Trick-or-Bust

I had ONE trick-or-treat attempt this evening. I say "attempt" because the doorbell rang when I was in the kitchen and Nacho started barking and jumping around. I put Nacho outside so he wouldn't jump/lick/love attack some poor little goblin. By the time I got to the door with some candy, all I saw was a little blue dress running away.

Kind of sad. I had a few last year and I was expecting a handful this year. At least I only bought one bag of candy I like.

Happy Halloween.

Dog beds

I had a party chez moi about a week and a half ago. A friend from Austin drove up along with her 9 pound dog, and she brought her 9 pound dog's bed.


My 52 pound dog has a bed, but as you can see in the photo, he LOVED the little bagel bed - so much that I decided to get Nacho an early Christmas present.

The bed is pretty comfy. I tested it out, and sometimes I want to curl up in it. I think Nacho likes it, but he is still getting used to it.

He still likes the crappy bed I got for him from Petsmart. I guess that is sort of like the kid whose favorite toy is the empty roll of toilet paper. The old bed is stuffed with old pillows because the original stuffing had to be tossed out after the diarrhea disaster of '07.

Inside scoop

The only comment I have about this law suit involving my former employer is that in my opinion, the former chief of staff was an annoying beyotch. I'm glad I wasn't deposed. For the curious, the case is available as 2007 WL 2947398 and will soon be published in a federal supplement near you.

DOJ, take 2

Yay me. I have a second shot with the DOJ Honors Program.

I'm not sure which division the interview is with, though. The notification email was quickly followed by another email saying,

"We have just learned that our notification system did not properlly (sic) display the components that selected you or provided interview information for the wrong component. PLEASE DO NOT CALL THE DEPARTMENT AT THIS TIME TO DETERMINE WHICH COMPONENTS SELECTED YOU. You were selected by at least one of the components you applied to. We will correct the problem in the system and resend a notification message next week."

Apparently their spell check program isn't working either. I suspect the interview is with the environmental law division, although it could also be with the civil or antitrust divisions.

Now I have to decide whether I really want to move back to DC. I've grown accustomed to life in Dallas. But environmental law in the Clinton Administration could be awesome.


**UPDATE**

It is with the environment division.