a prayer for relief

sounds weird, i know, but a "prayer for relief" is the standard way to ask for a legal/equitable remedy in a complaint in most jurisdictions. just one of those archaic things from the early days of the common law that has been carried throughout the centuries, you'll find of lot of that in law school. it's a good thing that someone, somewhere decided to let some traditions die.

hmm. what's new in DC? not much just getting settled into a study groove that has been absent these first few weeks, so i'm definitely ready to sponge up some of these gritty details - and yes some of these cases can be quite graphic.

last night i had the good fortune to introduce my boss/mentor/friend/colleague from back home to 51st State, so that was pretty cool. tonight is the one bar review per month that i'll allow myself to go to, so it better be a good one (yes, i'll have my reading done for friday crim and contracts).

one cool thing about where i live is my grocery store, safeway; it's underneath the watergate hotel. see the big main building (curved)? the safeway is right under there - along with a cvs, liquor store, a chinese restaurant frequented by bob dole, and a few other shops and restaurants - all UNDER the watergate - it's insane!