“Life moves pretty fast,” as Ferris Bueller says. “If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” That’s what happened a couple of weeks ago in this house, when our friend, Attorney Jim Long, swore my husband Vince into a new term of office and I didn’t even know [...]
My husband and I have been foster parents for the past 20 months. That’s an awkward sentence and one we rarely utter due to confidentiality concerns and the fact that it generally inspires some sort of effusive and unearned compliment that makes us both uncomfortable. We have met plenty of amazing people -- genuine heroes [...]
Judge John DesJardins called it "the greatest anthem of them all," when he played La Marseillaise, the French National Anthem, on his cellphone yesterday afternoon as he and Judge Vince Biskupic marched around the courthouse. Vince, wearing his robe and carrying the French Flag, may have begged to differ, but he honored the bet they'd [...]
We’re not sure how the World Cup final will end on Sunday, but, at least in Outagamie County, we know the victory will be sweet. If Croatia wins on Sunday, as we hope, Judge John Des Jardins has agreed to provide French pastries (ooh la la) to the court judges and their staffs. Should France [...]