Professor Rudely Interrupts Boggle Game to Grill Student About Stupid Case

My Bankruptcy class is taught by a federal bankruptcy judge. The judge called on me this morning. Perhaps I was just feeling techy about having my WEBOGGLE game interrupted, I'm not sure, but for some reason I decided to take issue with the outcome of the case he asked me about. I think I defended my position well, but for some reason he would not let go of the issue. He grilled and grilled and grilled. I was casting sidelong glances at M & G: Jeeze, what the hell? I just kept arguing and maintained my position--the trial court had reached what I would consider a just result, but the outcome was totally unsupported by the bankruptcy statute. (I apparently became a strict textualist? Was obviously just cranky.) Finally he revealed that this was his case; he had written the original opinion and I had just spent several minutes telling him that he was wrong. Great. It turns out that the eighth circuit upheld his decision, but another panel of the eighth circuit that was contemporaneously deciding the same issue in a different case agreed with me. Super.

In other news, Car ran away. After three days, Shad went to look for her at the pound. She was there. Poor kitty. It's probably best that she's back. It is not safe to have Car roaming the streets of North Minneapolis since she has a refined taste for human blood.