testing a link- worked, removed link.
this is not a public blog, just a place hwere i can leave myself notes. nothing to see here folks, move along.
Wednesday, December 08, 2004
Friday, November 19, 2004
to do today pay bills
write bmv letter
outline other letters or memos
get prop list together.
Michael Kalsek, (317) 272-0477, 7144 Maple Dr, Avon
credman@bmv.in.gov carol redman
mary de prez bmv593@bmv.in.gov
mkalsek@bmv.in.gov
draft only do not send
11/19/04
Carol Redman
Director, Driver's licenses
Bureau of Moter Vehicles
Government Center North 4th floor
402 W Washington St
Indianapolis IN 46204
cc: Mike Kalsek
Mike Caudill
Dear Ms. Redman,
I am writing to thank you for your help Wednesday in fixing the error on my drivers license.
It took six hours of my time, but it was important enough to do that.
Wednesday night I was able to go to the pharmacy and obtain my pain medication - I recently had surgery and was not able to fill the prescription without an ID with my name on it. I will be able to fly again, cash checks, apply for jobs, and all the things that I haven't been able to do during this past year during which the BMV had ben refusing to allow me to replace my stolen ID, and then last week issued me one that didn't have my name on it, but had a name that used be mine back in 1960.
However, it was clear to me from the hostility and reluctance to comply with your instructions that I encountered at the Beech Grove office, that the problem hasn't been fixed, only an exception made in my case.
So I am writing to request that the procedures be corrected so that this doesn't happen again to anyone else, and that I receive written confirmation of those changes, which I will verify with performance audit at some future date.
To briefly summarize, here's what happened. I've had an Indiana driver's license in my own name, Robbin G Stewart, for ten years. My license was stolen or lost.
I had to hire a lawyer to get my birth certificate, since the state of issuance wouldn't give it to me without a drivers license. My birth certificate is not in my present name. Delaware, like Indiana, does not require a court order to change one's name. "In fact, there is no legal requirement that any person go through the courts to establish a legal change of name." Petition of Hauptly, 312 N.E.2d 857 (IN 1974).
While Indiana has a process to go to court to change one's name, which is optional and not required under the law, it does not have any process to go to court keep one's name the same, which was my situation - I have had my current name for all my adult life.
When the Beech Grove employees changed my name on my official records, over my objections, without statutory or regulatory authority, and without any court order allowing them to do so, they violated my civil right to due course of law under Article I Section 12 of the Indiana constitution, as well as due process actionable under 42 USC 1983.
I am glad we were able to resolve this matter in my case, but I need assurance he next person won't be similarly victimized. I got lucky in being able to get in to see you, after the receptionist assured me what I wanted was impossible and that the BMV
doesn't provide, or have to provide, written policies. Once I met you things got better; you were helpful and friendly, and within a few hours you were able to authorize the correction of the records. But not everyone else has my skills and persistance.
The issue is this: BVM employees have no authority to go around changing people's names. They have no authority to deny issuance of a duplicate ID to person who has complied with the documentation requirements of a birth certificate. Nothing in law or regulation says the birth certificate has to reflect the current name - frequently it doesn't, as in the case of most married women.
The procedures statement they relied on says only that documents should be changed to reflect a person's legal name - not that staff should take it on themselves to change documents to something which is not the person's legal name. Their behavior was arbitrary and capricious. Terrorism would be a fair word for it.
Again, thank you so much for your help in getting this all straitened out in my case. Please keep my posted of your efforts to fix the problem more generally.
Sincerely,
Robbin Stewart, esq.
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ok so what i've done today was write to the guy who screwed up my license, write to his boss who fixed it, her boss, and the governor's office.
i now have 5 hours before my next meeting,i could pay bills and do laundry,
or surf the net for a few minutes first, he said....
then to do:
check for chuck, fold clothes, make hummus, (but i have no tahini),
remember the slurs album release party.
tomorrow: draft plan of attack in legislative fix to IC 3-9-3-2.5.
write bmv letter
outline other letters or memos
get prop list together.
Michael Kalsek, (317) 272-0477, 7144 Maple Dr, Avon
credman@bmv.in.gov carol redman
mary de prez bmv593@bmv.in.gov
mkalsek@bmv.in.gov
draft only do not send
11/19/04
Carol Redman
Director, Driver's licenses
Bureau of Moter Vehicles
Government Center North 4th floor
402 W Washington St
Indianapolis IN 46204
cc: Mike Kalsek
Mike Caudill
Dear Ms. Redman,
I am writing to thank you for your help Wednesday in fixing the error on my drivers license.
It took six hours of my time, but it was important enough to do that.
Wednesday night I was able to go to the pharmacy and obtain my pain medication - I recently had surgery and was not able to fill the prescription without an ID with my name on it. I will be able to fly again, cash checks, apply for jobs, and all the things that I haven't been able to do during this past year during which the BMV had ben refusing to allow me to replace my stolen ID, and then last week issued me one that didn't have my name on it, but had a name that used be mine back in 1960.
However, it was clear to me from the hostility and reluctance to comply with your instructions that I encountered at the Beech Grove office, that the problem hasn't been fixed, only an exception made in my case.
So I am writing to request that the procedures be corrected so that this doesn't happen again to anyone else, and that I receive written confirmation of those changes, which I will verify with performance audit at some future date.
To briefly summarize, here's what happened. I've had an Indiana driver's license in my own name, Robbin G Stewart, for ten years. My license was stolen or lost.
I had to hire a lawyer to get my birth certificate, since the state of issuance wouldn't give it to me without a drivers license. My birth certificate is not in my present name. Delaware, like Indiana, does not require a court order to change one's name. "In fact, there is no legal requirement that any person go through the courts to establish a legal change of name." Petition of Hauptly, 312 N.E.2d 857 (IN 1974).
While Indiana has a process to go to court to change one's name, which is optional and not required under the law, it does not have any process to go to court keep one's name the same, which was my situation - I have had my current name for all my adult life.
When the Beech Grove employees changed my name on my official records, over my objections, without statutory or regulatory authority, and without any court order allowing them to do so, they violated my civil right to due course of law under Article I Section 12 of the Indiana constitution, as well as due process actionable under 42 USC 1983.
I am glad we were able to resolve this matter in my case, but I need assurance he next person won't be similarly victimized. I got lucky in being able to get in to see you, after the receptionist assured me what I wanted was impossible and that the BMV
doesn't provide, or have to provide, written policies. Once I met you things got better; you were helpful and friendly, and within a few hours you were able to authorize the correction of the records. But not everyone else has my skills and persistance.
The issue is this: BVM employees have no authority to go around changing people's names. They have no authority to deny issuance of a duplicate ID to person who has complied with the documentation requirements of a birth certificate. Nothing in law or regulation says the birth certificate has to reflect the current name - frequently it doesn't, as in the case of most married women.
The procedures statement they relied on says only that documents should be changed to reflect a person's legal name - not that staff should take it on themselves to change documents to something which is not the person's legal name. Their behavior was arbitrary and capricious. Terrorism would be a fair word for it.
Again, thank you so much for your help in getting this all straitened out in my case. Please keep my posted of your efforts to fix the problem more generally.
Sincerely,
Robbin Stewart, esq.
----
ok so what i've done today was write to the guy who screwed up my license, write to his boss who fixed it, her boss, and the governor's office.
i now have 5 hours before my next meeting,i could pay bills and do laundry,
or surf the net for a few minutes first, he said....
then to do:
check for chuck, fold clothes, make hummus, (but i have no tahini),
remember the slurs album release party.
tomorrow: draft plan of attack in legislative fix to IC 3-9-3-2.5.
Monday, November 15, 2004
stuff on my mind at 6:20 am monday morning:
- letter to bmv.
- letter to governor.re disclaimers.
- letter to AG seeking state con law disclaimer ruling.
- letter to Scott Rokita re disclaimer policy.
- memo notes for caudill.
- plan of attack for litigation.
bring in shelf.
- pay electric bill, review other bills.
- get rat stuff, hardware store.
unicorn, walmart
make better to do list.
- get monitor.
- talk to joell.
- saran hiring?
- caito hiring for dan _
next day:
the only i did yesterday was go to the unicorn. $15, fun, drank too much.
to do today: rat poison. take out trash.
tomorrow:
call to see what time appointment is. that means get up early.
might be 10:00.
make agenda.
for right now, i have to go to store before it closes.
then i can come back and ad stuff here.
- letter to bmv.
- letter to governor.re disclaimers.
- letter to AG seeking state con law disclaimer ruling.
- letter to Scott Rokita re disclaimer policy.
- memo notes for caudill.
- plan of attack for litigation.
bring in shelf.
- pay electric bill, review other bills.
- get rat stuff, hardware store.
unicorn, walmart
make better to do list.
- get monitor.
- talk to joell.
- saran hiring?
- caito hiring for dan _
next day:
the only i did yesterday was go to the unicorn. $15, fun, drank too much.
to do today: rat poison. take out trash.
tomorrow:
call to see what time appointment is. that means get up early.
might be 10:00.
make agenda.
for right now, i have to go to store before it closes.
then i can come back and ad stuff here.
Tuesday, November 09, 2004
In fact, there is no legal requirement that any person go through the courts to establish a legal change of name." [Petition of Hauptly, 312 N.E.2d 857 (IN 1974).]
Despite the fact that no law says that a married woman must use her husband's surname, the custom is so strong that recently there have been court cases over the issue.
A case arose in St. Joseph County, IN, that was finally settled in the Indiana Supreme Court: Elizabeth Marie Howard married Denis J. Hauptly. When they first married, she began using his last name. She decided to revert to using her own surname only.
Howard filed a petition in the St. Joseph County Circuit Court Jan. 17, 1972, asking that her name be changed to Howard on all legal documents which had listed her as Elizabeth Hauptly since her marriage.
Joseph W. Nyikos, then the judge of the St. Joseph County Circuit Court, ruled against the woman. She appealed and lost in the Indiana Court of Appeals. [Petition of Hauptly, 294 N.E.2d 833 (1973).]
Howard finally won her appeal June 25, 1974, in the Indiana Supreme Court when the court ruled against the lower courts, thus establishing a legal precedent for that which had always been legal -- the right of a married woman to use her own name. The Court wrote, "A woman has a common law right to do business in a name other than her married name. In fact, there is no legal requirement that any person go through the courts to establish a legal change of name." [Petition of Hauptly, 312 N.E.2d 857 (IN 1974).]
When Howard appealed to the Indiana Supreme Court, in the state's case against her the attorney general's brief called Howard a "sick and confused woman, unhappy with her marriage." After one of the Indiana Supreme Court justices said that such comments in the brief were improper, the attorney general said he was only trying to inject humor into a dull brief.
Despite the fact that no law says that a married woman must use her husband's surname, the custom is so strong that recently there have been court cases over the issue.
A case arose in St. Joseph County, IN, that was finally settled in the Indiana Supreme Court: Elizabeth Marie Howard married Denis J. Hauptly. When they first married, she began using his last name. She decided to revert to using her own surname only.
Howard filed a petition in the St. Joseph County Circuit Court Jan. 17, 1972, asking that her name be changed to Howard on all legal documents which had listed her as Elizabeth Hauptly since her marriage.
Joseph W. Nyikos, then the judge of the St. Joseph County Circuit Court, ruled against the woman. She appealed and lost in the Indiana Court of Appeals. [Petition of Hauptly, 294 N.E.2d 833 (1973).]
Howard finally won her appeal June 25, 1974, in the Indiana Supreme Court when the court ruled against the lower courts, thus establishing a legal precedent for that which had always been legal -- the right of a married woman to use her own name. The Court wrote, "A woman has a common law right to do business in a name other than her married name. In fact, there is no legal requirement that any person go through the courts to establish a legal change of name." [Petition of Hauptly, 312 N.E.2d 857 (IN 1974).]
When Howard appealed to the Indiana Supreme Court, in the state's case against her the attorney general's brief called Howard a "sick and confused woman, unhappy with her marriage." After one of the Indiana Supreme Court justices said that such comments in the brief were improper, the attorney general said he was only trying to inject humor into a dull brief.
Friday, November 05, 2004
i need a plan for the day:
get ID.
bath, suit, several forms of ID, 6 items.
start memo to jewelry doctor.
i'm already upset over the idea of going to the bmv.
to do make some notes about spending this month.
call dentist.
$80 dentist,
$40 plates,
$15 unicorn
$10 metro
$20 walmart, big lots
$20 gas
$500 car
to do: get insurance
get bar card.
to do this week: visit jail.
make representation letter for mark gann.
to do: pay electric bill, phone bill, gas bill. internet bill.
get ID.
bath, suit, several forms of ID, 6 items.
start memo to jewelry doctor.
i'm already upset over the idea of going to the bmv.
to do make some notes about spending this month.
call dentist.
$80 dentist,
$40 plates,
$15 unicorn
$10 metro
$20 walmart, big lots
$20 gas
$500 car
to do: get insurance
get bar card.
to do this week: visit jail.
make representation letter for mark gann.
to do: pay electric bill, phone bill, gas bill. internet bill.
