Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Re-shout out
Let's give a nice big re-shout out to our comfy chairs. Rescuing them
from the attic might be some of the best work we've done all summer.
Monday, June 26, 2006
Friday, June 23, 2006
boy are we going to miss mike
a week without mike is like a week without hope and joy. we'll miss you!
Go Shorty, it's your birthday.
Happy Birthday to Mai-Linh!!
(gifts, food and/or straight-up ca$h will be accepted on behalf of Mai-Linh in the Boiler Room)
Updating the boiler room on world news, part II
See video, “Flushes Make for Courthouse Blush”:
http://www.cnn.com/LAW/
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Let's tell lawyer jokes... I'll start
Warning Signs that you Might Need a Different Lawyer
- He tells you that his last good case was a Budweiser.
- When the prosecutors see who your lawyer is, they high-five each other.
- A prison guard is shaving your head.
Re: ensuring vocabularistic integrity
As it happens, this rule of grammar was instituted under the
totalitarian reign of Ancient Roman emperor Vocabularius, who would
invite people from as far as Cathay to his humble estate, known
simply as the "Vocabulum," at which point he would hold word-based
gladiator fights. The loser would be tied up in a burlap sack along
with a snake, a rat, and an angry cat, and then thrown off of a cliff
to the river below.
Vocabularius, though, would ensure the person had a proper burial.
popcorn has saved the day
Popcorn, glorious popcorn! yes... such a fine whole grain morsel
(microwaved, no less) has renewed our interest in our work and led us to
feel loved back here in the boilerroom. If only Kelly could be here to
rejoice with us.
Ensuring vocabularistic integrity
There is a growing outcry against the interchangeable use of the verbs "insure" and "ensure." Here in the Boiler Room, we believe that under no circumstances should "to insure" be used to signify "to make certain." After all, you would never use "to ensure" to signify "to protect against loss or liability," would you? We urge you to join your voice to ours and help keep these words distinct!!!
we are lost without kelly....
we're like a ship without a rudder.... a car without a steering wheel....
Ok, enough of the sappy stuff. The extra room kicks ass!
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
If you mess with us, you are liable to get f---ed up.
This is the official dojo of the boiler room. Don't mess with us.
Our HERO
The power of communication has brought us fresh air - not the Go Home Early kind of fresh air, but the beautiful, enduring whirr of a fan!!! Thanks Tim...
countdown until the celebration!
One body out of the boilerroom at the end of the day! Hurrah!
(this post has nothing to do with our happiness or unhappiness about
Kelly's departure, only joy at the extra space!)
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Sharky's, Tomorrow, 5:00 sharp!
Sad as I am to leave, I am excited that Sharky's will the last stop on this wonder-ride of penniless labor. Thank goodness for the $1 brews.
Monday, June 19, 2006
quiet monday
What's the deal? No Kelly and we're all so quiet?
Alex isn't here - let's get this party started....
Friday, June 16, 2006
re: quickie poll
If the boiler room had a soundtrack, what would it be?
Clearly “Hot in Here” by Nelly.
It’s gettin hot in here (so hot!) so take off all your clothes.
Clearly “Hot in Here” by Nelly.
It’s gettin hot in here (so hot!) so take off all your clothes.
Strike!
Big thumbs down to keeping the door closed. This calls for action! I say we take our comfy rolling chairs and roll ourselves right out that back door in protest! Who's with me?
poltergeist in the room?
a poltergeist closed and locked the "fire exit only" door - our only connection to the outside world - while I was out of the room for 30 seconds. have they continued to oppress us through supernatural means or am I just going crazy?
Thursday, June 15, 2006
The way they treat us around here,
it's like we're all the same anonymous person. Like if one of us says
something, it might as well come from any of us.
Mike...
...is one fine upstanding intern. The kind of guy you feel proud to work with. The kind of guy who shares his Chex Mix.
Thank you, Mike.
Thank you, Mike.
The reason i've gotten no work done in the past half hour
Gofugyourself.com sucked me in.
Q. Dear Aunt Fugly,
What does a girl wear to an annulment? Is
You complete me,
Afraid of Carbs
A. Dear You Had Me At I DON'T CARE,
You know, you people don't have real problems. I have real problems. I'm having Alan Partridge's baby and no I'm not yes I am no I'm not yes I am WHERE IS MY HAMBURGER? I WILL THROW THIS MICROPHONE STAND AT YOUR HEAD. No, I won't. See? It's just a banana. Banana. BANANA! B-A-N-A-N-A-N-A-N-A-N-A-N-A -- that reminds me, I have to call Stefani. Talk about people who can't DRESS. She makes ME look like -- hey, remember when I dressed all classy and shit? Like when I was in that movie with that guy from Cheers. Man, he had the best weed. I should call him except I totally don't remember his name anymore.
I'm going to take a nap now.
oppressive work environment
The yelling of the attorneys is starting to become background noise it happens so much. Don't they know that we're just students and haven't yet learned the intricacies of the federal rules of civil procedure or the ins-and-outs of Title VII claims or how to make a proper cup of coffee?
They're way too quiet in that boiler room.
For those of you who are work-starved, bored, attention-deficit,
celebrity-obsessed, or into some pretty good schadenfreude:
www.gofugyourself.com
Like they do in Nevada
Today we learned about the Nevada legislature. They have an online gift shop that, let's face it, inspires envy in all of us.
I want to look into how difficult it would be to start our own gift shop. (It's a thought exercise, since I don't imagine there'd be much of a real-llife market.) We should consider selling:
1) 8 dark-brown heavy wooden chairs
2) half-used legal pads, cryptic notes included
3) our lunches
4) old but functioning nerf gun, 1 ball included
5) 1 old xerox copy machine (not sure if it works)
6) a couple of old bagels from the table in the waiting area
7) quite a large collection of attorneys' diplomas and licenses, already framed
and so forth. Any takers, contact us.
I want to look into how difficult it would be to start our own gift shop. (It's a thought exercise, since I don't imagine there'd be much of a real-llife market.) We should consider selling:
1) 8 dark-brown heavy wooden chairs
2) half-used legal pads, cryptic notes included
3) our lunches
4) old but functioning nerf gun, 1 ball included
5) 1 old xerox copy machine (not sure if it works)
6) a couple of old bagels from the table in the waiting area
7) quite a large collection of attorneys' diplomas and licenses, already framed
and so forth. Any takers, contact us.
Keeping the boiler room up to date on important world news: http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/15/naked.suitor.ap/index.html.
Word has it, Mike was in Ann Arbor yesterday.
New Printer
We're loving the fact that we can actually print again and don't have to
email everything to an attorney to print for us.
Until the new printer came in, I was thinking about filing a claim b/c
of the poor working conditions.
just a minute ago
Anonymous #1: It's really pleasant in here right now, temperature-wise.
Anonymous #2: It is.
It's Freaking Hot In Here
As usual, the boiler room is hot, hot, hot. But we are enjoying lounging on our cool, new, comfortable, ragtag assortment of office chairs.
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