Love It or Hate It? Christmas Music Anyone?

I love Christmas music, of all kinds, and all demoninations. I love to play Christmas music whether it is playing  trombone in a full orchestra or brass quartet or euphonium or tuba in a TubaChristmas concert. I love the sounds and the merriment. But I know that some people loathe it, with a passion! I’m…

30-day Plank Challenge

I was getting a little bored with my walking and running routine and with my favorite 10 minute workout, so I decided to try something different for November. I saw a post in my fitness group for a 30-day Plank Challenge. I thought it would be good to build a little core strength since that…

Honoring Howard Anawalt

Howard Anawalt was an incredible mentor. I chose to attend Santa Clara to concentrate on intellectual property law and he was the biggest proponent of IP at Santa Clara, so it only seemed natural that I would end up working for him as a research assistant while I was in law school. I felt lucky…

Honoring George J. Alexander

For veteran’s day, I wanted to highlight and honor one of my favorite law professors, George J. Alexander, who passed away recently, on July 29, 2013. He was a member of the US Navy between college and law school. On July 31, 2013, I received news that one of my favorite law school professors had…