Ahoy Me Hearties

Aye Mateys. We pirates of the law gathered for our crew meetin' this morn, led by our fearless Captain Grey(in')-Beard. After settin' aside some admin issues, we prepared for t' comin' battles, and they be many. Battles with t' bilge-sucking wig-heads, t' corrupt yellow-belly officers o' the law, battles with them scalawag sick houses, and o' course, with the lily-livered merchant spawn. As our fearless captain said, "It's bullsh*t that they make sh*t up...we should f* with them a little." And f* with them we shall, t' get our clients thr booty, be it a letter o' apology or free ice-cream for life!"

Slumlords Beware

Members of the Boiler Room will not be held responsible for the death of a landlord. The one exception to this rule being those slumlords personally slayed by Slumlord Slayer. Furthermore, we should add that Slumlord Slayer much prefers the use of a longsword to that of a knife, gun, or other less noble weapons. Malevolent landlords, beware.

Because nothing says saving children like Dick...

Cheney that is. Today on Slate.com, Fred Kaplan posted a opinion column making several compelling arguments for sending Cheney back to the Bunker. Those of us here in the Boiler Room couldn't agree with Mr. Kaplan more.

Dick Cheney at Legal Aid Justice Center? Working with needy children in tough situations? Supervising the JustChildren Interns? What could be better? Not only would our former Vice President bring a wealth of knowledge about child rearing and discipline to the Bunker, but he would also bring his notably warm and pleasant demeanor, uplifting the spirits of all who work there and, I'm sure, more than a touch of energetic enthusiasm to the job. Obnoxious prosecutors might ease up on those nose-breakers if they knew that legal aid was preparing the Bunker for water-boarding exercises, and I'm sure clients would be more than honest with our former Vice President there to gently keep them on track. Watch out for leaks though, as we all know the consequences for dropping client information are much worse than those for letting slip the identities of certain CIA agents.

So, if you're reading this Mr. Cheney, please, listen to Mr. Kaplan and head on over to the Bunker. Those Just Children interns are waiting anxiously for you to "gently encourage" them to stay on track.

Send Cheney Back to the Bunker! - Fred Kaplan, Slate

Although the Bunker showed us up by being 'on time' to case review, they still haven't posted on their blog. I think that says it all.

We learned so much about our boss today:



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All in all - good mtg. And there was cake.....

Life Lessons: Part 1

As we stumble through westlaw and lexis searches, try to recover from the shock that LRW actually was the most important class we took 1L year, and triumph over the intricacies of adding printers on both macs AND pcs, we are reminded that there are still a few tricks of the trade we have yet to learn.

Slumlord Slayer has quickly become an expert on all things housing related - but her valiant efforts to save housing for the poor were almost nullified when she was thrown a curve ball late yesterday afternoon: What is a roach?

For those who have yet to learn - we have attached an instructional video so that next time you will not be caught off guard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dtrIidmj2s

Day 2: It's hot in the Boiler Room

Welcome to summer 09 in the Boiler Room. Google Images has kindly provided us with a record of important events of the day. To start with a fine quote:

We also had a bit of this:

and this:

And, of course, this:

All this pretty much makes us:

What can we say? It's hot in the Boiler Room, or it would be if the AC was turned down just a touch...