Sunday, October 31, 2004
to do;
mark gann
nate dawn
draw up representation agreement.
release of records
letter to rob king
get ID
get bar card
mike perryman
draw up complaint against jail
review files found in trash
defend criminal case - memo
unconstitutionally vague as applied.
police misconduct
jail misconduct
prosecutor misconduct
gaybashing aspect
defense of landowner authority
defense of no intent
letters in support
unconstitutionally vague - lawrence v texas broadrick v oklahoma
lack of consent as element
key terms undefined
need to get moosetraps
oil change, brakes checked
fix olds 98?
give away olds 98. kaptap@ earthlink
make better to do lists :)
review open cases, develop action plan
letters to clients.
memos
get pain meds
scream
clean up 227.
email zorry.
letter to jewelry doctor
list of properties
motion for out of state travel
file for attorney disciplinary commission.
get wishard file
mark gann
nate dawn
draw up representation agreement.
release of records
letter to rob king
get ID
get bar card
mike perryman
draw up complaint against jail
review files found in trash
defend criminal case - memo
unconstitutionally vague as applied.
police misconduct
jail misconduct
prosecutor misconduct
gaybashing aspect
defense of landowner authority
defense of no intent
letters in support
unconstitutionally vague - lawrence v texas broadrick v oklahoma
lack of consent as element
key terms undefined
need to get moosetraps
oil change, brakes checked
fix olds 98?
give away olds 98. kaptap@ earthlink
make better to do lists :)
review open cases, develop action plan
letters to clients.
memos
get pain meds
scream
clean up 227.
email zorry.
letter to jewelry doctor
list of properties
motion for out of state travel
file for attorney disciplinary commission.
get wishard file
Sunday, October 24, 2004
Friday, October 22, 2004
i see this hasn't been updated in a month.
i've been semi-comatose, not doing much.
today, after 3 cups of coffee, i did 15 pushups. + 20 = 35.
it's noon, which is when i start waking up to face the day.
i'm gonna try to do three or 4 things today.
1. pay the rent.
2. outline some short memos to write.
3. more pushups.
4. maybe a little blogging - i updated my soapbox blog a little.
possibles: mow lawn down street.
go to old house, harvest.
bring back blanket, anything useful, light bulbs.
make better to do list.
bath and change clothes.
check email.
tomorrow: mow lawn at 1625.
maybes:
check phone messages.
see if can find joell's note for wishard
to do next week:
monday 10:30 caudill. have some stuff printed by then.
tuesday 26th
1:30 dentist. morning: close real estate transaction.
wednesday 27th 2:30 wishard intake.
while i was revising this and thinking about wishard, my frustration and anxiety came back. i will do some pushups and pay the rent and try again.
i got the rent paid and that was about it for the day, a bit more blogging. blogging again is a reasonably good start, i hope, toward beginning to write the things i need to write. maybe i'll take another walk before it gets dark; it's a nice day.
i've been semi-comatose, not doing much.
today, after 3 cups of coffee, i did 15 pushups. + 20 = 35.
it's noon, which is when i start waking up to face the day.
i'm gonna try to do three or 4 things today.
1. pay the rent.
2. outline some short memos to write.
3. more pushups.
4. maybe a little blogging - i updated my soapbox blog a little.
possibles: mow lawn down street.
go to old house, harvest.
bring back blanket, anything useful, light bulbs.
make better to do list.
bath and change clothes.
check email.
tomorrow: mow lawn at 1625.
maybes:
check phone messages.
see if can find joell's note for wishard
to do next week:
monday 10:30 caudill. have some stuff printed by then.
tuesday 26th
1:30 dentist. morning: close real estate transaction.
wednesday 27th 2:30 wishard intake.
while i was revising this and thinking about wishard, my frustration and anxiety came back. i will do some pushups and pay the rent and try again.
i got the rent paid and that was about it for the day, a bit more blogging. blogging again is a reasonably good start, i hope, toward beginning to write the things i need to write. maybe i'll take another walk before it gets dark; it's a nice day.
Sunday, September 26, 2004
2 weeks have gone by.
the first week was busy busy applying for jobs and doing stuff. then i hit a lull and stayed in bed reading most of week 2, getting only a few things done.
i have a list here of 34 to do items i want to key in. but for now i will go back to reading - sorenson on kennedy.
do memo
look for bar card or get bar card - visit jail
print off presentation, practice it.
buy carrots
dallas stoner
letter to brooke
check on car
39 eastern deeds
letter to clients
jailblog
clean papers in room
go thru desk, put stuff in folders?
eat
food stamps?
draft letter about rescission
letter to wishard requesting medical records
lily medical records
look for medical records at 227
write to zorry - done?
make4 copy of water bill for joell
get letter from joell re rent
texas tax bill
letter re duress
note to caudill re chuck
wash dishes take outtrash
geta job
call the works, are they hiring?
law school libraryjobs
law school placementofficejoblists
barristerpersonnel
look up disabilityinfofinishlettertomom
transcribeletterto lindy
write autobiography.
the first week was busy busy applying for jobs and doing stuff. then i hit a lull and stayed in bed reading most of week 2, getting only a few things done.
i have a list here of 34 to do items i want to key in. but for now i will go back to reading - sorenson on kennedy.
do memo
look for bar card or get bar card - visit jail
print off presentation, practice it.
buy carrots
dallas stoner
letter to brooke
check on car
39 eastern deeds
letter to clients
jailblog
clean papers in room
go thru desk, put stuff in folders?
eat
food stamps?
draft letter about rescission
letter to wishard requesting medical records
lily medical records
look for medical records at 227
write to zorry - done?
make4 copy of water bill for joell
get letter from joell re rent
texas tax bill
letter re duress
note to caudill re chuck
wash dishes take outtrash
geta job
call the works, are they hiring?
law school libraryjobs
law school placementofficejoblists
barristerpersonnel
look up disabilityinfofinishlettertomom
transcribeletterto lindy
write autobiography.
Sunday, September 12, 2004
goals for monday: addition
6:45 - ups application and interview.
maybe go to kaplan for an lsat test. call first.
get some sleep, be clean? wear a tie?other stuff.
there was some third thing.get lindy's phone number to put with application.
ymca app? maybe put that off til tuesday.
did:mailed letter to mom.mailed electric bill.
didn't write down how much electric bill was. check checkbook.
didn't: start lbj blog.
did: called landlord.he is supposed to fax something if the weather is ok.
made a bit of a to do list, need better list could work on it on bus?
suddenly tired.
did: took computer.to do - ease up on cable. let joell know. get online over there.
make list of more places to apply.
look at iupui.
look at monster.
blue line staffing?
goals for september/octoberpay taxes.document incident.
talk to prosecutor about lonnie.talk to dectective about lonnie.
write the damn memo.
1) read what i have so far.
2) outline what i want. big flow chart.
3) write it.
4) westlaw back it up further.
get matt out.
just a draft.
Matt:
let's review.
You are trespassing in my house.
You've been asked to leave.
I've paid the rent. You haven't.
I have a lease, you don't.
Your rent was due in full august 1st; this is september.
the problem was never the money, it was the refusal to clean up after the dogs.
I gave you written notice that that's what you needed to do to stay, you chose not to.
You wouldn't talk to me - I'm probably hard to talk to but I would have listened.
You're being here is an immediate threat to my health and I need you gone right away.
You don't have to go home but you can't stay here.
Lee has asked you to leave. I've asked you to leave. I'd rather not have the cops have to ask you to leave. Please leave now, calmly and quietly.
I'll pay for a taxi to take you and the dogs wherever you need to go.
I'll pay for the gas for (_) or joell to move your stuff.
Otherwise i'll put in storage or out on the sidewalk.
I don't dislike you - I just need you out of my house.
I need to have this place to myself for awhile so I can have my nervous breakdown in peace.
Needs tuning up...
prioritize.
work on audition.
How to prepare tsel dey.
or, How to prepare Tibetan stir fried vegetables.
What I'm going to teach you tonight is a simple dish eaten by the people of tibet.
I was taught this dish by the nephew of the dalai lama.
He runs a restaurant in bloomington called the snow lion.
So if you ever go to bloomington, make sure to stop in at the snow lion.
Good food, and a chance to learn about another culture.
In order to make this dish, we're going to take 4 vegetables, put them in a wok with some spices, and serve over rice.
How many of you know how to cook rice?
Here's the secret.
Buy some rice.
Follow the directions on the package.
RTFM. FTD. follow the directions.
Can we skip that step, or should I got over how to cook the rice?
How many of you know how to boil water?
Good!
Boil some water add some rice turn the heat down to simmer 20 minutes, turn heat off wait 5 minutes fluff with chop sticks.
I'm going to go over the basic dish,
then we'll add some basic variations.
Tsel day is stir fried vegetables over rice.
This recipe makes a quart.
A quart is 4 cups, we have 4 vegetables, so we'll take one cup each of
peas,
carrots,
onions,
and cabbage.
Fresh peas are ok, but plan on using frozen peas. Do -not- use canned peas, that'll ruin it.
Take a couple large carrots and shred them with a cheese grater. For reasons I don't understand, you do this by hand, instead of with your food processor.
Everybody visualizing shredding the carrots?
Then chop your cabbage. About a pound of cabbage, maybe a 1/3 of a cabbage, should give you a cup. One or two good sized onions, yellow or white onions.
If you keep a chop stick in your mouth, bite down on it, that's supposed to help you not cry when chopping the onions. Cut off the part at the bottom that has the roots, throw that away, peel off the outermost layer, ok, cut those up, dice the onions, pieces about the size of a nickel or penny is fine. So at this point you have peas, carrots, cabbage, onions, chopped and ready, you have your rice cooking or cooked.
Take a wok, that's a kind of round pot, and for this dish it's better to have the kind with a handle, so you can pick it up and shake it while it cooks. But if you have the kind with no handle, just stir more.
Now lets get your spices ready.
Black pepper, garlic powder, sugar, salt, and a mix of red pepers.
The exact kind of the 5 red asian peppers that a ground up is the key secret that I never did learn. So this is not going to be the exact recipe. This is going to be your adaptation of an old tibetan recipe handed down to you by a lawyer you met, who learned it from the family of the dalai lama. This part is going to take the most finesse and judgment. Take 5 kinds of red peppers, crush them into a powder.
You'll probably want to use cayenne pepper as one, that's your basic red pepper used in tbasco sauce or hot sauce. The others, use youir own judgement. If you can't find red peppers in the asian section of your store, try the mexican section.
Dont get this on your fingers or in your eyes, because it's going to be hot.
The amount of red pepper you use is going to determine how hot the dish come out -
we use 4 levels, mild, medium, hot, and chef's challenge.
Now that you have your spices ready, and your beggies ready, lets get cooking.
Your wok should be clean and empty. No oil. Put it on the highest heat for several miutes until the wok is really hot. You can't start with a cold dish and add heat as you go.. you want to get it as hot as you can before you add the ingredients. It it is melting into liquid iron, that's probably too hot. It it's starting to glow red and smoke, that's fine. Ok, the ingredients are ready, the spices are ready, the wok is hot, no distractions, ok let's cook. toss the onions in first. hey can cook 30 seconds before you add the other veggies. because there's no oil, you want to stirring fairly often, using a spatula or a big chop stick, or take the pan by the handle and shake it a little .
Go ahead and throw in your peas, carrots and cabbage, give it a stir.
Add a pinch of pepper, a little salt, a little sugar- not much. a couple shakes or garlic salt.
and the red pepper mix. go easy at first. how how are you shooting for? a little goes a long way, so add less than you need, and more in a minute. keep stirring. if it seems like it's starting to stick to the sizes of the wok, splash i little water in there, just a teaspoon. that'll turn into steam so it won't stick too badly, but keep stiurring. go ahead and taste it now.. is it too spicy? too bland? it its balnd ad you weanted spicy, add a little more now. keep stirring. ok, by now it's been going 2, 3 minutes? does the food look cooked? does it sound cooked? are the cabbage and carrots looking a little wilted and limp? it's probably ready. keep stirring! ok you can turn off the heat or move it away from the stove.
let it sit a moment while you put some rice on a nice serving plate, and then pour the veggies over the rice. voila, as we say in tibet.
that's the basic dish.
here, we used vegetables as the base, and you're always going to use those peas cabbage carrots and onions. but if you insist on meat, you could add precooked cubes of yak or mountain goat or mutton or yeti. you don't need to complicate this dish with bamboo or chestnuts or broccoli, but you might want to add snow peas, or peanuts.
cajun spice is another variation, or for a sesame flavor add 1 teaspoon of toasted sesame oil right at the very end, and sprinkle sesame sedds over the top before serving. i like mine cajun sesame hot plus. now we've served this over rice, another variation is with noodles instead of rice. Curry paste is one more option spice-wise.
use udon or fettuchini or any pasta. cook the noodles according tot he directions, then cover with cold water. when the veggies are done, toss in a handful of the noodles and stir, 10 or 20 seconds is fine, pour onto the plate and serve.
So you've learned the basic dish, tsel day, which can be served mild medium hot or chef's chalenge. The hotness level is controlled by the amount of the blend of the 5 peppers, that you have developed as your own trademark way of fixing this dish. The way I fix is different than the way my boss jigme fixes it, and yours will be different than mine. You can add authenticty
by growing the hot peppers in your garden, or gathering them on the slopes of mount everest.
Or you can get them at marsh. You've learned that the base is the cabbage carrot peas and onions in the spice mixture, served with noodles or over rice. There are many kinds of rice, or you could use barley or some other grain. You can add snow peas or peanuts, cajun or sesame or curry flavor. With this dish and its variations, you are now ready to open your own tibetan restaurant. Thank you and "tashi dalek." Were there any questions? I think my time is up, but you can seeme after class. I'm goingto give the podium back to mr so he can intoridce the next presenter.
6:45 - ups application and interview.
maybe go to kaplan for an lsat test. call first.
get some sleep, be clean? wear a tie?other stuff.
there was some third thing.get lindy's phone number to put with application.
ymca app? maybe put that off til tuesday.
did:mailed letter to mom.mailed electric bill.
didn't write down how much electric bill was. check checkbook.
didn't: start lbj blog.
did: called landlord.he is supposed to fax something if the weather is ok.
made a bit of a to do list, need better list could work on it on bus?
suddenly tired.
did: took computer.to do - ease up on cable. let joell know. get online over there.
make list of more places to apply.
look at iupui.
look at monster.
blue line staffing?
goals for september/octoberpay taxes.document incident.
talk to prosecutor about lonnie.talk to dectective about lonnie.
write the damn memo.
