Friday Randomness

Not enough for their own posts, these are the snippets running through my head today:

* John Edwards admitted he had an affair with that woman he previously claimed he didn't screw. You know, the one who everyone found out about last year when she was 6months pregnant and Edwards' campaign manager claimed he fathered the baby. The one who Edwards was caught by the Enquirer trying to have a clandestine rendezvous with a couple weeks ago. *That* woman.

And all I can think is: anyone who cheats on his wife while she's dying of cancer is the king of scum. I wish I were surprised, but frankly Edwards never really lit my panties on fire as a political entity. He's probably a hell of a trial lawyer, but he was never going to be President. This little mishap just ensures he will never be Vice President either.

I hope Elizabeth kicks him in the balls and leaves him.

* Tonight, I'm crossing something off my "things you must do at least once when you live in Atlanta" list: I'm seeing a movie at the Fox. Specifically, we are going to see Iron Man. Hey, it beats going to World of Coke...

* So in my practice group, we have this thing where someone brings in bagels on Fridays. For a long time a secretary in our group was bringing them, but when we decided that was too expensive a burden for her to bear, we set up a list by seniority of attorneys bringing in bagels week by week. Amazingly, we made it 2 months before someone forgot to bring their bagels in. (No, it wasn't me. I'm next week.) You would have thought the world had come to an end the way people were whining about not having breakfast here waiting for them. Now we have had a day filled with drama and snarky emails as a result. Over bagels. These people need to cut their carb intake, clearly.

* I am inordinately excited about taking another poker trip in a few weeks. I don't really have any reason to be hopeful after the last 3 have been disappointing, but I just have a feeling. Maybe it's because this time if I crash and burn, I can just go to the beach!

* I'm wondering why people don't seem more concerned about the whole Russia/Georgia hostilities today. This seems like a huge instability threat to me, and I can remember a time when talk of Russia invading a neighboring country would have sent people scurrying into bomb shelters. Are we just unimpressed with this sort of thing now that the US has marched into a few sovereign countries and started bombing shit? Or is everyone really just distracted by the Olympics?

* As I said to my parents over breakfast yesterday, I could not possibly give less of a shit about the Olympics this year. I used to love watching them when I was younger, and can even remember watching things like Greg Louganis' dives, the 96 women's gymnastic team, the dream team, the amazing swimming finishes, etc. in years past. But this year, I think the combination of the time difference and not following most of the sports featured that closely anymore has me feeling blah about it all.