The casebooks:
Whaley, Secured Transactions
Kalo et. al, Coastal and Ocean Law
The other random (ok, not so random) stuff:
MI Court of Appeals/MI Supreme Court cases related to Indian fishing treating
Fisher and Uhry, Getting to Yes
The even less random stuff:
The Gospel of Mark (with various exegesis)
The "yes, I really am that crazy" stuff:
Whittset et. al., The Non-Runner's Marathon Trainer
The Secured Transaction is jsut evil. Irritating, annoying, complex, and above all, depressing as all get out. The Ocean Law is very cool, and is accompanied by a coursepack that focuses on Great Lakes law and issues. Important for me, because I am interested in working with recreational property planning in Northern Michigan, a growing micro-niche, but most of the guys in there are into environmental stuff. Mostly not from a tree-hugger point of view, more from a sportsman's point of view, which is very nice. Oddly, almost all guys in that class. Maybe because of all the science. Dunno. Fishery treaties cases are for a paper for that class. Getting to Yes is the bible for interest-based negotiation, and seeing as how as of the beginning of September, I'll be a practicing mediator (unpaid, for course credit. In small claims court. Still, pretty cool.) it's important to know and internalize those priniciples.
Mark is a neat story. Overnight in the hospital a couple weeks ago, shot up with a ton of steroids that have a tendency to make one feel really, really bad in a jumpy and awful way. Sleeping was impossible, no computer, nothing to read. The nurse brought me a Gideon Bible. I chose a short one becuase reading was difficult, and the approximately ten pages of the gospel lasted me until dawn. Whole new appreciation for both Mark and the Gideons.
As for the marathin training guide, well, that's just what happens when someone a little nutty gets diagnosed with asthma. It's slow going, and I'll allow about a year instead of the sixteen week plan in that particular guide. I'm up to 3/4 of a mile at a time, which isn't much, until you compare it to last month. Don't be surprised if someday soon, in a bout of overconfidence, BridgeWalker turns into BridgeRunner.
Yeah, so no one asked for the back stories, but the lists are much niftier with some added context, imho.