1) read what i have so far.
2) outline what i want. big flow chart.
3) write it.
4) westlaw back it up further.
get matt out.
just a draft.
Matt:
let's review.
You are trespassing in my house.
You've been asked to leave.
I've paid the rent. You haven't.
I have a lease, you don't.
Your rent was due in full august 1st; this is september.
the problem was never the money, it was the refusal to clean up after the dogs.
I gave you written notice that that's what you needed to do to stay, you chose not to.
You wouldn't talk to me - I'm probably hard to talk to but I would have listened.
You're being here is an immediate threat to my health and I need you gone right away.
You don't have to go home but you can't stay here.
Lee has asked you to leave. I've asked you to leave. I'd rather not have the cops have to ask you to leave. Please leave now, calmly and quietly.
I'll pay for a taxi to take you and the dogs wherever you need to go.
I'll pay for the gas for (_) or joell to move your stuff.
Otherwise i'll put in storage or out on the sidewalk.
I don't dislike you - I just need you out of my house.
I need to have this place to myself for awhile so I can have my nervous breakdown in peace.
Needs tuning up...
prioritize.
work on audition.
How to prepare tsel dey.
or, How to prepare Tibetan stir fried vegetables.
What I'm going to teach you tonight is a simple dish eaten by the people of tibet.
I was taught this dish by the nephew of the dalai lama.
He runs a restaurant in bloomington called the snow lion.
So if you ever go to bloomington, make sure to stop in at the snow lion.
Good food, and a chance to learn about another culture.
In order to make this dish, we're going to take 4 vegetables, put them in a wok with some spices, and serve over rice.
How many of you know how to cook rice?
Here's the secret.
Buy some rice.
Follow the directions on the package.
RTFM. FTD. follow the directions.
Can we skip that step, or should I got over how to cook the rice?
How many of you know how to boil water?
Good!
Boil some water add some rice turn the heat down to simmer 20 minutes, turn heat off wait 5 minutes fluff with chop sticks.
I'm going to go over the basic dish,
then we'll add some basic variations.
Tsel day is stir fried vegetables over rice.
This recipe makes a quart.
A quart is 4 cups, we have 4 vegetables, so we'll take one cup each of
peas,
carrots,
onions,
and cabbage.
Fresh peas are ok, but plan on using frozen peas. Do -not- use canned peas, that'll ruin it.
Take a couple large carrots and shred them with a cheese grater. For reasons I don't understand, you do this by hand, instead of with your food processor.
Everybody visualizing shredding the carrots?
Then chop your cabbage. About a pound of cabbage, maybe a 1/3 of a cabbage, should give you a cup. One or two good sized onions, yellow or white onions.
If you keep a chop stick in your mouth, bite down on it, that's supposed to help you not cry when chopping the onions. Cut off the part at the bottom that has the roots, throw that away, peel off the outermost layer, ok, cut those up, dice the onions, pieces about the size of a nickel or penny is fine. So at this point you have peas, carrots, cabbage, onions, chopped and ready, you have your rice cooking or cooked.
Take a wok, that's a kind of round pot, and for this dish it's better to have the kind with a handle, so you can pick it up and shake it while it cooks. But if you have the kind with no handle, just stir more.
Now lets get your spices ready.
Black pepper, garlic powder, sugar, salt, and a mix of red pepers.
The exact kind of the 5 red asian peppers that a ground up is the key secret that I never did learn. So this is not going to be the exact recipe. This is going to be your adaptation of an old tibetan recipe handed down to you by a lawyer you met, who learned it from the family of the dalai lama. This part is going to take the most finesse and judgment. Take 5 kinds of red peppers, crush them into a powder.
You'll probably want to use cayenne pepper as one, that's your basic red pepper used in tbasco sauce or hot sauce. The others, use youir own judgement. If you can't find red peppers in the asian section of your store, try the mexican section.
Dont get this on your fingers or in your eyes, because it's going to be hot.
The amount of red pepper you use is going to determine how hot the dish come out -
we use 4 levels, mild, medium, hot, and chef's challenge.
Now that you have your spices ready, and your beggies ready, lets get cooking.
Your wok should be clean and empty. No oil. Put it on the highest heat for several miutes until the wok is really hot. You can't start with a cold dish and add heat as you go.. you want to get it as hot as you can before you add the ingredients. It it is melting into liquid iron, that's probably too hot. It it's starting to glow red and smoke, that's fine. Ok, the ingredients are ready, the spices are ready, the wok is hot, no distractions, ok let's cook. toss the onions in first. hey can cook 30 seconds before you add the other veggies. because there's no oil, you want to stirring fairly often, using a spatula or a big chop stick, or take the pan by the handle and shake it a little .
Go ahead and throw in your peas, carrots and cabbage, give it a stir.
Add a pinch of pepper, a little salt, a little sugar- not much. a couple shakes or garlic salt.
and the red pepper mix. go easy at first. how how are you shooting for? a little goes a long way, so add less than you need, and more in a minute. keep stirring. if it seems like it's starting to stick to the sizes of the wok, splash i little water in there, just a teaspoon. that'll turn into steam so it won't stick too badly, but keep stiurring. go ahead and taste it now.. is it too spicy? too bland? it its balnd ad you weanted spicy, add a little more now. keep stirring. ok, by now it's been going 2, 3 minutes? does the food look cooked? does it sound cooked? are the cabbage and carrots looking a little wilted and limp? it's probably ready. keep stirring! ok you can turn off the heat or move it away from the stove.
let it sit a moment while you put some rice on a nice serving plate, and then pour the veggies over the rice. voila, as we say in tibet.
that's the basic dish.
here, we used vegetables as the base, and you're always going to use those peas cabbage carrots and onions. but if you insist on meat, you could add precooked cubes of yak or mountain goat or mutton or yeti. you don't need to complicate this dish with bamboo or chestnuts or broccoli, but you might want to add snow peas, or peanuts.
cajun spice is another variation, or for a sesame flavor add 1 teaspoon of toasted sesame oil right at the very end, and sprinkle sesame sedds over the top before serving. i like mine cajun sesame hot plus. now we've served this over rice, another variation is with noodles instead of rice. Curry paste is one more option spice-wise.
use udon or fettuchini or any pasta. cook the noodles according tot he directions, then cover with cold water. when the veggies are done, toss in a handful of the noodles and stir, 10 or 20 seconds is fine, pour onto the plate and serve.
So you've learned the basic dish, tsel day, which can be served mild medium hot or chef's chalenge. The hotness level is controlled by the amount of the blend of the 5 peppers, that you have developed as your own trademark way of fixing this dish. The way I fix is different than the way my boss jigme fixes it, and yours will be different than mine. You can add authenticty
by growing the hot peppers in your garden, or gathering them on the slopes of mount everest.
Or you can get them at marsh. You've learned that the base is the cabbage carrot peas and onions in the spice mixture, served with noodles or over rice. There are many kinds of rice, or you could use barley or some other grain. You can add snow peas or peanuts, cajun or sesame or curry flavor. With this dish and its variations, you are now ready to open your own tibetan restaurant. Thank you and "tashi dalek." Were there any questions? I think my time is up, but you can seeme after class. I'm goingto give the podium back to mr so he can intoridce the next presenter.
goals for monday:
6:45 - ups application and interview.
maybe go to kaplan for an lsat test. call first. get some sleep, be clean? wear a tie?
other stuff. there was some third thing.
get lindy's phone number to put with application.
ymca app? maybe put that off til tuesday.
did:
mailed letter to mom.
mailed electric bill.
didn't write down how much electric bill was. check checkbook.
didn't: start lbj blog.
did: called landlord.
he is supposed to fax something if the weather is ok.
made a bit of a to do list, need better list could work on it on bus?
suddenly tired.
did: took computer.
to do - ease up on cable. let joell know. get online over there.
make list of more places to apply.
look at iupui. look at monster. blue line staffing?
goals for september/october
pay taxes.
document incident.
talk to prosecutor about lonnie.
talk to dectective about lonnie.
write the damn memo.
1) read what i have so far.
2) outline what i want. big flow chart.
3) write it.
4) westlaw back it up further.
get matt out.
prioritize.
work on audition.
6:45 - ups application and interview.
maybe go to kaplan for an lsat test. call first. get some sleep, be clean? wear a tie?
other stuff. there was some third thing.
get lindy's phone number to put with application.
ymca app? maybe put that off til tuesday.
did:
mailed letter to mom.
mailed electric bill.
didn't write down how much electric bill was. check checkbook.
didn't: start lbj blog.
did: called landlord.
he is supposed to fax something if the weather is ok.
made a bit of a to do list, need better list could work on it on bus?
suddenly tired.
did: took computer.
to do - ease up on cable. let joell know. get online over there.
make list of more places to apply.
look at iupui. look at monster. blue line staffing?
goals for september/october
pay taxes.
document incident.
talk to prosecutor about lonnie.
talk to dectective about lonnie.
write the damn memo.
1) read what i have so far.
2) outline what i want. big flow chart.
3) write it.
4) westlaw back it up further.
get matt out.
prioritize.
work on audition.
Friday, September 03, 2004
more did didn't
did: mailed 3 items. mom, oil company, dentist.didn't: mail the billsdid: call walmart, make ID,didn't: call lee, get lee's ., print out ID.did: email mike and z.to do: go to job history place, bank, kinkos, library?to do: make to do list.wishlist: try to talk to roommate.do the memo on properties.update, later that evening.did: call landlord, print out ID, deliver ID, got wage history sheet, went to bank, am at library.still to do: go thru bills when i get home, try to talk to roommate.do the memo on properties.next week: deliver wage history sheet, make new appointment for counseling.begin working through items on better to do list.prioritize items, do some important ones and some easy ones, and make notes about which ones aren't getting done and why. be better prepared for next week's session.at least outline memo. write another letter to landlord. try to formalize agreement with landlord.make list of possible jobs.break it down into steps to get the job.make list of possible projects. make list of objections why project not doable.i can do anything i want - i can't do everything i want.need to decide what's important.update blog re nevada case.
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Thursday, September 02, 2004
did, didn't.
The main source of stress right now is i have a roommate who won't leave after i've asked him to go. he has no where to go, is depressed, doesn't drive, wasn't paying the rent or more importantly cleaning up after himself or his dogs.Since that's pretty much my life except for the dogs part, it hurts me to see him going thru this, but i can't live in dog shit whle i'm having a nervous breakdown, so he has to go.I was able to get online last night and get my files off his computer uploaded to the net, so that's good. I'll probably have to get my own net connection, most likely cable.Without him and the dogs here, my worries will be a) loneliness b) crime. It's a rough neighborhood and i felt safer with him and the dogs here, except from him. I don't know if he's going to go calmly, so it's stressful. Whine whine whine.Ah, that's the next thing I can do, email one of those files to the person it's for.What i got done yesterday: bath, laundry, wrote a memo, packed up his stuff from the kitchen, mostly hid in my room reading a book. It's kind of tense. "Just tough it out." I can get thru this.So that was 3 of the 5 items on my list.I'm feeling a little anxiety. Oh, i wrote to one of my best friends who i've been hiding from, asked him to email me. I'd been hiding because he has depression and anxiety too, and i didn't want to burden him with my troubles, but that was may and this is september. edit: he just called, we had a nice chat, he gave me a -ton- of emotional support that should get me thru the day, and is a big help overall.What i didn't get done yesterday, of the stuff on my daily task list, was to mail something- I set a small achievable goal of mailing out one bill, and didn't get it done, and,- make to do list. i started to but left off.Plan for today: bike downtown. sort out desk, mail something, write to mom, have a good dinner.bike downtown: bring the bike lock. go to the bank. go to the place to apply as dishwasher.could have coffee. call walmart, maybe take bus to walmart, that would be a full day. stay up, or sleep till noon?So ok ok this isn't great literature. I use this space to try to get my head together.limited success.
did: mailed 3 items. mom, oil company, dentist.didn't: mail the billsdid: call walmart, make ID,didn't: call lee, get lee's ., print out ID.did: email mike and z.to do: go to job history place, bank, kinkos, library?to do: make to do list.wishlist: try to talk to roommate.do the memo on properties.update, later that evening.did: call landlord, print out ID, deliver ID, got wage history sheet, went to bank, am at library.still to do: go thru bills when i get home, try to talk to roommate.do the memo on properties.next week: deliver wage history sheet, make new appointment for counseling.begin working through items on better to do list.prioritize items, do some important ones and some easy ones, and make notes about which ones aren't getting done and why. be better prepared for next week's session.at least outline memo. write another letter to landlord. try to formalize agreement with landlord.make list of possible jobs.break it down into steps to get the job.make list of possible projects. make list of objections why project not doable.i can do anything i want - i can't do everything i want.need to decide what's important.update blog re nevada case.
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Thursday, September 02, 2004
did, didn't.
