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Here is an example of why it is difficult to be an unmarried, child-free Mormon woman w/ social anxiety. I was invited to a Saturday mornin...

Recently, there was an article in the Star Tribune about the ongoing criminal cases involving victims Palagor Jobi and Anarae Schunk.  In t...

Recently, I have been waiting for court & there were officers there for other hrgs & we got to chit-chatting. On two occasions, offi...

I am so appalled today by the recent MN Court of Appeals decision regarding Test Refusals that I can't even express it in words.  I'...

Lost my trial last week.  I wasn't particularly surprised by the verdict, but of course, I was disappointed.  As always.  Losing sucks, ...

In trial this week. First one of the year. Game face on!

At the request of @RunoftheShipe , today's post will be about sobriety checkpoints.  The request for my piercing insight  nonsensical ra...

So, I've talked before about the McNeely/Brooks decisions on DWI cases in previous posts, here, here , and here .  We've now been i...

I had filed a motion awhile ago to suppress a statement from my client that had been obtained in violation of his Miranda rights. We were sc...

Simon became even more weak and ill today. I brought him back in to see if they could do anything for him, but they couldn't.  So, I had...

My poor little kitty Simon is sick. The vet thinks he has something called feline infectious peritonitis, or FIP. They are doing a test to c...

Let's play a game I like to call "civics lesson."  This is where we discuss things that the general public should have learned...

I have had an absolute bitch of a time lately concentrating at work. I don't know what my deal is but I just cannot seem to focus. I hav...

People like to tease me about being a crazy cat lady & pick on me about recently acquiring a third cat. It's all in good fun & I...

(This is a very long post today, so I will understand if you don't want to read all of it. I have a lot to say on this topic recently, s...

Recently, there was an article in The Atlantic about why the U.S. needs a new Constitution. Primarily, the concerns expressed were that the...

So, Simon gets to stay. The vet checked him out, and other than some ear mites, he is in good shape. Nothing that can't be cured. I have...

So recently, I ended up having a "discussion" on Twitter (if you can ever actually have a real discussion in 140 characters or les...

This morning I was leaving my apt & I heard a cat crying & meowing. It sounded like it was a young cat, so I paused to try to find w...

Oh, how the Minnesota Supreme Court disappoints lately with its terrible, terrible, completely inane rulings. Yesterday was no exception. Ye...