Good morning! Nice weather we're having! Are those new shoes? Anyway, gotta go - I'm late for my "Think. Respect. re-education class."I respond:
Have a nice day!
I'm sorry, Tim. I'm going to have to report you for calling attention to my shoes, which seems sexist to me. Also, I'm feeling that "Good morning! Nice weather" might be some sort of sly anti-WASP mockery.MadisonMan responds to me:
It's also patently false.Fenrisulven's all:
Then you get to go before some board or cmte on hate crimes and prove your innocence. When it's all over, the only thing people will recall is that you were somehow involved in some kind of despicable bigotry.MadisonMan comes back with:
fenris, I'd go before the board and show the statement "Nice weather we're having" was made on a day in October with rain and temperatures in the 40s. And they'd all agree with me.And I'm:
Yeah, I took your comment to be about the actual weather here this morning...And Tim's back with:
Sucks for you all, with promises it will only get worse before the end of March. As for me, it's 52 degrees at 9:45 a.m., with an anticipated high of 82, sunny, humidity at 62% and no wind. It is beautiful.So I'll just say...
And, not that I'm tracking this, but I don't recall Ann taking any recent photos of her shoes lately...
Here's the weather (from my office window):
And here are the shoes (against my office carpeting):
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Nice shoes. How do you keep them so well in all that rain?
What nice carpeting. You have a fine feminine eye for such things, I bet.
Heh, heh.
Looks like a Judy Garland, ruby slippers mood has taken hold over the rainbow. Which is where Wisconsin is, right?
-looks like Chinese footwear if you ask me
What color are your toenails?
I see something alarming in the second photograph:
I see evidence of foot-binding.
I'm not a forensic podiatrist, but I see evidence of foot-binding. Does anybody else see it?
Which brings up two irrelevant and unrelated questions:
a. what do you suggest for young lawyers to wear on their feet in their first appearance in court as a prosecuting attorney?
b. should those be different from the shoes you wear in court on your very last days as a prosecuting attorney toward the end of your career?
A whole post about footwear, lawyers, can you spot a criminal from their footwear, and stuff, would that be indicated?
Seriously, these are nice shoes. Where did you get them, and how much did they cost? Comfortable?
How did you keep them dry while going through the dreck of the outdoors?
It looks like Seattle out there! It's like that in Seattle for months at a time, sometimes six months. I loved it!
We wore rubbers over our shoes.
Well, the other kind. And you could still get them at places like the 5 n 10.
If I was about to appear in my first court date before a judge: is there a standard shoe for lawyers?
I'm hurt. I find those shoes to be disrespectful of my aesthetic, and your posting of that picture is willful harassment. Where do I download my form?
Well now, there you go. Be careful though - some already think your blog is a public utility.
Regardless, the rain doesn't look too heavy, like it would be nice for good five to seven mile run, just enough to keep cool. But that's probably just me.
And yes, nice shoes, although I wouldn't run in them even if I could. However,their color certainly offsets the general gloom most feel with overcast and rainy days. It seems to me most folks clothing gets darker and more colorful as the seasons get darker, and paler and more drab as the seasons get brighter, with the exception of swimsuits and flip flops...
" what do you suggest for young lawyers to wear on their feet in their first appearance in court as a prosecuting attorney?"
Here's a fashion tip from a real-life prosecutor.
Ann, it looks like you stole Mario Batali's clogs! The socks make it clear you are covert operative for the Iowa Hawkeyes, so appropriate Badger football staff have been notified so your gameplan stealing plans will be thwarted!
"What color are your toenails?"
Quarter of a Cent-Cherry.
"Seriously, these are nice shoes. Where did you get them, and how much did they cost? Comfortable?"
I got them here.
The brand is Arche, the official shoes of the Althouse blog. They're comfortable, expensive, and French. This style might not still be available, but you can browse for other styles here.
The socks are also Arche socks. I can't say enough about how great Arche socks are. Whenever I'm in a city with an Arche store, I buy two pairs of shoes and 20 pairs of socks.
Ann's referall to a dress code was to a naked attorney caught on a security camera. I don't know though how that would translate into indecent exposure, as no one seems to have actually seen him in person in this condition. But, he is apparently handicapped (by mental illness), so it is apparently ok.
But getting back to attorney dress code. These shoes might work for the last day as a prosecutor, but not on the first day. Then, male or female, the problem is that of gaining respect, stature, gravitas, etc. After all, the budding prosecutor is most likely 24-25 years old, and often looks it. Twenty years later, with graying hair, etc., it sometimes pays to tone down the authority.
I'm glad those are socks. I thought some oompa-loompa might've been doing something hinky to your feet.
Is OPI the official nail polish brand of Althouse?
I will not make a foot fetish comment.
OPI is just the official brand of my salon. For home use, I recommend Dior.
Are these art student shoes? On *you*, a law professor????!!
You forgot to cross your ankles!
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