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  • “Inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet.” - Clarence Darrow 08.15.0608.19.0508.20.04 Casualties in Iraq 3707Total Wounded 27409Latest fatality: 8/19/07

  • - The Shit You Learn at Bachelor Parties (Particularly that I 'm in the Wrong Profession) -Billing RateAiko: $20 (plus tip) a dance, which lasts about two minutes. Or, $400 for an hour in the champagne room. Me: A l…

  • - Yi Yi - Heavy Note: I finally got a breather today. Work has been totally crushing me that last couple of weeks. I've had bad runs before, but this year has been the thickest that it's ever been -- and this mon…

  • - H to the Izzo -Criminal Procedure, particularly the intersection of the police with civil society, is one of my favorite legal subjects. A lot of people take for granted abuses of power by people that we put in autho…

  • - Now If This Just Isn't Retarded - Last month, Xanga paid out one million dollars in a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission for violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. The Act was passed to p…

  • - React -Action:I was at a volleyball game for my firm tonight in one of the city-wide leagues. During the game, one out-of-shape heavy guy from the other team accidentally jumped forward into the net, rather than vert…

  • - I'll Add This to the Long List of Things I'll Never Understand - I don't understand why the Christian Right isn't going apeshit over the Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson divorce and ensuing shenanigans (yes, I rea…

  • - Lawyers Get the Weirdest Spam - Got this in my work account; apparently this person has just be going down the list on Martindale (sort of a white pages for lawyers) emailing people at random. Sent By: Name: leen…

  • - Getting Exhausted - 1. No longer spunky and excited about this brief. And no longer shining sunshine out of my ass about work. My weekend plans just got canceled, so we could do more work. "We," meaning me and the…

  • - Runway - 1. What is it about doing a load of laundry (when it's long overdue) that makes me feel like a rich man? Last night, I was like, "Look at all of this clean underwear! What a luxury!" (That morning, I had …