Kayla G.M.
@canpanicnow.bsky.social
Appellate attorney just trying to write, read, research, and drink more water.
"I'll be your Huckleberry." ~ Doc Holliday
"I'll be your Huckleberry." ~ Doc Holliday
Reposted by Kayla G.M.
::whispers:: So uh, I started that YouTube channel I’ve been talking about for two years, and the first two vids are live. Come hang with me. The Apiary: A Knitting Podcast - The VERY FIRST episode! New WIPs, some FOs, Introductions
youtu.be/i-jluNVy65A
youtu.be/i-jluNVy65A
The Apiary: A Knitting Podcast - The VERY FIRST episode! New WIPs, some FOs, Introductions
YouTube video by A Bee In The Bonnet
youtu.be
January 10, 2026 at 4:27 AM
::whispers:: So uh, I started that YouTube channel I’ve been talking about for two years, and the first two vids are live. Come hang with me. The Apiary: A Knitting Podcast - The VERY FIRST episode! New WIPs, some FOs, Introductions
youtu.be/i-jluNVy65A
youtu.be/i-jluNVy65A
Roberts Court, 2026 explaining how the ICE officer who killed Renee Good has qualified immunity: "There was no on-point, clear federal law prohibiting the public executions of mothers with gloveboxes full of stuffies . . . ."
January 8, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Roberts Court, 2026 explaining how the ICE officer who killed Renee Good has qualified immunity: "There was no on-point, clear federal law prohibiting the public executions of mothers with gloveboxes full of stuffies . . . ."
Twas the night before Christmas
And all through the house
Not a creature was stirring
Except my stupid glitching keyboard mouse.
And all through the house
Not a creature was stirring
Except my stupid glitching keyboard mouse.
December 25, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Twas the night before Christmas
And all through the house
Not a creature was stirring
Except my stupid glitching keyboard mouse.
And all through the house
Not a creature was stirring
Except my stupid glitching keyboard mouse.
And it was Christmas Eve with the tree lights flickering. The house had a new for sale sign out front. The baby slept. And I continued cranking briefs like a character setting herself up for a ghostly visit.
December 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
And it was Christmas Eve with the tree lights flickering. The house had a new for sale sign out front. The baby slept. And I continued cranking briefs like a character setting herself up for a ghostly visit.
Me, a lawyer talking to another lawyer: "I'm looking for a will--"
"--we do those--"
"--to live."
" . . . No."
"--we do those--"
"--to live."
" . . . No."
December 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Me, a lawyer talking to another lawyer: "I'm looking for a will--"
"--we do those--"
"--to live."
" . . . No."
"--we do those--"
"--to live."
" . . . No."
me: "i'm the dumbest, worst lawyer ever."
me, reading respondent's brief: "actually . . . second-dumbest, worst ever."
me, reading respondent's brief: "actually . . . second-dumbest, worst ever."
December 17, 2025 at 2:19 AM
me: "i'm the dumbest, worst lawyer ever."
me, reading respondent's brief: "actually . . . second-dumbest, worst ever."
me, reading respondent's brief: "actually . . . second-dumbest, worst ever."
Me, a lawyer to potential clients: "You really want a professional handling this. You never know what weird things will pop up."
Me, looking at anything plumbing and electrical: ". . . How hard could it be?"
Me, looking at anything plumbing and electrical: ". . . How hard could it be?"
December 15, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Me, a lawyer to potential clients: "You really want a professional handling this. You never know what weird things will pop up."
Me, looking at anything plumbing and electrical: ". . . How hard could it be?"
Me, looking at anything plumbing and electrical: ". . . How hard could it be?"
*stepping four feet back from the curb as a cement truck turns, whispering* "I'm not neurotic, there was just a very graphic tort hypo in law school that haunts me still."
October 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM
*stepping four feet back from the curb as a cement truck turns, whispering* "I'm not neurotic, there was just a very graphic tort hypo in law school that haunts me still."
My ghost will haunt the courthouse halls crooning, "Preserve the error. Object. Exhaust. Preserve the error, you fools."
October 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
My ghost will haunt the courthouse halls crooning, "Preserve the error. Object. Exhaust. Preserve the error, you fools."
Unfortunately, I do have to fck around to find out. It's my process.
