potpourri...

there's a lot of stuff i've been meaning to blog about. like...

the newly passed-through-city-council philadelphia smoking ban. i heard the other day that mayor street is reluctant to sign it as-is because he's concerned about people who would be allowed to smoke at outdoor tables... his concern is really centered around, erm, the passers-by. wha??? good one, john street. you really do a bang-up job for this city.

or the fact that i've now had two of my own clients at work! powers of attorney, you are my bitch. i'm a lawyer! and the PA supreme court has certified me as a law student intern to try cases under a supervising attorney. somehow they consider me to be "of good character and competent legal ability". little do they know...

or about how i went to the jersey shore for the first time ever this week. i gambled in atlantic city, played the high stakes penny and nickel slot machines. i only lost five dollars, which ain't too bad, except when you consider that at one point i was up fifteen dollars... so it goes. most entertaining were the types of slot machines i played. i tried my hand at the "kenny rogers gambler" slots, and no--i apparently don't know when to hold or fold 'em. i spun the showcase showdown wheel on "the price is right" slots (and of course i thought of ed and his obsession with the sad loser noise that TPIR makes). i figured playing the slot machine called "kaboom!" was a sure-fire winner. i was wrong. and, predictably, i was caught in the tractor beam of the "star wars" penny slots. why are they just a penny? because geeks are poor. my brother and i had the following text message exchange later that night:
me: the star wars slot machine took all my pennies!
daniel: fuck!
me: but i was going into toshi station to pick up some power converters!

and there's more fun from the shore... the ocean city boardwalk is exactly what i thought it would be. funnel cake stands, henna tattoos, various body piercing places, LOTS of hemp jewelry for sale. i did purchase a tacky pair of sunglasses, though. and, i saw some dolphins!!! or maybe they were porpoises? still, it make me very happy -- a little pod swimming off the atlantic coast. and then the following was in my head for the following 24 hours:

They call him Flipper, Flipper, faster than lightning,
No-one you see, is smarter than he,
And we know Flipper, lives in a world full of wonder,
Flying there-under, under the sea!

so there you have it. that's what's been going on. i gotta go -- i have a date in an hour.