Terence G. Schoone-Jongen

Stories from Terence G. Schoone-Jongen

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

This past week was the Law Revue Show, an undertaking near and dear to my heart-and an enterprise that is a bit different from most others here at GW Law.  That being the case, I'm doing something

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

I was raised to choose the cheapest brand of whatever I need and, regardless of quality, force myself to enjoy it.  Accordingly, in many areas (e.g., wine, wheat bread, spackling, etc.) I've failed

Riding the Rails Beats the Pants Off of Flying
Wednesday, January 13, 2010

By a trick of fate it turned out that it was somewhat cheaper for me to utilize Amtrak for my holiday travel plans.  And so it came to pass that, over the span of two weeks, I traveled by train fro

Bloodletting at the Red Cross
Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Time was that I regularly donated blood.  Before law school, I was one of those guys who was donating every 45 (or so) days.  Even during the first year of law school, I participated in several blo

Review: Fine Dining at Baja Fresh
Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Recently, this column has examined phenomena well beyond our immediate surroundings.  This week, we boldly journey into the jungle of fine dining in our neighborhood and examine the often-overlooke

Pickles, Beer, and Trouble at Das Best Oktoberfest
Wednesday, September 30, 2009

The previous week had been a long one for reasons magnificent and maddening.

A Pirate's Tale at Six Flags
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Last Saturday several friends and I journeyed to Six Flags America, located in Upper Marlboro.  As you know, the Six Flags advertisements assert that, as their parks' names invoke no fewer than six

It's For the Birds
Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Greetings, gentle reader, and welcome to the brand new year of my column, a column dedicated to shining a bright, critical light on areas deserving of scrutinizing attention, but often overlooke

Five Things They Don't Want You to Know. Whoever "They" Are...
Tuesday, August 18, 2009

So, here we are.  Orientation.  How do you like it so far?  Is it pretty much what you expected?  I bet it is.  How many different ways are there to do orientation, anyway?  That's not a question-t

De Novo Days
Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Well, here we are.  The end is breathing down our hunched, scrunched necks.  In just a few days, it will be reading recess, with the abyss just beyond.

De Novo Days
Wednesday, April 1, 2009

I can't tell you how excited I am for the EJF auction.  In my opinion, if you're not excited for it, you're neither a patriot nor a person with a soul.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

I returned home from Spring Break this year to discover that my bike had essentially been stripped by thieves.  Well, that isn't entirely true.  It happened in two stages, and the first stage was probably the work of drunks rather than thieves. 

Journal Competition Giving You Hives? Just Breathe
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Thank goodness.  It is less than a week until Spring Break.  I don't know about you, but I've been under a hefty amount of stress these last few weeks.

Details, Details
Wednesday, February 11, 2009

And here we are in February. What happened to January? Or December? How did I manage to accomplish so little in four weeks? How will I now make up for that slack? When do I even have time to read, let alone answer my emails? What have I gotten myself into?

My Kingdom for a Bullhorn
Wednesday, January 28, 2009

"Well, that could have gone more smoothly," I said to myself as I stood by the Reflecting Pool, shaking from a recent adrenaline infusion, several hundreds of thousands of my closest friends surrounding me.