The main source of stress right now is i have a roommate who won't leave after i've asked him to go. he has no where to go, is depressed, doesn't drive, wasn't paying the rent or more importantly cleaning up after himself or his dogs.Since that's pretty much my life except for the dogs part, it hurts me to see him going thru this, but i can't live in dog shit whle i'm having a nervous breakdown, so he has to go.I was able to get online last night and get my files off his computer uploaded to the net, so that's good. I'll probably have to get my own net connection, most likely cable.Without him and the dogs here, my worries will be a) loneliness b) crime. It's a rough neighborhood and i felt safer with him and the dogs here, except from him. I don't know if he's going to go calmly, so it's stressful. Whine whine whine.Ah, that's the next thing I can do, email one of those files to the person it's for.What i got done yesterday: bath, laundry, wrote a memo, packed up his stuff from the kitchen, mostly hid in my room reading a book. It's kind of tense. "Just tough it out." I can get thru this.So that was 3 of the 5 items on my list.I'm feeling a little anxiety. Oh, i wrote to one of my best friends who i've been hiding from, asked him to email me. I'd been hiding because he has depression and anxiety too, and i didn't want to burden him with my troubles, but that was may and this is september. edit: he just called, we had a nice chat, he gave me a -ton- of emotional support that should get me thru the day, and is a big help overall.What i didn't get done yesterday, of the stuff on my daily task list, was to mail something- I set a small achievable goal of mailing out one bill, and didn't get it done, and,- make to do list. i started to but left off.Plan for today: bike downtown. sort out desk, mail something, write to mom, have a good dinner.bike downtown: bring the bike lock. go to the bank. go to the place to apply as dishwasher.could have coffee. call walmart, maybe take bus to walmart, that would be a full day. stay up, or sleep till noon?So ok ok this isn't great literature. I use this space to try to get my head together.limited success.
Wednesday, September 01, 2004
dtl:
bath
laundry
some work on memos
pay at least one bill
make to do list
possible:
open threat envelopes
maintain sense of humor
try to talk to roommate
Posted by Kerry on July 23, 2004 at 15:49:18:
In Reply to: Fogged 3x this week... posted by Flustered on July 22, 2004 at 16:31:07:
Being you live in an apartment complex, trying to be your own exterminator is a waste of both of your vaulable money and time. Do they have a pest control service at your complex? If not, try this. Purchase a roach gel bait with active ingredients of Hyrdamethynlon or Fipronil. Wal Mart sells theses type of baits. Place a small amount of gel on each leg of the furniture and if your seeing them in your cabinets in the kitchen or bathroom you can place a small amount behind the facing of the cabinet inside the cabinet. Also place a small amount of gel around all water lines coming out of floors and walls.
Your neighbor could be expierencing this problem and done nothing to avail the situation. Just treating one side and not the other will not solve the problem. Moving? they [german roaches] can pack thier luggage and move where you move to. Needless to say the problem will still be there.
Setting off foggers will kill only 'exposed' roaches not ones hidden throughout the apartment. A fogger, or "total release", is activated by being under pressure. Once activated it releases itself and goes up and then settles on where it is set off. Thulsy killing what exposed roaches come in contact while being released or what little residual effect it has thereafter.
anti-virus instructions:
free.av.com - download, run, before plugging in. burn to cd.
or,
housecall.trendmicro.com
bath
laundry
some work on memos
pay at least one bill
make to do list
possible:
open threat envelopes
maintain sense of humor
try to talk to roommate
Posted by Kerry on July 23, 2004 at 15:49:18:
In Reply to: Fogged 3x this week... posted by Flustered on July 22, 2004 at 16:31:07:
Being you live in an apartment complex, trying to be your own exterminator is a waste of both of your vaulable money and time. Do they have a pest control service at your complex? If not, try this. Purchase a roach gel bait with active ingredients of Hyrdamethynlon or Fipronil. Wal Mart sells theses type of baits. Place a small amount of gel on each leg of the furniture and if your seeing them in your cabinets in the kitchen or bathroom you can place a small amount behind the facing of the cabinet inside the cabinet. Also place a small amount of gel around all water lines coming out of floors and walls.
Your neighbor could be expierencing this problem and done nothing to avail the situation. Just treating one side and not the other will not solve the problem. Moving? they [german roaches] can pack thier luggage and move where you move to. Needless to say the problem will still be there.
Setting off foggers will kill only 'exposed' roaches not ones hidden throughout the apartment. A fogger, or "total release", is activated by being under pressure. Once activated it releases itself and goes up and then settles on where it is set off. Thulsy killing what exposed roaches come in contact while being released or what little residual effect it has thereafter.
anti-virus instructions:
free.av.com - download, run, before plugging in. burn to cd.
or,
housecall.trendmicro.com
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
I notice one thing i'm not doing is weekly and monthly reviews of the to do list.
So some things keep going undone for years.
I tend not to write to my mom or call my ex, although those are both important tasks.
It's 6 am. I just had a hot bath, that helped a little, but I'm very depressed right now,
focusing on the hopelessness of it all.
I am organizationally challenged.
I misplaced my driver's license.
Without it, I can't get a job.
Without a job, I can't afford a decent place to live.
Without a decent place to live, I wind up here, with roaches crawling on me.
With roaches crawling on me, I get depressed, so I wind up organizationally challenged.
To do today: memo on yesterday's meeting with caudill.
To do today: email aclunv.
To do today: be sad. maybe write about it.
did list - this seems to have taken hours, but i drafted a letter to try to get my birth cert.
i feel pretty sure they will kept the $10 and not send me the cert, which is why i haven't done it yet.
several hours later: i'm getting a few little things done here and there. wrote to the nevada aclu about the case they won that affected my case.
So some things keep going undone for years.
I tend not to write to my mom or call my ex, although those are both important tasks.
It's 6 am. I just had a hot bath, that helped a little, but I'm very depressed right now,
focusing on the hopelessness of it all.
I am organizationally challenged.
I misplaced my driver's license.
Without it, I can't get a job.
Without a job, I can't afford a decent place to live.
Without a decent place to live, I wind up here, with roaches crawling on me.
With roaches crawling on me, I get depressed, so I wind up organizationally challenged.
To do today: memo on yesterday's meeting with caudill.
To do today: email aclunv.
To do today: be sad. maybe write about it.
did list - this seems to have taken hours, but i drafted a letter to try to get my birth cert.
i feel pretty sure they will kept the $10 and not send me the cert, which is why i haven't done it yet.
several hours later: i'm getting a few little things done here and there. wrote to the nevada aclu about the case they won that affected my case.
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Did list:
it didn't feel like a very productive day. I drank a lot last night,and took it easy, mostly messing around on myspace.com. But I made some progress setting up the new computer, added speakers, downloaded a videioplayer, so i was able to see dannon's movie trailers, and posted pics of him and links to the trailers, on myspace. I didn't find anything online - I could offer to set up a myspace page for rockstar promotions. Heck, i could do that for caudill, adding in some economic functionality. And I should check on the status of my just a geek franchise.
It's a very small start, but once i have some e-commerce going, it can get bigger.
The idea, awhile back, was to set up an online store to sell levis, converse, tshirts, and freedom rings. Hey if i did that i could hire models to model the wares. Heh. I'm way far away from implementing all that, but...
the idea could come together here.
This isn't exactly a todo list or a did list. It's another coffee-drinking idea-having session.
I have to be careful with that. Still, it's a matter of riding the extropian meme.
Build a page, see if they come. Get slashdotted, get venture capital.
Here's a goal: instalanch shaun's aids walk.
Bigger goal: slashdot shaun's aids walk.
step in that direction: use wheatonia.
fun project: build wil a myspace page.
Anyway. So lately the vision has been about,
make a site, do ecommerce by linking to spank sites on commision basis.
the idea is offer lots of information for free,
and also have stuff to charge for.
plug in max?
have it as offshore as possible.
have a lot of polically correct stuff like stop prison rape, peacefire, etc.
hungerproject, etc.
have a tip jar.
offer free software.
offer free books.
sell stuff, thinkgeek, amazon, zapworld.
ok i'm still way off target.
what three things did i do today?
last night, i did my artist's date, by going to chameleon. i found dinner, and a book, and $30.
this morning i did my morning pages, writing 3 pages. trouble was, that took all day. i should set an hour time limit on the morning pages maybe.
i continued setting up the new computer, added speakers, spybot, quicktime.
I should run defrag.
seems like the system runs ok.
i watched danny's movie, checked a local model's page (ok timewaster), but all under heading of someday i want to make movies, while that's still a rarity.
i had free tickets to a movie tonight, and forgot to go. it was an hour ago.
to do: i had a call from dan evans re 39 eastern avenue.
i need to do a letter of intent.
that would be one small doable task.
a planned chore that once done, i could take some credit for.
other stuff that goes on the to do list list:
respond to collection agency letter. let them know the issue is in dispute, that i have no record of contracting with them or their client, that i have a policy of resisting scams and threats, that their letter may be in that category, that i am a tenatious and determined opponent, that, if this is the matter i think it is, i have already fought off one law firm, the guy witht he drinking and driving proble, that i have not yet opened a research file on his company, but might do so if pushed, that i have a tendency, when sued maliciously, to countersue, that i deny the debt, that i'm hell on wheels. but i'd be willing to discuss a fair settlement, just to get it off my desk.
look into referral for disability for roommate. disabled american veteran, a tank repairman with post-traumatic stress- lined depression - is that it? get a referral.
what three things did i do today?
not much so far. not much.
let me try again.
i ran spybot added speakers and video to my new computer.
related to do: thank joanie for use of spybot.
could install video codec pack while i'm at it.
i took a cal from dan evans, repeated my offer re 39 eastern.
related to do: letter of intent.
so i guiess so fa there has been no 3rd thing. i need to keep track of my myspace addiction., maybe set a timer of some sort.
i looked at outlook, learned a bit about how to use the calander and memo features, found out i couldn't access corel via my fred profile, learned a bit more of my way around the computer.
related to do: go see if i can find the deed, talk to joell if he's home, discuss monitor.
discuss computer repair issues.
related to do: email virtual scavengers.
so all i did was
1 - set up computer.
2. phone call with dan evans.
3. began to discuss concerns with roommate.
ate a well rounded dinner - an avacado on a tortilla w lime.
edit - 4 updated danny crews dossier, provided links to video. not totally wasted effort.
it didn't feel like a very productive day. I drank a lot last night,and took it easy, mostly messing around on myspace.com. But I made some progress setting up the new computer, added speakers, downloaded a videioplayer, so i was able to see dannon's movie trailers, and posted pics of him and links to the trailers, on myspace. I didn't find anything online - I could offer to set up a myspace page for rockstar promotions. Heck, i could do that for caudill, adding in some economic functionality. And I should check on the status of my just a geek franchise.
It's a very small start, but once i have some e-commerce going, it can get bigger.
The idea, awhile back, was to set up an online store to sell levis, converse, tshirts, and freedom rings. Hey if i did that i could hire models to model the wares. Heh. I'm way far away from implementing all that, but...
the idea could come together here.
This isn't exactly a todo list or a did list. It's another coffee-drinking idea-having session.
I have to be careful with that. Still, it's a matter of riding the extropian meme.
Build a page, see if they come. Get slashdotted, get venture capital.
Here's a goal: instalanch shaun's aids walk.
Bigger goal: slashdot shaun's aids walk.
step in that direction: use wheatonia.
fun project: build wil a myspace page.
Anyway. So lately the vision has been about,
make a site, do ecommerce by linking to spank sites on commision basis.
the idea is offer lots of information for free,
and also have stuff to charge for.
plug in max?
have it as offshore as possible.
have a lot of polically correct stuff like stop prison rape, peacefire, etc.
hungerproject, etc.
have a tip jar.
offer free software.
offer free books.
sell stuff, thinkgeek, amazon, zapworld.
ok i'm still way off target.
what three things did i do today?
last night, i did my artist's date, by going to chameleon. i found dinner, and a book, and $30.
this morning i did my morning pages, writing 3 pages. trouble was, that took all day. i should set an hour time limit on the morning pages maybe.
i continued setting up the new computer, added speakers, spybot, quicktime.
I should run defrag.
seems like the system runs ok.
i watched danny's movie, checked a local model's page (ok timewaster), but all under heading of someday i want to make movies, while that's still a rarity.
i had free tickets to a movie tonight, and forgot to go. it was an hour ago.
to do: i had a call from dan evans re 39 eastern avenue.
i need to do a letter of intent.
that would be one small doable task.
a planned chore that once done, i could take some credit for.
other stuff that goes on the to do list list:
respond to collection agency letter. let them know the issue is in dispute, that i have no record of contracting with them or their client, that i have a policy of resisting scams and threats, that their letter may be in that category, that i am a tenatious and determined opponent, that, if this is the matter i think it is, i have already fought off one law firm, the guy witht he drinking and driving proble, that i have not yet opened a research file on his company, but might do so if pushed, that i have a tendency, when sued maliciously, to countersue, that i deny the debt, that i'm hell on wheels. but i'd be willing to discuss a fair settlement, just to get it off my desk.
look into referral for disability for roommate. disabled american veteran, a tank repairman with post-traumatic stress- lined depression - is that it? get a referral.
what three things did i do today?
not much so far. not much.
let me try again.
i ran spybot added speakers and video to my new computer.
related to do: thank joanie for use of spybot.
could install video codec pack while i'm at it.
i took a cal from dan evans, repeated my offer re 39 eastern.
related to do: letter of intent.
so i guiess so fa there has been no 3rd thing. i need to keep track of my myspace addiction., maybe set a timer of some sort.
i looked at outlook, learned a bit about how to use the calander and memo features, found out i couldn't access corel via my fred profile, learned a bit more of my way around the computer.
related to do: go see if i can find the deed, talk to joell if he's home, discuss monitor.
discuss computer repair issues.
related to do: email virtual scavengers.
so all i did was
1 - set up computer.
2. phone call with dan evans.
3. began to discuss concerns with roommate.
ate a well rounded dinner - an avacado on a tortilla w lime.
edit - 4 updated danny crews dossier, provided links to video. not totally wasted effort.
