Useless Dicta

Breaking blog silence because I have sad news.

A comment on Useless Dicta's blog indicates that she passed away suddenly and unexpectedly back in February. See the comment on this post.

She was part of a small cadre of law school bloggers who have been around since 2006. I am not "Facebook friends in real life" with her, so I just have no way of knowing if the comment is true. Yet, when you read it, I am sure you will believe it is genuine. I do.

She became a better blogger after law school, unlike most of us who get less interesting and more guarded. Her last few posts show she was a woman on her way -- she had landed her dream legal job as a prosecutor and seemed happy in her work. She had a new place to live, grown up furniture, tales of courtroom hilarity, and a 'its complicated' relationship with a boy. I was looking forward to seeing where the upcoming year would take her. She was an open and charming writer, she had a great outlook, and I smiled whenever I saw she had a new post.

Useless Dicta, this is not much of a farewell... I really lack the words... but you will be missed.

Leaving a light on

I was going to call this "Going Dark" but 1) because it is April 1st, no one would believe it 2) it is not strictly true.

For reasons I would rather not get into right now, I am taking a time out from social media for the month of April.

• No Twitter.
• No Facebook.
• No Blog.
• Not visiting other blogs (sorry, all!)
  

I'll need someone to host the Roundup for April 11. Email protoattorney at yahoo.com or ilovebutterflyfish at yahoo.com if you're interested.

I'll catch up and link to the Roundups upon my return.

If you spare a thought for me during that time, leave a comment. It will make me happy when I come back.

May 1.

See you then.

(If this feels a little familiar, yes I tried to take a hiatus before. Two years ago. During finals. Failed miserably, but then, I always had fodder during finals.)