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Tanner Wadsworth
May 21, 20205 min read
Meditations in an Empty Chatroom
“…[A]s this is the rainy season, I must necessarily suffer from wet and cold.” --Ulysses S. Grant. Dec. 19, 1852. Vancouver, Washington...
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Tanner Wadsworth
Apr 15, 20205 min read
Getting Jobs is Easy
With spring semester winding to a close, we law students have been busy applying for summer jobs. As I’ve spoken to my mentors and more...
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Tanner Wadsworth
Jan 18, 20204 min read
Man's Best Friend
This is my car. There are many like it, but this one is mine. In the short months since I have bought it, it has become a second home. A...
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Tanner Wadsworth
Dec 28, 20193 min read
Finals Week Fever Dreams
As the three people who regularly read this blog will know, I was sick during the week of finals. My fitful, Nyquil-induced sleep set the...
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Tanner Wadsworth
Dec 21, 20191 min read
Inspiring: 10 Common Regrets of People Who are Dying
For more than 25 years, Todd Bodkins was a hospice worker. His job was to make sure that terminally-ill and very elderly people were...
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Tanner Wadsworth
Dec 17, 20193 min read
The Long Dark Night of the Soul
The few times I've watched movies this semester, I've chosen legal films. I like John Grisham movies especially because they all have...
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Tanner Wadsworth
Nov 14, 20192 min read
1001 Excuses in Case I Do Poorly on Finals
Sometimes on late, hungry law school nights I catch myself with my face pressed up close against the microwave glass, watching my...
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Tanner Wadsworth
Sep 13, 20195 min read
The Fascinating Backstory to Pennoyer v. Neff That Almost Nobody Knows (or Cares) About
In 1866, a man named Marcus Neff acquired 322.89 acres in Multnomah County, Oregon from the United States Government. This land would...
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Tanner Wadsworth
Sep 7, 20192 min read
In Which I Start Donating Plasma
To cover some of my expenses during law school, I donate plasma. I drive across town to Fort Bowie Boulevard, where you have to drive...
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Tanner Wadsworth
Jun 24, 20192 min read
Around the World in Sixty Days
Tomorrow evening, I will fly East out of Tokyo. After a quick two day's worth of horrible layovers and arbitrary connections (you pay for...
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Tanner Wadsworth
Jun 23, 20193 min read
There Goes the Neighborhood: Mister Rogers in 2019
PITTSBURGH, PA — Company spokespeople announced today that ChainSAW Media LLC has cancelled its upcoming children's program, tentatively...
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Tanner Wadsworth
Jun 21, 20192 min read
Twists and Turns
Forrest Gump said that life is like a box of chocolates. I am not ready to contradict such an exemplary philosophical mind, but I think I...
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Tanner Wadsworth
Jun 20, 20192 min read
The Eternal Precipitation of the Busy Mind
With the first day of law school just short months away, I'm beginning to feel my first real twinges of anxiety. In the coming weeks and...
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Tanner Wadsworth
Jun 19, 20194 min read
In Which I Die and Go to Lawyer Heaven
"We finally found a spot to kick it Where we can drink liquor and no one bickers over trick shit And in my mind's eye, I see this place...
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Tanner Wadsworth
Jun 18, 20191 min read
Messenger.io
"The rough hair leaves her body, the horns disappear, the great eyes grow smaller, the gaping mouth shrinks, the shoulders and hands...
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Tanner Wadsworth
Jun 17, 20193 min read
Dinner with the CEO [Not Bill Gates]
This evening, through an extensive and unlikely series of fortunate events, I found myself having dinner with the CEO of Microsoft Japan....
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Tanner Wadsworth
Jun 16, 20194 min read
Deep Cuts From the Vitriol File
Today I found myself scrolling through my old Google Docs in boredom—a troubling new productivity rock-bottom for me, and a scathing...
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Tanner Wadsworth
Jun 14, 20192 min read
Fraternizing With the Enemy
5 P. M. April 7, 1865. General Lee, The results of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further resistance on the...
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Tanner Wadsworth
Jun 12, 20195 min read
Tokyo's Number-one Red-hot Late-night Expatriate XM Radio
I lift this format from George Tannenbaum's peerless Ad Aged blog. His nocturnal adventures are far superior to mine, and I hope you'll...
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Tanner Wadsworth
Jun 11, 20193 min read
Is This a Habitable Planet?
"Three days ago the...thermometer registered 107 in the office, and the next day the mountains were covered with snow. The worst is the...
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