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
did list:
found westlaw password, used westlaw, found stewart v taylor, put online.
took trash out.
bath water is hot now.
made some notes about the casiona case but not getting much of anythuing done.
roommate put in for some dishwasher jobs. yay.
did a memo on roomate concerns.
not gonna .. oh i have to get to the bank, so i have money for tonight?
there's company here, dale and the annoying one,and it's not quiet enough to work.
today: fire engine using our street for a short cut.
lawn mower next door.
people talking. 2 pm.
gonna take the bath. or, make a comic?
found westlaw password, used westlaw, found stewart v taylor, put online.
took trash out.
bath water is hot now.
made some notes about the casiona case but not getting much of anythuing done.
roommate put in for some dishwasher jobs. yay.
did a memo on roomate concerns.
not gonna .. oh i have to get to the bank, so i have money for tonight?
there's company here, dale and the annoying one,and it's not quiet enough to work.
today: fire engine using our street for a short cut.
lawn mower next door.
people talking. 2 pm.
gonna take the bath. or, make a comic?
oh that's bad, it lost all the formatting.
8:15 tuesday august 17make to do list.make better to do list.make daily task listdo three things.A - practice of law1. outline memo Bmake trial notebook.do statement of facts memo.write daily summaries of how much time went to each project, so can keep track.outline letter to prosecutor memo.discovery request re jail, identify mark, contact nate dawn.essential to send letter to nate dawn.use legal stationery.do at least a page of jailblog.continue efforts on -2. aclu v heller projectcontact gary peck at aclu, or at least draft letters.contact kateri cavincontact the guys who were fined.prepare/revise memo on misconduct by secretary of state.3 amicus in gilmore v ashcroftcyberiabillget gilmore's lawyer's info again.public relations person to contact.possible letters to senators or congresscritters, asking for the secret policy. even carson.4. list other cases that could use intervention.5. work on client memos re status6. outline statement to attorney disciplinary commission.B. Personal life.1. Take a bath, shave, buy razors. clean clothes, hand up clothes, get paperwork slightly more in order2Tell Joell about the Eric problem, get hub.3Memo to roommate - need to talk about stuff.- dogshit- exit strategy- shared use of wire.- my own pattern of unreasonableness- help reducing number of roaches, need to bug bomb.- he's not looking for work.-disability, medication, assistance, peer counseling? VA as source of medication? VA as source of stress?If we could get a roommate, like the girl who left for example.but she has the baby, i guess that would just add stress, and not healthy for kid.4 trash day. take out more trash. that would be a good -do first- kinda thing.5 go downtown, get money from bank,deliver case file items in majors to supreme court.make notes about budget for august, spent, owed, etc.do household budget for 411, for 227.realtor! send file.memo re driver's license.make list of contacts from job fair.work on to do list.work on to do list some more.play on my space - but only a little.so plan for the day:1 take out trash.2. work on computer on memos.3. noonish, go downtown, get money $50 check balance,print cover letter, deliver cover letter and brief and appendix in majors.should also print out copy of motion for rehearing.in cover leter, mention ACLU v Heller.tonight, birthday party for crystena.so that's 6 things.so that would be 5 things. at end of day, check in, make did list.did lists for day, week, month.didn't lists for day week month.in order: this was a good first stab at a to do list.then i'll take out trash and start heating bath water.then i'll play on myspace alittle and come back and work on this list or on the memos or something. that's less of a commitment to prioritizing than is ideal, but it's a start.make webcomic?first update:write this to do list and daily tast list onto paper.look for old lists, review, add items here.email zorry.work on the lonnie problem.the lonnie problem is, some guy is trying to kill me. that's a bigger problem than some criminal charges or a disciplinary complaint.possible letter to scott keller.memo on what facts would have to be true for the state's case to be good.confidential memo on real facts.pick up trash on street.write uncle bob aunt margaret.check email.i've had coffee, and my brain is going in 100 different directions. need to focus, get up, take out trash, start bath water. 9 am.
stuff i forgot to put on this list:
get a job -
call foundry to set up informational interview.
get number from folder. that means go thru paperwork, try to get organized.
call mom
call lindy
maybe i had too much coffee today.
time to check bath water.
i was doing ok before, but now i'm feeling a little stressed, and organizationally challenged.
8:15 tuesday august 17make to do list.make better to do list.make daily task listdo three things.A - practice of law1. outline memo Bmake trial notebook.do statement of facts memo.write daily summaries of how much time went to each project, so can keep track.outline letter to prosecutor memo.discovery request re jail, identify mark, contact nate dawn.essential to send letter to nate dawn.use legal stationery.do at least a page of jailblog.continue efforts on -2. aclu v heller projectcontact gary peck at aclu, or at least draft letters.contact kateri cavincontact the guys who were fined.prepare/revise memo on misconduct by secretary of state.3 amicus in gilmore v ashcroftcyberiabillget gilmore's lawyer's info again.public relations person to contact.possible letters to senators or congresscritters, asking for the secret policy. even carson.4. list other cases that could use intervention.5. work on client memos re status6. outline statement to attorney disciplinary commission.B. Personal life.1. Take a bath, shave, buy razors. clean clothes, hand up clothes, get paperwork slightly more in order2Tell Joell about the Eric problem, get hub.3Memo to roommate - need to talk about stuff.- dogshit- exit strategy- shared use of wire.- my own pattern of unreasonableness- help reducing number of roaches, need to bug bomb.- he's not looking for work.-disability, medication, assistance, peer counseling? VA as source of medication? VA as source of stress?If we could get a roommate, like the girl who left for example.but she has the baby, i guess that would just add stress, and not healthy for kid.4 trash day. take out more trash. that would be a good -do first- kinda thing.5 go downtown, get money from bank,deliver case file items in majors to supreme court.make notes about budget for august, spent, owed, etc.do household budget for 411, for 227.realtor! send file.memo re driver's license.make list of contacts from job fair.work on to do list.work on to do list some more.play on my space - but only a little.so plan for the day:1 take out trash.2. work on computer on memos.3. noonish, go downtown, get money $50 check balance,print cover letter, deliver cover letter and brief and appendix in majors.should also print out copy of motion for rehearing.in cover leter, mention ACLU v Heller.tonight, birthday party for crystena.so that's 6 things.so that would be 5 things. at end of day, check in, make did list.did lists for day, week, month.didn't lists for day week month.in order: this was a good first stab at a to do list.then i'll take out trash and start heating bath water.then i'll play on myspace alittle and come back and work on this list or on the memos or something. that's less of a commitment to prioritizing than is ideal, but it's a start.make webcomic?first update:write this to do list and daily tast list onto paper.look for old lists, review, add items here.email zorry.work on the lonnie problem.the lonnie problem is, some guy is trying to kill me. that's a bigger problem than some criminal charges or a disciplinary complaint.possible letter to scott keller.memo on what facts would have to be true for the state's case to be good.confidential memo on real facts.pick up trash on street.write uncle bob aunt margaret.check email.i've had coffee, and my brain is going in 100 different directions. need to focus, get up, take out trash, start bath water. 9 am.
stuff i forgot to put on this list:
get a job -
call foundry to set up informational interview.
get number from folder. that means go thru paperwork, try to get organized.
call mom
call lindy
maybe i had too much coffee today.
time to check bath water.
i was doing ok before, but now i'm feeling a little stressed, and organizationally challenged.
woof. to be edited.
i took out the trash and started heating the bath water.
i'm shocked this (below) is the first entry here in a month - wtf have i been doing?
but i've made some lists on paper, and some on the other computer, and mostly i've been having a nervous breakdown. i should save my myspace blog to a file in case myspace explodes for some reason. i played on myspace a little. i haven't even met crystena, and i'm already worried she has a drinking problem. she won't like me, because my being sober and hypercritical would threaten her. oh well.
the plan here is for a longer more detailed version of the earlier to do list.
gt's" todo listnot sure what this is.ok it's a link to whatewver blog one is at.that could be useful.
which i screwed up by putting something else in my buffer, a link right back here.
i took out the trash and started heating the bath water.
i'm shocked this (below) is the first entry here in a month - wtf have i been doing?
but i've made some lists on paper, and some on the other computer, and mostly i've been having a nervous breakdown. i should save my myspace blog to a file in case myspace explodes for some reason. i played on myspace a little. i haven't even met crystena, and i'm already worried she has a drinking problem. she won't like me, because my being sober and hypercritical would threaten her. oh well.
the plan here is for a longer more detailed version of the earlier to do list.
gt's" todo listnot sure what this is.ok it's a link to whatewver blog one is at.that could be useful.
which i screwed up by putting something else in my buffer, a link right back here.
8:15 tuesday august 17
make to do list.
make better to do list.
make daily task list
do three things.
A - practice of law
1. outline memo B
make trial notebook.
do statement of facts memo.
write daily summaries of how much time went to each project, so can keep track.
outline letter to prosecutor memo.
discovery request re jail, identify mark, contact nate dawn.
essential to send letter to nate dawn.
use legal stationery.
do at least a page of jailblog.
continue efforts on -
2. aclu v heller project
contact gary peck at aclu, or at least draft letters.
contact kateri cavin
contact the guys who were fined.
prepare/revise memo on misconduct by secretary of state.
3 amicus in gilmore v ashcroft
cyberia
bill
get gilmore's lawyer's info again.
public relations person to contact.
possible letters to senators or congresscritters, asking for the secret policy. even carson.
4. list other cases that could use intervention.
5. work on client memos re status
6. outline statement to attorney disciplinary commission.
B. Personal life.
1. Take a bath, shave, buy razors. clean clothes, hand up clothes, get paperwork slightly more in order
2Tell Joell about the Eric problem, get hub.
3Memo to roommate - need to talk about stuff.
- dogshit
- exit strategy
- shared use of wire.
- my own pattern of unreasonableness
- help reducing number of roaches, need to bug bomb.
- he's not looking for work.
-disability, medication, assistance, peer counseling? VA as source of medication? VA as source of stress?
If we could get a roommate, like the girl who left for example.
but she has the baby, i guess that would just add stress, and not healthy for kid.
4 trash day. take out more trash. that would be a good -do first- kinda thing.
5 go downtown, get money from bank,
deliver case file items in majors to supreme court.
make notes about budget for august, spent, owed, etc.
do household budget for 411, for 227.
realtor! send file.
memo re driver's license.
make list of contacts from job fair.
work on to do list.
work on to do list some more.
play on my space - but only a little.
so plan for the day:
1 take out trash.
2. work on computer on memos.
3. noonish, go downtown, get money $50 check balance,
print cover letter, deliver cover letter and brief and appendix in majors.
should also print out copy of motion for rehearing.
in cover leter, mention ACLU v Heller.
tonight, birthday party for crystena.
so that's 6 things.
so that would be 5 things. at end of day, check in, make did list.
did lists for day, week, month.
didn't lists for day week month.
in order: this was a good first stab at a to do list.
then i'll take out trash and start heating bath water.
then i'll play on myspace alittle and come back and work on this list or on the memos or something. that's less of a commitment to prioritizing than is ideal, but it's a start.
make webcomic?
first update:
write this to do list and daily tast list onto paper.
look for old lists, review, add items here.
email zorry.
work on the lonnie problem.
the lonnie problem is, some guy is trying to kill me. that's a bigger problem than some criminal charges or a disciplinary complaint.
possible letter to scott keller.
memo on what facts would have to be true for the state's case to be good.
confidential memo on real facts.
pick up trash on street.
write uncle bob aunt margaret.
check email.
i've had coffee, and my brain is going in 100 different directions. need to focus, get up, take out trash, start bath water. 9 am.
make to do list.
make better to do list.
make daily task list
do three things.
A - practice of law
1. outline memo B
make trial notebook.
do statement of facts memo.
write daily summaries of how much time went to each project, so can keep track.
outline letter to prosecutor memo.
discovery request re jail, identify mark, contact nate dawn.
essential to send letter to nate dawn.
use legal stationery.
do at least a page of jailblog.
continue efforts on -
2. aclu v heller project
contact gary peck at aclu, or at least draft letters.
contact kateri cavin
contact the guys who were fined.
prepare/revise memo on misconduct by secretary of state.
3 amicus in gilmore v ashcroft
cyberia
bill
get gilmore's lawyer's info again.
public relations person to contact.
possible letters to senators or congresscritters, asking for the secret policy. even carson.
4. list other cases that could use intervention.
5. work on client memos re status
6. outline statement to attorney disciplinary commission.
B. Personal life.
1. Take a bath, shave, buy razors. clean clothes, hand up clothes, get paperwork slightly more in order
2Tell Joell about the Eric problem, get hub.
3Memo to roommate - need to talk about stuff.
- dogshit
- exit strategy
- shared use of wire.
- my own pattern of unreasonableness
- help reducing number of roaches, need to bug bomb.
- he's not looking for work.
-disability, medication, assistance, peer counseling? VA as source of medication? VA as source of stress?
If we could get a roommate, like the girl who left for example.
but she has the baby, i guess that would just add stress, and not healthy for kid.
4 trash day. take out more trash. that would be a good -do first- kinda thing.
5 go downtown, get money from bank,
deliver case file items in majors to supreme court.
make notes about budget for august, spent, owed, etc.
do household budget for 411, for 227.
realtor! send file.
memo re driver's license.
make list of contacts from job fair.
work on to do list.
work on to do list some more.
play on my space - but only a little.
so plan for the day:
1 take out trash.
2. work on computer on memos.
