Legal Commentary

Happy New Year, everybody!  I'm delighted to be back at Prawfs for January and am looking forward to seeing other law profs at AALS.  Although I won't be dressed in black, I will be mourning the imminent death of my fall sabbatical.

Spring semester must be approaching, because I had my first teaching dream in months.  In this dream nightmare, it was the first day of class.  There weren't enough seats, so students were sitting on the floor and on my desk.  The AV equipment was limited to an inoperative overhead projector.  My suit coat was too small, and when a distinguished alumnus suddenly appeared in the classroom, I discovered, upon shaking hands, that I was wearing an enormous pair of mittens.  A highly disappointing start to the semester ...

Do these bizarre teaching dreams happen to anybody else?