Comments on: Standing in the Penumbra of Celebrity http://iwassaying.net/2008/07/22/standing-in-the-penumbra-of-celebrity/ Chatter, memories and rants. Don't stop me if you've heard this one before. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:52:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Pete http://iwassaying.net/2008/07/22/standing-in-the-penumbra-of-celebrity/#comment-484 Pete Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:18:00 +0000 http://iwassaying.net/?p=204#comment-484 Got to within 20 feet of him after we sang and were leaving the field through a gate beside the bullpen. The guy is <em>big</em>! I dragged the word "penumbra" home from law school. Something about it appeals to judges. They have used it (try to stay with me here) for <strong>precise description of legal uncertainty</strong>, most especially in connection with First Amendment rights. That alone should have been enough to show me that law school was the wrong place for me. Got to within 20 feet of him after we sang and were leaving the field through a gate beside the bullpen. The guy is big!

I dragged the word “penumbra” home from law school. Something about it appeals to judges. They have used it (try to stay with me here) for precise description of legal uncertainty, most especially in connection with First Amendment rights.

That alone should have been enough to show me that law school was the wrong place for me.

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