"only happens once a year"...

another thought from administrative law:
why does the court in AHA v. Bowen find that the RFP was not a legislative rule?

oh wait, that's not what i wanted to write about! silly me... so, i went to starbucks after lunch today to get my usual afternoon coffee. apparently, now that it's the beginning of november, it's appropriate for starbucks to christmasize everything. they've made the switch to red cups, the barristas all had red holiday shirts on (one of them was even wearing reindeer antler-y things), the store is all decorated. even the cardboard protect-your-hands-from-the-hot-coffee sleeves are decked out. alongside the starbucks mermaid are printed in red letters: "{only happens once a year}" yes. the { and } are part of the text.

krista said about this once-a-year-ness, "yeah, for FOUR MONTHS!"

totally.

and.................. i totally missed the point about the RFP in Bowen not being a legislative rule.