October 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Unfortunately, I do have to fck around to find out. It's my process.
The best and scariest part about a virtual work is that you can't just go down the hall to ask people questions.
October 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The best and scariest part about a virtual work is that you can't just go down the hall to ask people questions.
DOJ lawyers texting Grok like: "Is a judge saying 'you are an officer of the court' repeatedly a good thing?"
October 6, 2025 at 4:18 AM
DOJ lawyers texting Grok like: "Is a judge saying 'you are an officer of the court' repeatedly a good thing?"
Me, with the rage of 10,000 screaming toddlers, typing: "Friendly reminder."
October 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Me, with the rage of 10,000 screaming toddlers, typing: "Friendly reminder."
Who needs Disney Plus when you have a million free CLE's on YouTube. The avengers had a better chance of beating Thanos than winning a post conviction appeal.
October 1, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Who needs Disney Plus when you have a million free CLE's on YouTube. The avengers had a better chance of beating Thanos than winning a post conviction appeal.
Civ Pro should teach how important the Notice of Appeal is. Please.
September 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Civ Pro should teach how important the Notice of Appeal is. Please.
Me, a millennial, bonding with a Gen X'er like, "The micro-plastics in me recognizes the lead in you."
September 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Me, a millennial, bonding with a Gen X'er like, "The micro-plastics in me recognizes the lead in you."
"Should that say 'Federal Law protects the right to free speech?'"
Me, an angry appellate lawyer, fourth cup of coffee in two hours, bloodshot eyes, with all 78 open Westlaw tabs begging me for mercy: "No. Feral Law is right."
Me, an angry appellate lawyer, fourth cup of coffee in two hours, bloodshot eyes, with all 78 open Westlaw tabs begging me for mercy: "No. Feral Law is right."
September 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"Should that say 'Federal Law protects the right to free speech?'"
Me, an angry appellate lawyer, fourth cup of coffee in two hours, bloodshot eyes, with all 78 open Westlaw tabs begging me for mercy: "No. Feral Law is right."
Me, an angry appellate lawyer, fourth cup of coffee in two hours, bloodshot eyes, with all 78 open Westlaw tabs begging me for mercy: "No. Feral Law is right."
Locked in so hard I started enjoying bluebooking (actually I've gone insane)
September 9, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Locked in so hard I started enjoying bluebooking (actually I've gone insane)
On this day, in 1967, Thurgood Marshall was appointed to the US Supreme Court. This day is a great day for big historical events.
August 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
On this day, in 1967, Thurgood Marshall was appointed to the US Supreme Court. This day is a great day for big historical events.
Reposted by Kayla G.M.
Congratulations to Justice Powell! #LadyLawyerDiaries
Justice Cleo Powell ’82 has been elected the next chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, succeeding S. Bernard Goodwyn ’86. www.law.virginia.edu/news/202508/...
Cleo E. Powell ’82 Elected Virginia’s Chief Justice
Cleo E. Powell, a 1982 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, will become the next chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia.
www.law.virginia.edu
August 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Congratulations to Justice Powell! #LadyLawyerDiaries
My favorite thing about legal research is that with one hour of research, you can have a clear answer. But with twenty? Oh, now you have a circuit split from a little piece of the question that isn't the whole question, but the whole question turns on this unaddressed piece of the question.
August 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
My favorite thing about legal research is that with one hour of research, you can have a clear answer. But with twenty? Oh, now you have a circuit split from a little piece of the question that isn't the whole question, but the whole question turns on this unaddressed piece of the question.
Back in my day, writers didn't plagiarize AI. They stole their wives' works and sold them as their own.
August 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Back in my day, writers didn't plagiarize AI. They stole their wives' works and sold them as their own.
AI is forcing me into needing in-person meetings. We've gone full circle. So advanced, we can only trust face-to-face communication. I hate it.
August 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
AI is forcing me into needing in-person meetings. We've gone full circle. So advanced, we can only trust face-to-face communication. I hate it.
Due dates? Sounds like a conspiracy by Big Calendar.
August 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Due dates? Sounds like a conspiracy by Big Calendar.
An appellate lawyer about to roast the opposing counsel: "My friend on the other side, however . . ."
August 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
An appellate lawyer about to roast the opposing counsel: "My friend on the other side, however . . ."