Mea Culpa

Yes, I know.  It has been an appallingly long time since I even put in an appearance.  I wish I could say it was for something useful, but it wasn’t.  I was in trial last Tuesday, and getting caught up from trial after that until I went home early with a sore throat on Friday [...]

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Going Away Party for Susie

OK, I’m the biggest whiner/baby I know, but upon reading Susie’s latest post, I thought:  We should throw her a going-away party!  She does a great job with the cake and the pictures when she does her parties, but it would be nice to throw her one of our own to wish her all the best [...]

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No Attorney Left Behind

Apparently, what should have been readily apparent as too preposterous for the government is now a part of our firm’s policies/procedures.  Get this, from a memo (hot off the presses!) sent to attorneys in our office this afternoon:
Attorneys are expected to be available and responsive by cell phone or e-mail when out of the office. **** [...]

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Comfort Food

Good, bad or indifferent, I have always “known” what foods I considered to be “comfort foods.” I usually understand the term “comfort food” as a single, two-word concept; that is, I usually can identify what it is. 
I have to confess, though, that it’s only been quite recently that I started to recognize how the actual term itself applied in my [...]

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Be Careful What You Wish For

This is just a short post – before I’d even left the house this morning, I got pulled into a nice little bit of litigation that might just help alleviate the boredom.  Keep your fingers crossed…..

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Diagnosis: Terminal Boredom

I will have worked for this firm (in one capacity or another) for 4 and a half years by the time I return from my trip toward the end of April.  I’ve been living/working on borrowed time for the last year and a half, given my prior work record of 2 years, 8 months and [...]

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At Loose Ends

I took a “mental health” day off work yesterday.  It was either that or rip the head off the first person I met that day and then work my way through the office until going-home time. 
The thing is, I spent most of the day just doing things I needed to do.  The trouble was, I [...]

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Cell Phones

I realize when I say this that I am probably in a very small minority, but I’m thinking I should make this announcement at work:
My cell phone is not an electronic tether.  I do not have it with me 24/7.   Do not assume that a voice mail message on my cell phone will do the [...]

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No More Drama

That is going to be tomorrow’s goal:  no more drama.  I’ll keep you posted on how that goes….. 

[I totally love those ICHC cats....]

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Wishing My Life Away

My mom always tells me that I wish my life away – I wish it were Saturday, I wish I were 16, I wish it was Christmas, etc. 
Today, I am just SOOOOO very thankful that tomorrow is Friday!  I like my job more days than I don’t like my job, and often, the reasons I [...]

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