Miscellany: The elements

There's a subtropical storm off the coast of Florida right now - it's kind of a freak of nature, since the actual Atlantic hurricane season won't start for a few weeks. While it really isn't affecting our area directly, it's conspiring with the brush fires up north (which actually flared up right around the time of my final spring semester exams) to send a pall of smoke and haze over the state, along with storm surge that's damaging some area beaches.

I woke up today with the intention of putting in a full day's worth of studying for the law review competition. The grey miasma outside is just the icing on the cake of my mood, I suppose. Oh well - time to put on some Cranberries (in honor of the recent Northern Ireland accords) and get to work.