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Dear Editor: Uh. Hello. It is with great disgust and animus that I write this missive to the (so-called) editors of the Juris Publici. My
point is this: But dag-nab-it, Mr. Cecil (et al) -- where the heck is the friggin food critic and how am I supposed to know which delicacies to dabble with, which diners to devote my hard earned dollars to, and which eateries to eschew? And here is my point -- Don't fool with me Mr. Cecil ... bring back the damn food critic! He (or she) was worth every penny I pay to read this rag -- probably twice the price! I expect and have come to rely on him (or her) ... because unlike everyone else in this hard- cruel world ... the food critic has been there, right beside me, when I needed him (or her) most. My point? Let's just say -- maybe you are familiar with a term called "PROMISSORY ESTOPPLE" On second thought, you were in my contracts class -- maybe you aren't. My point is this ... I know where you live and what kind of car you drive. As a fellow student, and sole reader of this journal who isn't your mother ... I DEMAND the food critic! Maybe you and your buddy Carl Omohundro couldn't handle the competition for editorial space -- or maybe the two of you yahoos "disposed of" him (or her) because he (or she) was so much better ... and here is my point ... maybe you got rid of him (or her) because he(or she) had the nerve to speak the truth about foot-longs (that's hot dogs, gutter boy) from one of the truly great legal (and culinary) minds of this century …ME (hi kids). Don't mess with me "hot-rod!" I am lonesome, onry, and mean. See generally Waylon Jennings, Lonesome Onry & Mean, Tougher Than Leather, MCA Records (1977). I am also, as you may have heard, slightly disturbed. You have one month to make it right. That's my point. Signed, Dale Mullen
Dear Mr. Mullen: We appreciate your concern about the missing Food Critic column. But rest assured, however, that the Food Critic will return in the fall. We apologize that the Food Critic could not return in time for the summer issue, but there is a good excuse. Currently, the Food Critic is doing one of two things: enduring the sleepless nights of a new parent OR in a far away location, rehabilitating injured taste buds. We notice from the date of your letter to us that you wrote during the final days of Spring Semester of your 1L year. Since we were in the same boat as you, we understand how you could have melted down a bit in writing us. We tried to leave as much of your letter as possible, but we did have edit out some of the harsher expletives. Is that what they taught you on the Richmond Police Force? We thank you for reading our little paper. Here at the Juris Publici, we aim to serve as the student voice of the law school, and we aim to have features and articles that you enjoy. As always, any student may write us with complaints, suggestions, or even compliments. We also encourage anyone who wishes to rant about something to submit an article to our Editor-in-Chief, the aforementioned Mr. Cecil (jcecil@richmond.edu). We wish you a happy summer, Mr. Mullen. Hopefully the world of law clerking for your downtown law firm will prove a healing force for your psyche so that you will be ready in August to re-enter the academic realm. Yours truly, The Editors of the Juris Publici
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