3. noonish, go downtown, get money $50 check balance,
print cover letter, deliver cover letter and brief and appendix in majors.
should also print out copy of motion for rehearing.
in cover leter, mention ACLU v Heller.
tonight, birthday party for crystena.
so that's 6 things.
so that would be 5 things. at end of day, check in, make did list.
did lists for day, week, month.
didn't lists for day week month.
in order: this was a good first stab at a to do list.
then i'll take out trash and start heating bath water.
then i'll play on myspace alittle and come back and work on this list or on the memos or something. that's less of a commitment to prioritizing than is ideal, but it's a start.
make webcomic?
first update:
write this to do list and daily tast list onto paper.
look for old lists, review, add items here.
email zorry.
work on the lonnie problem.
the lonnie problem is, some guy is trying to kill me. that's a bigger problem than some criminal charges or a disciplinary complaint.
possible letter to scott keller.
memo on what facts would have to be true for the state's case to be good.
confidential memo on real facts.
pick up trash on street.
write uncle bob aunt margaret.
check email.
i've had coffee, and my brain is going in 100 different directions. need to focus, get up, take out trash, start bath water. 9 am.
Monday, July 19, 2004
monday monday.
when was last time these dogs had a bath?
the issue is always, what to do next.
that's a process, that's a recursive process.
10 do first thing on list.
20 figure out what to do next.
30 if not sure, make new list, go to 10.
40 else do next thing on list.
50 if no more items on list, go to 30.
right now, what to do next is drink coffee, write lists, write metadata about writing lists,
as part of planning process, or is it timewasting.
daily task list
get small claims info
mzw copies
gallahue, dentist and midtown
post office
email rock the vote guy
to do list - this week
letter to disciplinary commission
draft mzw update
make to do list for caudill
nake list of stuff to write. go thru old lists, see what's still undone.
move.
advertise space.
to do list- someday
driver's license.
post office
jail
did list
when was last time these dogs had a bath?
the issue is always, what to do next.
that's a process, that's a recursive process.
10 do first thing on list.
20 figure out what to do next.
30 if not sure, make new list, go to 10.
40 else do next thing on list.
50 if no more items on list, go to 30.
right now, what to do next is drink coffee, write lists, write metadata about writing lists,
as part of planning process, or is it timewasting.
daily task list
get small claims info
mzw copies
gallahue, dentist and midtown
post office
email rock the vote guy
to do list - this week
letter to disciplinary commission
draft mzw update
make to do list for caudill
nake list of stuff to write. go thru old lists, see what's still undone.
move.
advertise space.
to do list- someday
driver's license.
post office
jail
did list
copied from myspace blog
But, with the cocounseling model, there's no authority, just a fair trade of advice for advice, and i get to work on my issues too.Those mostly have to do with organization.I have goals, I make plans, I encounter obstacles, I get frustrated, I sink into learned helplessnessand stop planning, just coast through life on the path of least resistance, which right now is a downward spiral.I think the step i'm skipping is the daily revision of the plan, reworking the plan to pursue the goals when unforseen obstacles make the previous plan unworkable, instead of just giving up.Because i have this pattern of giving up when i meet obstacles, I forgot to get married, have kids, get a job, the stuff normal people do.Normal people set the alarm, take a shower, get dressed, drive to work, work, come home, kiss the wife, yell at the kids, watch a little tv, get to bed at a reasonable hour. At least that was the script for dad, and ward cleaver.Me, i wake up when i wake up, wearing the same cutoffs i wore yesterday, have coffee, get online, heat water for the bath, answer a few emails, have more coffee, and it's 9 am, but sometimes this goes on till 9 pm, cuz i don't really have a plan for the day.I have a written to do list some where, [i actually have a whole to do list blog] but i don't have the daily discipline of going through it,checking off item after item, or adding items i'm missing.- get a job.- get paperwork or work under the table.- try to order birth certificate. look for supporting paperwork. in front room at old house.- get a real job. - should i give up my money losing law practice, or try again to make it work?- get married- well at least with gay marriage coming along, my chances are doubled, but so are my chances for rejection, which is the frustration that tends to make me stop planning.- idea: start mail order husband company. cherry pick the best ones.- obstacle - that's silly.- comeback- sure but i'm good at silly. it's an aardvark attribute.- idea: start dating again. ease into it. ask people to coffee. use weirdness factor to scare away the incompatible ones.-idea. get roommates. gradually seduce them into marriage-like arrangement.-objection: no wonder you don't have any friends, loser.-restated objection: that could violate being a good roommate. use caution.- buy a house.- sell old house. - email realtor again- avoid certain neighborhoods. look into rent to buys.- get input from spousal unit if any.- put house in nonprofit trust so they can't take it from me.- live out in the country?-obstacle - rednecks. comeback - choose area with hippies.- live in the city. obstacle - police and thieves in the street.- suburbs. obstacle too expensive, need a car. resolution: stay here for now. look into rent to buys. form housing co-op.if i have any readers, sorry for boring you. this was an example of a litle thinking out loud about goals, plans, obstacles, comebacks.see, this is one of those mornings where, not having a plan, i get up, have coffee, and write, whereever the muse leads. in "the artists way" it teaches to do three pages of this every morning,"the morning pages" as a way of getting past writing blocks and unleashing inner creativity.i crtainly didn't know this post was headed this way - it just built on itself, starting fromive decided i dont like who i am. and i wish i were a better person."I'm gonna go have that bath now - the water is hot - and then i'll either make a list and get stuff done, or waste more time online, not sure yet.later edit:i felt really good after the bath. i'd been sinking into depression for the past few days.i ran around and did a few little projects - i completely forgot till just now i have the hallway blocked off with a stuck bedframe i'm trying to put in the basement. laundry is soaking in the tub.i'm making to do lists. i made my bed - a once ayear actvity.last night i went to the metro and had one drink, exactly one, first since may 15. i'm not sure exactly why, i think it was to deal with the depression.yesterday was good.late as usual to bread not bombs.there was a labor history movie at 3 at iupui, about the textile strike of 1934, i got to sit next to this cute communist boy i've been getting to know.and afterwards got into a great conversation with the guy who put the film on,about doing prison support. he's a rock the vote staffer and has access to a lot of resources.before and after the movie i went hunter gathering around mass ave, got a carload of stuff, shared some with turtle's kids who i ran into.for myself i got a nice velcro watch.for right now i need to - unblock the hallway [X], work on my list, have more coffee [ ], do the first item on the list [x], figure out which 3 to definately do today.
But, with the cocounseling model, there's no authority, just a fair trade of advice for advice, and i get to work on my issues too.Those mostly have to do with organization.I have goals, I make plans, I encounter obstacles, I get frustrated, I sink into learned helplessnessand stop planning, just coast through life on the path of least resistance, which right now is a downward spiral.I think the step i'm skipping is the daily revision of the plan, reworking the plan to pursue the goals when unforseen obstacles make the previous plan unworkable, instead of just giving up.Because i have this pattern of giving up when i meet obstacles, I forgot to get married, have kids, get a job, the stuff normal people do.Normal people set the alarm, take a shower, get dressed, drive to work, work, come home, kiss the wife, yell at the kids, watch a little tv, get to bed at a reasonable hour. At least that was the script for dad, and ward cleaver.Me, i wake up when i wake up, wearing the same cutoffs i wore yesterday, have coffee, get online, heat water for the bath, answer a few emails, have more coffee, and it's 9 am, but sometimes this goes on till 9 pm, cuz i don't really have a plan for the day.I have a written to do list some where, [i actually have a whole to do list blog] but i don't have the daily discipline of going through it,checking off item after item, or adding items i'm missing.- get a job.- get paperwork or work under the table.- try to order birth certificate. look for supporting paperwork. in front room at old house.- get a real job. - should i give up my money losing law practice, or try again to make it work?- get married- well at least with gay marriage coming along, my chances are doubled, but so are my chances for rejection, which is the frustration that tends to make me stop planning.- idea: start mail order husband company. cherry pick the best ones.- obstacle - that's silly.- comeback- sure but i'm good at silly. it's an aardvark attribute.- idea: start dating again. ease into it. ask people to coffee. use weirdness factor to scare away the incompatible ones.-idea. get roommates. gradually seduce them into marriage-like arrangement.-objection: no wonder you don't have any friends, loser.-restated objection: that could violate being a good roommate. use caution.- buy a house.- sell old house. - email realtor again- avoid certain neighborhoods. look into rent to buys.- get input from spousal unit if any.- put house in nonprofit trust so they can't take it from me.- live out in the country?-obstacle - rednecks. comeback - choose area with hippies.- live in the city. obstacle - police and thieves in the street.- suburbs. obstacle too expensive, need a car. resolution: stay here for now. look into rent to buys. form housing co-op.if i have any readers, sorry for boring you. this was an example of a litle thinking out loud about goals, plans, obstacles, comebacks.see, this is one of those mornings where, not having a plan, i get up, have coffee, and write, whereever the muse leads. in "the artists way" it teaches to do three pages of this every morning,"the morning pages" as a way of getting past writing blocks and unleashing inner creativity.i crtainly didn't know this post was headed this way - it just built on itself, starting fromive decided i dont like who i am. and i wish i were a better person."I'm gonna go have that bath now - the water is hot - and then i'll either make a list and get stuff done, or waste more time online, not sure yet.later edit:i felt really good after the bath. i'd been sinking into depression for the past few days.i ran around and did a few little projects - i completely forgot till just now i have the hallway blocked off with a stuck bedframe i'm trying to put in the basement. laundry is soaking in the tub.i'm making to do lists. i made my bed - a once ayear actvity.last night i went to the metro and had one drink, exactly one, first since may 15. i'm not sure exactly why, i think it was to deal with the depression.yesterday was good.late as usual to bread not bombs.there was a labor history movie at 3 at iupui, about the textile strike of 1934, i got to sit next to this cute communist boy i've been getting to know.and afterwards got into a great conversation with the guy who put the film on,about doing prison support. he's a rock the vote staffer and has access to a lot of resources.before and after the movie i went hunter gathering around mass ave, got a carload of stuff, shared some with turtle's kids who i ran into.for myself i got a nice velcro watch.for right now i need to - unblock the hallway [X], work on my list, have more coffee [ ], do the first item on the list [x], figure out which 3 to definately do today.
Thursday, July 15, 2004
dtl.
1) revise to do list
2) deed 12:00 244 ham
3) phone? see if working.
4) think about raising funds in texas
5) draft memo to caudill re rescission.
6) get court info re car case.
to do:
letter to disciplinary commission
lower priority: letter to postmaster/senator
drivers license.
insurance.
make some kind of list or flowchart re caudill.
do that hypothetical letter to the mom of deshaun.
find out what jesse said. find out what joell knows.
list properties if possible.
keep working majors.
write to rutherford.
dtl. 1) revise to do list 2) deed 12:00 244 ham 3) phone? see if working. 4) think about raising funds in texas 5) draft memo to caudill re rescission.
- instead of giving me the deed, they tore the house down.
- violated due course of law, failed to give notice 201 eastern file.
-40 n tacoma, tore garage down without notice, due course of law violation, was a triggering event in making my lose my edge and lose all the money.
- reasonably relied on representation that i could not enter property to cut weeds, safety inspection, etc.
catch 22.
- received no benefit at all from 15K investment. got sued. house torn down w/o notice. pattern and practice of constitutional violation.
reason did not turn in tax certs was freaking out, scared of more lawsuits, unbearable pressure.
frustration of purpose aspect.
mental state at time of purchase unknown, but clues condition was pre-existing.
6) get court info re car case. to do: letter to disciplinary commission lower priority: letter to postmaster/senator drivers license. insurance. make some kind of list or flowchart re caudill. do that hypothetical letter to the mom of deshaun. find out what jesse said. find out what joell knows. list properties if possible. keep working majors.
richard winger. /cofoe
libertarian party
mike cloud/badnarik/that guy who ran for president/
mark emery
keep trying to reach eff.
mcconnell!
us chamber of commerce?
brainstorm on other maybes.
any big dc law firm.
use bloggers to recruit cocounsel, law students.
lambda legal
roe v wade, extend right to privacy under (texas), closet as gay issue re anon.
ken faulk - request interview - mark, jail, brief, apology, any info on dog bites, connect to .
national lawyers guild, sshapiro@aclu, naacp.
majors v iec.
write to rutherford.
photocopy complaint, send to bopp office, england, wayne. doable tomorrow.
tomorrow: deed. photocopy. small claims.
other?
email star-news re jail.
letter to nate dawn.
gallahue.
1) revise to do list
2) deed 12:00 244 ham
3) phone? see if working.
4) think about raising funds in texas
5) draft memo to caudill re rescission.
6) get court info re car case.
to do:
letter to disciplinary commission
lower priority: letter to postmaster/senator
drivers license.
insurance.
make some kind of list or flowchart re caudill.
do that hypothetical letter to the mom of deshaun.
find out what jesse said. find out what joell knows.
list properties if possible.
keep working majors.
write to rutherford.
dtl. 1) revise to do list 2) deed 12:00 244 ham 3) phone? see if working. 4) think about raising funds in texas 5) draft memo to caudill re rescission.
- instead of giving me the deed, they tore the house down.
- violated due course of law, failed to give notice 201 eastern file.
-40 n tacoma, tore garage down without notice, due course of law violation, was a triggering event in making my lose my edge and lose all the money.
- reasonably relied on representation that i could not enter property to cut weeds, safety inspection, etc.
catch 22.
- received no benefit at all from 15K investment. got sued. house torn down w/o notice. pattern and practice of constitutional violation.
reason did not turn in tax certs was freaking out, scared of more lawsuits, unbearable pressure.
frustration of purpose aspect.
mental state at time of purchase unknown, but clues condition was pre-existing.
