Staci's Doppleganger???

If Staci was about 20 lbs heavier.

Lindsay's Celebrity Look-alikes

My cool celebrity look-alike collage from MyHeritage.com. Get one for yourself.

My Celebrity Look-alikes (part 2)

My cool celebrity look-alike collage from MyHeritage.com. Get one for yourself.

My Celebrity Look-alikes

My cool celebrity look-alike collage from MyHeritage.com. Get one for yourself.

Lumpy's American Idol Twin

Here are a few more photos of Lumpy's doppelganger. Am I the only one who is kind of creeped out by this???

Funny

Last night Jay was looking in the mirror and he said "I a cute widdow boy."

More faces of Jay

Who will win American Idol???

My money is on my brother Kyle.

What you've all been waiting for

Here are a couple of pictures of Jay. The first one was taken just a couple of hours after his tooth was pulled and he was still pretty loopy so it gives you an idea of what he was like that day. I took the other picture yesterday. In other news, I have now lost almost 4 of the 7 or 8 lbs I gained over Christmas break.

Jay's latest ...

We put up our Christmas tree on Monday for family night. Jay hasn't been able to stay away from it!! He has pulled almost all of the ornaments off, and even broken a couple. Oh well. Anyway, he has been really cute with the tree. He'll stand in front of it and say "Hi Tree" and wave his hand at the tree. Then he'll go up and give it a hug, and a kiss. Yesterday, I saw him go up to the tree and say "shake hands" and grab one of the branches like he was shaking hands with it. It's really funny, he treats it almost like it's a person (or at least like an animal). I think he'll really enjoy Christmas this year.

Joke of the day...

A local United Way office realized that the organization had never received a donation from the town's most successful lawyer. The person in charge of contributions called him to persuade him to contribute."Our research shows that out of a yearly income of at least $700,000, you give not a penny to charity. Wouldn't you like to give back to the community in some way?"The lawyer mulled this over for a moment and replied, "First, did your research also show that my mother is dying after a long illness and has medical bills that are several times her annual income?"Embarrassed, the United Way rep mumbled, "Um… no."The lawyer interrupts, "Or that my brother, a disabled veteran, is blind and confined to a wheelchair?"The stricken United Way rep began to stammer out an apology, but was interrupted again."Or that my sister's husband died in a traffic accident," the lawyer's voice rising in indignation, "leaving her penniless with three children?!"The humiliated United Way rep, completely beaten, said simply, "I had no idea..."On a roll, the lawyer cut him off once again, "So if I don't give any money to them, why should I give any to you?"

Nothing much

Well, I don't really have much to say, except that I am really looking forward to Thanksgiving. I have lost about 5 lbs. this semester, so I'll be in prime eating shape come next thursday. School is going ok, I'm about done with classes and am outlining for finals, which start December 8th. The weather here is pretty nice, highs in the high 60's to low 70's, and lows in the mid 50's. It's strange to think that Christmas is in 5 weeks, because the weather here is still so nice. You will all be surprised at how much Jay has changed just in the past couple of months. Travis won't even recognize him. Well, back to studying.

Good news ...

Well, I just received (and accepted) a job offer from the law firm Alverson Taylor Mortensen & Sanders here in Las Vegas. They are a 41 attorney firm that has been around for about 25 years. I'll be in their litigation department, and will start right after I take the Nevada bar exam in late July. I really liked the hiring partner I interviewed with, and they took me on a tour of their office, which was nice as well. Anyway, what a relief!

Funny story

This is a funny story I got in my email the other day...


A Charlotte, North Carolina lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then insured them against fire, among other things. Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars and without yet having made even his first premium payment on the policy, the lawyer filed claim against the insurance company.In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost in a series of small fires. The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion.The lawyer sued ... and WON! (Stay with me here.)In delivering the ruling, the judge agreed with the insurance company that the claim was frivolous. The judge stated nevertheless, that the lawyer "held a policy from the company in which it had warranted that the cigars were insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure them against fire, without defining what is considered to be unacceptable fire" and was obligated to pay the claim.Rather than endure lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance company accepted the ruling and paid $15,000 to the lawyer for his loss of the rare cigars lost in the "fires."NOW FOR THE BEST PART...After the lawyer cashed the check, the insurance company had him arrested on 24 counts of ARSON! With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case being used against him, the lawyer was convicted of intentionally burning his insured property and was sentenced to 24 months in jail and a $24,000 fine.This is a true story and was the First Place winner in the recent Criminal Lawyers Award Contest.

Try try again

Well, I tried 3 times to upload some pictures of Jay's birthday, etc. but I couldn't get it to work. I'm sick of trying, so I'm giving up for now and I'll try again later today or tomorrow.

This is pretty funny ...

Funny Prank

Ryan called me yesterday with a funny prank idea. The plan was for him to set up a phony email account and send Britton an email with his LSAT "results." The funny part is that according to the email, Britton only scored a 151 (which is pretty bad in case you were wondering). So I dug through my hotmail inbox and found my LSAT results email and forwarded it to Ryan. He changed the name, date, and score but kept the rest the same to make it look legitimate. Here is the result:

Dear BRITTON BUTTERFIELD,

Your September 30, 2006 LSAT score is 151. The percentile rank is 46.A copy of your LSAT Score Report will be available in the LSAT section of the MY DOCS folder in your Online Services account at www.lsac.org. Other test related documents (in accordance with LSAC disclosure policies) may also be available in the folder.Note: The note below applies only to those who took a make up administration due to inclement weather on September 30.If you took a make up test administration due to inclement weather, although your September score report shows the test date as September 30, 2006, please be assured that the score reflected is the score earned at your make up administration date. Since, make up tests are non disclosed, your score report shows only your LSAT score and percentile. You will not receive your answers, the credited answers, a copy of your answer sheet, or the score conversion table from the make up administration.Law School Admission Council

THIS IS A CRUEL JOKE BROUGHT TO YOU BY RYAN & CHAD

Playoff baseball

Playoff baseball just might be my favorite sporting event of the year. Especially when the Mets (2-0) are playing. In other news, I now have 4165 songs on my ipod and counting.

Jay's new trick

Well, Jay can now climb out of his crib. Yesterday when Lindsay put him down for a nap he started crying, and she said she could hear him grunting for a minute, and all of a sudden he came running into our bedroom. She put him back in the crib, but he was out by the time she had left his room! Needless to say, he didn't take a nap yesterday. It was kind of nice this morning though, usually he cries until I get him out of bed, but this morning he just came running into our room. I'll try to get a picture of him climbing out. It's really funny.