talbotlucas.org: a word to the wise is sufficient

Here I am, along with the other thousands of former law students dragging themselves toward the California bar exam. Twenty-nine days 'til Day One. In the meantime:

++ Still listening to Arlo Guthrie's "City of New Orleans." It's oddly comforting. I found myself singing it on the way to my Saturday BarBri session. The next UCLALive season will feature a performance by Guthrie, so if the commerce gods are good to us, we might be singing along, in person, with Arlo come November.
++ Also listening to:
1. La Divina, which amounts to a Maria Callas greatest hits album. I've noticed that even the power of La Callas doesn't put a dent in the din that is the BarBri classroom during break time. I guess that fad of teaching children to use their "inside voice" didn't work so well with this group. Yow.
2. The soundtrack from Amelie. No, Yann Tiersen's new album is still not available on the U.S. version of iTunes.
3. In bits and pieces, La Wally (Catalani).
++ I'm finally reading The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby. It's a perfect book for this time because the chapters (his month-by-month reading notes) are short and easy to dip into and enjoy. Just the right thing for a little break, after the U.C.C. or recording statutes have made my head whirl.
++ And when I'm feeling discouraged, a few pages from Paul Arden's It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want To Be can reset my tone.
++ Wallace is shedding up a furstorm, so vacuuming has been elevated from a regular chore to a hazmat duty. Thank heavens for the Dyson.