6) get court info re car case. to do: letter to disciplinary commission lower priority: letter to postmaster/senator drivers license. insurance. make some kind of list or flowchart re caudill. do that hypothetical letter to the mom of deshaun. find out what jesse said. find out what joell knows. list properties if possible. keep working majors.
richard winger. /cofoe
libertarian party
mike cloud/badnarik/that guy who ran for president/
mark emery
keep trying to reach eff.
mcconnell!
us chamber of commerce?
brainstorm on other maybes.
any big dc law firm.
use bloggers to recruit cocounsel, law students.
lambda legal
roe v wade, extend right to privacy under (texas), closet as gay issue re anon.
ken faulk - request interview - mark, jail, brief, apology, any info on dog bites, connect to .
national lawyers guild, sshapiro@aclu, naacp.
majors v iec.
write to rutherford.
photocopy complaint, send to bopp office, england, wayne. doable tomorrow.
tomorrow: deed. photocopy. small claims.
other?
email star-news re jail.
letter to nate dawn.
gallahue.
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
july 14
dtl
1 deed
2. [laundry - move to 3]
3 caudill
4 art hammer
5 move and garden
2.5 hardware store- bike chain, key.pipe joint fit (leash)
5.5 letter to ken faulk, indy star.
1 deed
2. [laundry - move to 3]
3 caudill
a channel 6
b mark x - discovery request for prison info - dog case.
- any written material letters grievances counselor requests etc.
- list of inmates in 3-k, 3-j.
c driver's license
d doctor - gallahue? plan?
e lonnie file
f computers
g bond revocation threat - prison issues
[safety, food,visitation, pastoral visits]
h transfer any online files.
4 art hammer
5 move and garden
2.5 hardware store- bike chain, key. (leash)
5.5 letter to ken faulk, indy star.
dtl
1 deed
2. [laundry - move to 3]
3 caudill
4 art hammer
5 move and garden
2.5 hardware store- bike chain, key.pipe joint fit (leash)
5.5 letter to ken faulk, indy star.
1 deed
2. [laundry - move to 3]
3 caudill
a channel 6
b mark x - discovery request for prison info - dog case.
- any written material letters grievances counselor requests etc.
- list of inmates in 3-k, 3-j.
c driver's license
d doctor - gallahue? plan?
e lonnie file
f computers
g bond revocation threat - prison issues
[safety, food,visitation, pastoral visits]
h transfer any online files.
4 art hammer
5 move and garden
2.5 hardware store- bike chain, key. (leash)
5.5 letter to ken faulk, indy star.
Thursday, July 08, 2004
today i must make a to-do list.
today i must make a to-do list.
today i must make a dtl.
i almost wrote dtl list, like atm machine, the ttp project.
bath
laundry
move
where is bike?
insurance.
3pm landlord.
phone messages.
bills.
post office letter.
postmaster.
jailblog.
nate dawn.
outline letter to lawyers re jail.
find out when caudill appt is
mom, lindy.
draft telemarketer complaints..but wait what if they sent the do not call letter?
revise letter to telemarketers. 2 current targets.
update blogs.
email wayne. -list house.
check email. - follow up w client letter.
outline disciplinary committee letter.
draft letter to neighbor.
thank you letters to mike re printing.
that would be enough for today.
make dtl.
3pm landlord.
bath
laundry
nate dawn.
move
where is bike?
insurance.
phone messages.
bills.
post office letter.
postmaster.
jailblog.
outline letter to lawyers re jail.
find out when caudill appt is
mom, lindy.
draft telemarketer complaints..but wait what if they sent the do not call letter?
revise letter to telemarketers. 2 current targets.
update blogs.
email wayne. -list house.
check email.
outline disciplinary committee letter.
draft letter to neighbor.
that would be enough for today.
omar - get addresses of inmates
old man, what was his name again?
rob king.
get real computer.
make dtl. X
today i must make a to-do list.
today i must make a dtl.
i almost wrote dtl list, like atm machine, the ttp project.
bath
laundry
move
where is bike?
insurance.
3pm landlord.
phone messages.
bills.
post office letter.
postmaster.
jailblog.
nate dawn.
outline letter to lawyers re jail.
find out when caudill appt is
mom, lindy.
draft telemarketer complaints..but wait what if they sent the do not call letter?
revise letter to telemarketers. 2 current targets.
update blogs.
email wayne. -list house.
check email. - follow up w client letter.
outline disciplinary committee letter.
draft letter to neighbor.
thank you letters to mike re printing.
that would be enough for today.
make dtl.
3pm landlord.
bath
laundry
nate dawn.
move
where is bike?
insurance.
phone messages.
bills.
post office letter.
postmaster.
jailblog.
outline letter to lawyers re jail.
find out when caudill appt is
mom, lindy.
draft telemarketer complaints..but wait what if they sent the do not call letter?
revise letter to telemarketers. 2 current targets.
update blogs.
email wayne. -list house.
check email.
outline disciplinary committee letter.
draft letter to neighbor.
that would be enough for today.
omar - get addresses of inmates
old man, what was his name again?
rob king.
get real computer.
make dtl. X
Monday, July 05, 2004
did list july 4
tuned up majors brief
email folks about it
mowed lawn
talked to pat
went to lunch
found a tray
to do:
cover letter for clerk of court
s ct bar app
abuse mike's printer.
get car
jailblog stuff
sheila k re private prisons
jailblog entries
email caudill
move
car and house insurance
status of car case
get reports 400 blovck dearborn 200 block temple
post office snafu.
make to do list
make dtl
tuned up majors brief
email folks about it
mowed lawn
talked to pat
went to lunch
found a tray
to do:
cover letter for clerk of court
s ct bar app
abuse mike's printer.
get car
jailblog stuff
sheila k re private prisons
jailblog entries
email caudill
move
car and house insurance
status of car case
get reports 400 blovck dearborn 200 block temple
post office snafu.
make to do list
make dtl
Wednesday, June 30, 2004
wednesday:
did list:
met w lawyer - went well. paid $2k.
went to dentist - have to go back in am to get more teeth pulled.
got deed notarized, deposited $1000.
talked to printer, no luck.
went to ins co, armed guard wouldn't let me in, i said no thanks. so i need ins.
got nate dawn's #.
minor stuff: introduced deed guy to caudill.
posted on amp.
downside - paper misdelivered.
grievance filed against me.
some of the best news i had all day was dog bite case settled $60K.
didn't list.
insurance.post office.
moving. car.
brief, printer, emails.
to do:
hypothetical letter to neighbor.
secure storage for comps.
make comprehensive to do list, monthly task list.
rent due $300, $250.
call lindy, mom
move.
brief
emails.
did list:
met w lawyer - went well. paid $2k.
went to dentist - have to go back in am to get more teeth pulled.
got deed notarized, deposited $1000.
talked to printer, no luck.
went to ins co, armed guard wouldn't let me in, i said no thanks. so i need ins.
got nate dawn's #.
minor stuff: introduced deed guy to caudill.
posted on amp.
downside - paper misdelivered.
grievance filed against me.
some of the best news i had all day was dog bite case settled $60K.
didn't list.
insurance.post office.
moving. car.
brief, printer, emails.
to do:
hypothetical letter to neighbor.
secure storage for comps.
make comprehensive to do list, monthly task list.
rent due $300, $250.
call lindy, mom
move.
brief
emails.
Wednesday, June 23, 2004
trident international file:
got call yesterday 9 am.
pointed out i was on indiana do not call list.requested do not call policy. 2nd manager offers to send the letter, but gets hostile and hangs up.
1 pm same operator calls back.
i get more info: site 4trident.com. resolves to www.tridentcompanies.com.
authorized reseller for www.z-tel.com also of tampa fl.
to do: send bill for $`120 - 40x2 for non-businesshours call, $40 for followup call.
if paid, done. if not paid, send to collection agency.
or file do not call complaint.
problem: unauthorized access to credit report.
contact big 3 re problem.
to do: review ind do not call retaliation options.
www.ai.og - ag.
issue: commerce reverse problem?
upheld law, but were right arguments made?
get tampa info.
http://www.getztel.com/newsArchive/page1.asp
http://www.z-tel.com/portal/ztel/troubleshoot/i/talktous.jsp
http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title24/ar4.7/
got call yesterday 9 am.
pointed out i was on indiana do not call list.requested do not call policy. 2nd manager offers to send the letter, but gets hostile and hangs up.
1 pm same operator calls back.
i get more info: site 4trident.com. resolves to www.tridentcompanies.com.
authorized reseller for www.z-tel.com also of tampa fl.
to do: send bill for $`120 - 40x2 for non-businesshours call, $40 for followup call.
if paid, done. if not paid, send to collection agency.
or file do not call complaint.
problem: unauthorized access to credit report.
contact big 3 re problem.
to do: review ind do not call retaliation options.
www.ai.og - ag.
issue: commerce reverse problem?
upheld law, but were right arguments made?
get tampa info.
http://www.getztel.com/newsArchive/page1.asp
http://www.z-tel.com/portal/ztel/troubleshoot/i/talktous.jsp
http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title24/ar4.7/
dtl wednesday
broker
caudill
jail
come home
majors
jailblog entries
411.
after dark, get scrap lumber from accross street.
did list - called re 411, made deal.
did list yesterday.
re edmonson, $1000.
re 244, 100/mo for 10 months minus taxes.
went to men's group.
went to kareoke
didn't list - didn't get to caudill, broker, jail.
must go do that now. play later, work first.
6 pm update.
did schwab 3K +25.
paid caudill 500$ made appt for wed 4pm.
to do: email caudill re referrals.
get lawyer info for jail as needed.
didn't: go to jail - just visiting.
bought book $2.
broker
caudill
jail
come home
majors
jailblog entries
411.
after dark, get scrap lumber from accross street.
did list - called re 411, made deal.
did list yesterday.
re edmonson, $1000.
re 244, 100/mo for 10 months minus taxes.
went to men's group.
went to kareoke
didn't list - didn't get to caudill, broker, jail.
must go do that now. play later, work first.
6 pm update.
did schwab 3K +25.
paid caudill 500$ made appt for wed 4pm.
to do: email caudill re referrals.
get lawyer info for jail as needed.
didn't: go to jail - just visiting.
bought book $2.
Thursday, June 17, 2004
legalmatch.com?
dtl:
x bank.
x grr! bmv.
broker.
alcohol permit
make appointment w mike.
make agenda. photos.
get incident report.
nate dawn and mike perryman.
or email him.
work on jailblog notes
draft letter re majors.
x check email
x clean house
call lindy write mom.
x ask joell for written offer
move to 411.
couldn't find bmv staff info. connection down at home. bought fungus gunk and camera. should probly go home and input data.
dtl:
x bank.
x grr! bmv.
broker.
alcohol permit
make appointment w mike.
make agenda. photos.
get incident report.
nate dawn and mike perryman.
or email him.
work on jailblog notes
draft letter re majors.
x check email
x clean house
call lindy write mom.
x ask joell for written offer
move to 411.
couldn't find bmv staff info. connection down at home. bought fungus gunk and camera. should probly go home and input data.
Wednesday, March 10, 2004
Spoke w Mike Schaefer. The iec will not settle majors v iec.
need to update cocounsel and clients. 2:01 pm 3/10.
i clipped an article recently about a legislator (mayhern? d?) who is not happy with doris anne sadler - might be worthwhile to touch base w.
mike reneged on earlier agreement to file joint motion for summ judgment.
he suggests, though, that motion for summ judge is appropriate at this time.
and that he is in no hurry, so i wil need to file first.
before writing, i should review the file so as to not reinvent the wheel.
to do: touch base w julia vaughn.
threaten to involve jim bopp - send letter to bopp re wayne kirk sitution
need to update cocounsel and clients. 2:01 pm 3/10.
i clipped an article recently about a legislator (mayhern? d?) who is not happy with doris anne sadler - might be worthwhile to touch base w.
mike reneged on earlier agreement to file joint motion for summ judgment.
he suggests, though, that motion for summ judge is appropriate at this time.
and that he is in no hurry, so i wil need to file first.
before writing, i should review the file so as to not reinvent the wheel.
to do: touch base w julia vaughn.
threaten to involve jim bopp - send letter to bopp re wayne kirk sitution
Name Agency Room Telephone
Schaefer, Michael Attorney General C553 317-233-6142 x
Cohen, Alisa Motor Vehicles, Bureau Of N440 317-233-8901
Morse, Anita Chief Legal Counsel N440 317-232-7043
internal affairs Davis, Larry Director N440 317-233-3652
http://www.ai.org/serv/sic_phonebook#Appeals more numbers.
Schaefer, Michael Attorney General C553 317-233-6142 x
Cohen, Alisa Motor Vehicles, Bureau Of N440 317-233-8901
Morse, Anita Chief Legal Counsel N440 317-232-7043
internal affairs Davis, Larry Director N440 317-233-3652
http://www.ai.org/serv/sic_phonebook#Appeals more numbers.
laundry x
dishes x
better list
read momsletter
reply to laura.
better list:
make list of which bills are paid, not paid
credit card autopay
cle crisis
call mike schaefer re what did iec do today?
===
citation list:
missouri ex rel. coker-garcia v blunt
missouri v stewart 869 sw2d 86 (Mo. App. 1993)
stewart v taylor need cite
majors v abell need cite
taylor v taylor need case #
health and hospital corp v. stewart
majors v iec
wiliamson v long
===
is cato job still up?
touch base w gary
wash hair
make better list
find out status of 39 eastern suit
plan moves in majors v iec, williamson
- touch base w rutherford
-draft letter to mzw, look up his address
check email
annual report 2003
filing deadline is 4/15 in accident case. need chuck's info.address etc.
dishes x
better list
read momsletter
reply to laura.
better list:
make list of which bills are paid, not paid
credit card autopay
cle crisis
call mike schaefer re what did iec do today?
