My hero and role model for the day is Jake Austen, who incidentally has a new book out about poker. Jake is at least a triple threat, fronting masked rockers The Goblins (although you didn't hear it from me), producing and puppetronicizing the Chicago public access cable kids' dance show Chic-A-Go-Go! (on which I've made several appearances) and editorating the comics and music rag Roctober. He's also a radio personality and a dad (I want to be one of those when I grow up!).

The night before I moved back from Chicago to Columbus, Jake and a couple other people took me out for beers and Mexican food at about 2:30 AM, and he gave me all this cool Goblins stuff, including a poster signed by the band that I put up on the wall of my bedroom.

In summary, when I grow up, I want to be just like Jake Austen. Which begs the question: Just why am I in law school?