demarcation, treatment of gays and lesbians, the death penalty, environmental regulation, and tort reform. In this environment, a lot of the discussion of legal and political topics a response to these issues, and it can be hard to think big thoughts without being stuck in the present. Democracy and Distrust has helped me get behind the rulings that opened up these points of contention. It is a much better liberal backstop for arguments on these current events than the more recently published Active Liberty (hopefully the topic of a later post.)
Adam misses the family vacation
(But how many people missed Adam?)
This summer, my grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and brothers all took the family trip of a lifetime - a cruise to Bermuda.
They had an amazing time, and never get tired of telling me about it :)
I, on the other hand, stayed in Houston to try to write on to the Business and Tax Law Journal. Also a very memorable experience in a young man's life, but for entirely different reasons....
This summer, my grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and brothers all took the family trip of a lifetime - a cruise to Bermuda.
They had an amazing time, and never get tired of telling me about it :)
I, on the other hand, stayed in Houston to try to write on to the Business and Tax Law Journal. Also a very memorable experience in a young man's life, but for entirely different reasons....
Greg and Elana have a baby!
Can't wait to meet Greg and Elana's kid, Nava. Her Dad is from here in Houston, her Mom is the prode of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but unfortunately, she was actually born in New York City.
Despite that accident of timing and geography, we hear that she is actually nice to strangers, does not insist on wearing all black all the time, and does like the taste of Dr. Pepper.
She also plans to pronounce the name of the process by which lawyers examine potential jurors as, 'vore dire', and not 'v-wah de-ray'.
(Maybe her folks will let us get a picture up here, too!)
Despite that accident of timing and geography, we hear that she is actually nice to strangers, does not insist on wearing all black all the time, and does like the taste of Dr. Pepper.
She also plans to pronounce the name of the process by which lawyers examine potential jurors as, 'vore dire', and not 'v-wah de-ray'.
(Maybe her folks will let us get a picture up here, too!)
Ari and Abbie have a baby!
Two of my favorite people in Nashville are now the parents of one of my three favorite people in Nashville.
Davi Wolff Dubin has beautiful red hair like her Mommy, and loves to root for the Longhorns, like her Dad.
She plans to return to the homeland for her education - UT Austin class of 2028.
(Pending permission from her folks, we will post a picture)
Davi Wolff Dubin has beautiful red hair like her Mommy, and loves to root for the Longhorns, like her Dad.
She plans to return to the homeland for her education - UT Austin class of 2028.
(Pending permission from her folks, we will post a picture)
Kevin and Josie get married
This Novemeber, one of my best friends, Kevin, married one of his favorite fiances, Josie. The wedding was in her hometown of DC, and it was teriffic.
Got to see some people who I hadn't seen in a long, long time, like Kevin's famliy, and I got to meet some people I look forward to seeing more in the future.
To Kevin and Josie, let me just say, "Good work, you two!"
In this picture, from left to right: Josie Leyman, Adam Block, Kevin Elias, and Alex Vaclavik.
Steven launches Movefrog
My cousin Steven launced a new apartment finding website called Movefrog.com.
I really like the site, and it is in further development now, but soon, you will be able to use the site to find the perfect pad in any city in the country, sign a lease, get furniture, and set everything up.
This is going to be great!
(that's www.movefrog.com, for those of you playing along with the home version.)
I really like the site, and it is in further development now, but soon, you will be able to use the site to find the perfect pad in any city in the country, sign a lease, get furniture, and set everything up.
This is going to be great!
(that's www.movefrog.com, for those of you playing along with the home version.)
Rules of the Road
Welcome to 10,000 posts on 2006!
The plan is for anyone to write whatever they want to about anything that happened in 2006, that they thought about in 2006, or that is in any other way connected.
Everyone can post. If you would like to write a post, or would like me to write a post on a topic not yet available, just let me know.
The goal is to get to 10,000 by midnight on December 31. (My posts will also count towards the total.)
Thanks for your help. Can't wait to see what you all write!
---Adam
The plan is for anyone to write whatever they want to about anything that happened in 2006, that they thought about in 2006, or that is in any other way connected.
Everyone can post. If you would like to write a post, or would like me to write a post on a topic not yet available, just let me know.
The goal is to get to 10,000 by midnight on December 31. (My posts will also count towards the total.)
Thanks for your help. Can't wait to see what you all write!
---Adam
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