He Killed My Mother....

One of the two best Seinfeld episodes with the best endings was on tonight.  The Secret Code (summary).  After George has repeatedly refused to give out the code to his ATM card, he is sucked into an evening with J. Peterman.  Peterman’s mother takes a turn for the worse and George ends up staying with her as Peterman takes a break.  George confides his code to Peterman’s mother, who is unconscious, but suddenly regains consciousness and screams the code repeatedly: “BOSCO!”  Peterman runs into the room to hear he scream it but has no idea what it means until later George is forced to give out his code to save a man trapped in the ATM vestibule.  The episode ends with George reading the latest Peterman catalogue:
The Rogue's Wallet.
That's where he kept his card,
His dirty little secret.
Short, devious, balding.
His name was Costanza.
He killed my mother.

Blog Additions

Cool new blogs that I have been reading:

The Dilbert Blog
This is written by Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert comic strip.  I like the way his mind works.  His topics lately deal with evolution v. intelligent design.

You Can't Get Arrested for Being Awesome
Another law-related blog written by a current law school student.  Still, it stands out as a nice, well written mix of law content, humorous news, and entertaining observations.

I haven’t been reading Under Their Robes lately, but no one has.  After the MALE writer revealed his identity, the blog went behind a password and disappeared.  Turns out he is a US Attorney in NJ.  The blog was a catty look at federal judges, viewing them as celebrities and “hotties.”  … interesting, but gone – and probably will not return any time soon (if he keeps his job, that is).
    

Two for Two

I found out last night that I passed the New Jersey Bar Exam too!!  I thought the NJ exam this year was much easier than the PA exam, but maybe I was just too knocked out after 2 days with intense pressure and almost no sleep.  Whew. I’ll push those memories away now …

NJ published the results by candidate ID number yesterday evening, which was the day before they had announced the results would be available.  I came home from work and checked the website and was floored.  Then I couldn’t find my candidate ID number.  After searching through everything I realized that the only place I had it was in a file at work.  I ended up walking back and getting it.  But it was all worth it to have that peace of mind.

Congratulations to all those who were successful.  My heart goes out to those who must try again.  The pass rate was 70%.  Since over 3000 took the exam, that means that over 1000 people failed.  Ouch.  

A special shout out goes out to TSC, another successful NJ candidate whose blogs entertained me this summer.  Thanks for writing.  Keep it up.

For those in California, you are in my thoughts and prayers (results are scheduled for Friday at 6:00pm PST).  They are the last of the bunch, the most patient in the country.  On top of all that, the pass rate there is hovers only around 50% in the summer with over 7000 test-takers.  Now that is painful.  But if you are from CA and waiting on the results, stay positive – that won’t be you.

How can I post audio files!!??!!

I have a digital recording of the heartbeat, but I can't figure out how to post it.  ARGH!  I signed up for audio blogger, but they only let you phone in the audio (and the sound quality will be so bad then, it will just sound like static).  Any ideas?

[Update: Thanks JV!  He has graciously offered to host the audio file.  You can find it here:  Heartbeat...].  I’d still like to figure out some way to host it locally here, but this will do for now at least.  You rock!

Update on the EC701 Espresso Maker --

UPDATE:
(old post was: http://intothecity.blogspot.com/2005/09/how-to-get-better-espresso-maker.html)

I got the espresso machine just like the VP of DeLonghi said. After 3 days it broke. Again. The lever / knob that turns the steam spray on broke off. When I called the customer service line, I got the same runaround. After searching through my papers I found the VP's number again. He sent another one last week. I've only used it two times, but it's held up so far.

The weird thing is that the machine really doesn't work as well as the other one. The crema layer is much thinner, and the froth doesn't get as thick. The thing that irritates me the most is that the space where espresso pours into is too short -- I can't fit my regular cup into it. I have to take out the drain piece. Not a terrible thing, but annoying.

We'll see how long this one lasts ...

The Ultrasound pics...

The little one is coming along great. Growing bigger every day. Here are our pics from the ultrasound. #3 kind of freaks us out.