===
citation list:
missouri ex rel. coker-garcia v blunt
missouri v stewart 869 sw2d 86 (Mo. App. 1993)
stewart v taylor need cite
majors v abell need cite
taylor v taylor need case #
health and hospital corp v. stewart
majors v iec
wiliamson v long
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is cato job still up?
touch base w gary
wash hair
make better list
find out status of 39 eastern suit
plan moves in majors v iec, williamson
- touch base w rutherford
-draft letter to mzw, look up his address
check email
annual report 2003
filing deadline is 4/15 in accident case. need chuck's info.address etc.
Thursday, February 19, 2004
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
Sunday, February 15, 2004
did:
might get erik a unicorn gig. gave him an audition. rachel's friend.
negotiated with joell about house; he doesn't want it.
orren, who is dating __, offered to become my intern.
worked 1 hr on majors v iec.
found file, reread complaint
two hours on majors abell.
added links to majors.blog,research at findlaw and google.
packed boxes for 1 1/2 hours.
might get erik a unicorn gig. gave him an audition. rachel's friend.
negotiated with joell about house; he doesn't want it.
orren, who is dating __, offered to become my intern.
worked 1 hr on majors v iec.
found file, reread complaint
two hours on majors abell.
added links to majors.blog,research at findlaw and google.
packed boxes for 1 1/2 hours.
Saturday, February 14, 2004
did: called mom. called brooke. wrote a draft of 2003 report, which will need more work. made a to-do list. yesterday i did laundry.
to do:
find place to live
mike schaefer
belt for mower
fuses
update financial records
fix n key..new keyboard?
billing records
write to mom, lindy
package to lindy
call re detist 278-2075
pack up apartment
credit card on autopay
car insurance
house insurance
car insurance claim
when are lp meetings?
CLE crisis
apply cato job
apply jaguar guy's food warehouse job.
plan toset up pay site
deal ww vacant lad titles
campaig fine situation
make better list
make dtl,weekly tl,monthly, yearly.
keppersonal journal 1 line per day
revise, send, annual report.
to do:
find place to live
mike schaefer
belt for mower
fuses
update financial records
fix n key..new keyboard?
billing records
write to mom, lindy
package to lindy
call re detist 278-2075
pack up apartment
credit card on autopay
car insurance
house insurance
car insurance claim
when are lp meetings?
CLE crisis
apply cato job
apply jaguar guy's food warehouse job.
plan toset up pay site
deal ww vacant lad titles
campaig fine situation
make better list
make dtl,weekly tl,monthly, yearly.
keppersonal journal 1 line per day
revise, send, annual report.
Saturday, February 07, 2004
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Mike, I called your office in July in reference to Williamson v Long and Majors v IEC, and we spoke about this in August, and I left you a message in December, but I still have not heard from you. I am aware that the commission had a closed meeting in December. Perhaps at that time they reached a decision on my settlement offer which has been outstanding since 2/2002, or is it 2001. Time is of the essense. Please let me know the status of the case, and how you want to handle it. My offer is withdrawn if I have not received any response within 30 days of your reciept of this letter. My clients continue to prefer settlement over litigation, but we need to move forward on this. If you wish to authorize me to discuss this directly with counsel for the commission that would be fine. I'm aware that I'm hard to reach, maybe we've just had a failure to communicate. My email, arbitraryaardvark @ themail.com, and my voicemail are both unreliable, so please respond in writing to 227 N Temple 46201 soonest.
Also, I am writing to confirm our conversation in August that we have discussed the issue of whether my previous status as your client creates a conflict, and decided that it doesn't.
- Robbin.
cc:Rutherford
Also, I am writing to confirm our conversation in August that we have discussed the issue of whether my previous status as your client creates a conflict, and decided that it doesn't.
- Robbin.
cc:Rutherford
call lindy and mom, draft letter to mom
letter to alisa
6:47 am 2/7/04
Dear Ms. Cohen.
About a month ago, I went to your office to request an appointment.
It is my policy never to sue a government agency without first meeting and attempting to resolve the situation informally.
You refused to meet with me.
Your flunkies refused to give me their names.
My written request for a hearing was denied.
At a minimum, your conduct was uncivil; it was rude.
I became furious, and after a cooling off period remain upset and concerned.
I suspect,although I am not certain, that when the government agents under your supervision refused to identify themselves, they committed either a breach of professional ethics, or misfeasance/malfeasance in office, or both.
When government employees hide their identities, it is strongly suggestive that something nefarious is afoot.
It creates an appearance of impropriety.
It contributes to a situation in which driver's licenses are wrongfully withheld, and then payments are extorted to issue the licenses.
A driver's license implicates liberty rights to travel, to obtain employment, to gain access to a private club which has a liquor license..rephrase.
Some of the consequences of the wrongful denial of license renewal included interference with the right to travel, the right to seek employment, access to federal court, access to a cultural performance at the vogue, access to a private club i have belonged to for 8 years.
The refusal to replace a stolen driver's license contradicts the public policy expressed in the victim's rights provisions of the Indiana constitution.
On my next trip to a BMV office, my rights under the 1974 privacy act as amended, were violated, when the clerk insisted that i give a ssn,
whie refusing to show any written authority for the demand, and refusing to give any statement as to how the information would be used.
The denial of a hearing on the denial of driver's license renewal is three things:
it's a crime,a federal felony under is it 18 usc 241,
a tort, actionable under 42 usc 1983 et seq., and an ethical violation of your duties to uphold the state and federal constitution.
You have been knowingly participating in this pattern and practice of illegal rights deprivation. While you have counseled against such policies, you failed to resign or take other steps to avoid participating in the conspiracy to violate my rights.
Was this wise?
One of my clients says you are good people, and my initial research
supports this, and I am inclined to try to work things out, if we can.
But when I went to try to work things out, I was treated with contempt and distain by employees under your supervision and control.
I want their names. So far, I don't have theirs, but I have yours.
I want a written apology from them.
I want assurances that the policy of concealing identities will end, as of now, and that when I request an appointment I'll be given one.
And, maybe, I want a shrubbery, if the ficus is still available.
If not, a token cash payment would suffice.
Typically, I find that letters like this are ignored, at first,
and I have to beat people in court or at the ballot box or over the head with a trout before I get their attention.
But it is my policy to give fair warning before going to war.
I have mad skillz. I am trained as a journalist, lawyer, politican, and shambala warrior.
This is the third warning to your agency, and my first warning to you personally.
Can we work this out?
Cordially,
Robbin Stewart.
letter to marion co election board
Dan,
Here's the situation.
You, along with Mr Vane and the county election board, extorted $600
from John England, in violation of his civil rights. This was three things, a crime, a tort, and an ethical violation.
I suggest your promptly return his $600 with a nice letter of apology.
Likewise, I suggest you cease and desist from attempting to extort a further $400 from John, $1000 from my client wayne kirk, and anyone else similarly situated.
As you know, Joell Palmer is my client in Taylor v Taylor, in which you are opposing counsel. And yet, rather than communicating with him via his counsel of record, you communicated with him directly, first threatening him with a $600 fine, then assessing a $50 fine, and finally dropping the matter. While in the end Mr. Palmer was not fined after all, he experienced distress as a result of you letters, and there was a chilling affect on his rights of politial participation uder the state and federal constitutions.
If you have been at all diligent, you are also aware that Mr. Palmer is a plaintiff in Williamson v. Long, on precisely this issue of law.
And you may recall that Mr. Palmer was a plaintiff in Edmondson v. Indianapolis, in which he was awarded $10,000 in damges and $100,000 in legal fees.
I am sure that you appreciate that communicating directly with a party who is represented by counsel is a non-trivial breach of professional ethics. If I am wrong on either the facts or the rules, please let me know.
I'm told you are very busy. You might find that the simplest way to resolve this is to send me a check for $600, made out to John England, and a letter withdrawing your threats against England, Kirk, and Palmer.
Alternatively, I'd be happy to meet for coffee and kick this around a bit.
Perhaps we've just had a failure to communicate.
I will be writing separately concerning the theft and seizure of signs from my client Eric Barnes, in the recent Lawrence election.
Cordially,
Robbin Stewart.
outline of annual report
letter to mike schaefer
look for places to live
get headlight
letter to alisa
6:47 am 2/7/04
Dear Ms. Cohen.
About a month ago, I went to your office to request an appointment.
It is my policy never to sue a government agency without first meeting and attempting to resolve the situation informally.
You refused to meet with me.
Your flunkies refused to give me their names.
My written request for a hearing was denied.
At a minimum, your conduct was uncivil; it was rude.
I became furious, and after a cooling off period remain upset and concerned.
I suspect,although I am not certain, that when the government agents under your supervision refused to identify themselves, they committed either a breach of professional ethics, or misfeasance/malfeasance in office, or both.
When government employees hide their identities, it is strongly suggestive that something nefarious is afoot.
It creates an appearance of impropriety.
It contributes to a situation in which driver's licenses are wrongfully withheld, and then payments are extorted to issue the licenses.
A driver's license implicates liberty rights to travel, to obtain employment, to gain access to a private club which has a liquor license..rephrase.
Some of the consequences of the wrongful denial of license renewal included interference with the right to travel, the right to seek employment, access to federal court, access to a cultural performance at the vogue, access to a private club i have belonged to for 8 years.
The refusal to replace a stolen driver's license contradicts the public policy expressed in the victim's rights provisions of the Indiana constitution.
On my next trip to a BMV office, my rights under the 1974 privacy act as amended, were violated, when the clerk insisted that i give a ssn,
whie refusing to show any written authority for the demand, and refusing to give any statement as to how the information would be used.
The denial of a hearing on the denial of driver's license renewal is three things:
it's a crime,a federal felony under is it 18 usc 241,
a tort, actionable under 42 usc 1983 et seq., and an ethical violation of your duties to uphold the state and federal constitution.
You have been knowingly participating in this pattern and practice of illegal rights deprivation. While you have counseled against such policies, you failed to resign or take other steps to avoid participating in the conspiracy to violate my rights.
Was this wise?
One of my clients says you are good people, and my initial research
supports this, and I am inclined to try to work things out, if we can.
But when I went to try to work things out, I was treated with contempt and distain by employees under your supervision and control.
I want their names. So far, I don't have theirs, but I have yours.
I want a written apology from them.
I want assurances that the policy of concealing identities will end, as of now, and that when I request an appointment I'll be given one.
And, maybe, I want a shrubbery, if the ficus is still available.
If not, a token cash payment would suffice.
Typically, I find that letters like this are ignored, at first,
and I have to beat people in court or at the ballot box or over the head with a trout before I get their attention.
But it is my policy to give fair warning before going to war.
I have mad skillz. I am trained as a journalist, lawyer, politican, and shambala warrior.
This is the third warning to your agency, and my first warning to you personally.
Can we work this out?
Cordially,
Robbin Stewart.
letter to marion co election board
Dan,
Here's the situation.
You, along with Mr Vane and the county election board, extorted $600
from John England, in violation of his civil rights. This was three things, a crime, a tort, and an ethical violation.
I suggest your promptly return his $600 with a nice letter of apology.
Likewise, I suggest you cease and desist from attempting to extort a further $400 from John, $1000 from my client wayne kirk, and anyone else similarly situated.
As you know, Joell Palmer is my client in Taylor v Taylor, in which you are opposing counsel. And yet, rather than communicating with him via his counsel of record, you communicated with him directly, first threatening him with a $600 fine, then assessing a $50 fine, and finally dropping the matter. While in the end Mr. Palmer was not fined after all, he experienced distress as a result of you letters, and there was a chilling affect on his rights of politial participation uder the state and federal constitutions.
If you have been at all diligent, you are also aware that Mr. Palmer is a plaintiff in Williamson v. Long, on precisely this issue of law.
And you may recall that Mr. Palmer was a plaintiff in Edmondson v. Indianapolis, in which he was awarded $10,000 in damges and $100,000 in legal fees.
I am sure that you appreciate that communicating directly with a party who is represented by counsel is a non-trivial breach of professional ethics. If I am wrong on either the facts or the rules, please let me know.
I'm told you are very busy. You might find that the simplest way to resolve this is to send me a check for $600, made out to John England, and a letter withdrawing your threats against England, Kirk, and Palmer.
Alternatively, I'd be happy to meet for coffee and kick this around a bit.
Perhaps we've just had a failure to communicate.
I will be writing separately concerning the theft and seizure of signs from my client Eric Barnes, in the recent Lawrence election.
Cordially,
Robbin Stewart.
outline of annual report
letter to mike schaefer
look for places to live
get headlight
Wednesday, January 28, 2004
Saturday, January 17, 2004
status of tools:
computer upgrade: done.
bike: fixed tire, could use brakes.
car: repair in progress, have access to back-up car.
gun: none yet.
today: new comp. (this was a win-win deal with the roommate,
he bought it used, i paid for the upgrade)
yesterday: read and responded to state brief, read a couple related cases, updated blog.
to do: call 7th circuit see if brief filed. can't i check the docket online? yes!
RESEARCH ISSUE PRECLUSION. oops.
computer upgrade: done.
bike: fixed tire, could use brakes.
car: repair in progress, have access to back-up car.
gun: none yet.
today: new comp. (this was a win-win deal with the roommate,
he bought it used, i paid for the upgrade)
yesterday: read and responded to state brief, read a couple related cases, updated blog.
to do: call 7th circuit see if brief filed. can't i check the docket online? yes!
RESEARCH ISSUE PRECLUSION. oops.
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