I mean, you could contribute: most of civil practice and certainly all of civil discovery is useless. You wouldn't be exactly wrong.

Hashtag lawsky???? @anyuse.bsky.social @caitesq.bsky.social So when both you and the bad guys go through and designate all the depo testimony except where you (or the bad guys) say "objection to form" and so you have to go counterdesignate that stuff, what is that? Not strategery. Just dumb.

If I was shouting, I would definitely capitalize the word 'Crime,' as it should be.

I have been wondering what the key song is.

Wait what?!?!?!? With a supermodel or sans nose that sets a thousand ships sail?

I saw a sad, funny, but mostly sad internet post about how US TV shows about Vietnam invariably reenact some massacre. And the most important character is the white US soldier, who is *troubled* by the massacre. The Vietnamese victims are props to his psychological state. It is disgusting.

OMG, young Gophers, this is the chance of a lifetime! (Do you reenact the Fabio/pigeon encounter of 1986 (? Not sure re date))

But what will you think/say in your head the next time you see someone write, "Let's goooooo!"?

Holy cow! I was just going to say you should watch Blue Valentine. You must not have seen it when it was out, since it is heart-breakingly memorable. Highly recommend. Hilarious that that scene was actually filmed there (in the space room, if I recall).

What is one to make of law school classmates joining the administration? What about the ones who made partner at certain firms and then join so-called independent agencies in a senior capacity? Sigh.

I mean, given the sex and gender makeup of my shop class, we were less worried at 17 about out eyes than the other pair we have. (Kidneys, of course.)

OMG, my shop teacher got so mad at me when I didn't use the thingamajigger on the table saw and the blade stalled and then fired half of my wood across the room. Little guy, plug of a man, came barreling in and threw me out. I think I got a C or D in shop that quarter.

Never forget "Slip, slop, slap!"

Now officially bona fide envious of Patrick Radden Keefe.

Isn't juche the kooky North Korean state ideology? Did the menu explain the restaurant name?

A crummy CIA that doesn't know music, you mean? Like one whose repertoire is limited to 80s and 90s pop that Trump might know? Because obvis I love Halber Mensch, but it would kill me on repeat.

Word up!

implausible decision by the referee that the Court approves over objection in six months.

Strong disagree! Don't compare to the ideal judge. Compare to the actual discovery referee you had from ADR services last month taking hearings from the car (you can hear the dings from the seatbelt). Compare the legally plausible (though obviously wrong) AI decision with the actual and

Like everyone else, can't read b/c paywall. But like everyone else, draw conclusions based on headline. Headline false here. The only enmity is when the SC decides against Trump. Otherwise, they love them. Upshot: they would rather have a fake independent SC than a bought and paid for judiciary.

I, too, was 38 when I quit my last job and became a lawyer. Rihanna, Esq.? Bring it.

Daphne and Shaggy: d/s, straight, or uninterested in each other?

Do infinitesimals exist???

Man, in a previous life, I wrote a dissertation about that guy.

I think it's a little trickier than that. Sometimes it's hard (like your advisers train you into blindness hard) to see that former academics have meaningful, interesting jobs in what seem to be empty fields. It's good to learn ancient languages, but it's also good to work in HR.

Oh totally interesting difference of self conception. I would hate that (and have consequent client development problems). I was talking to colleague Russ about whether we were committed to courts finding the truth and he was eminently not of the belief that that was their point.

I keep trying to talk my friends into understanding that sociopathy (that is, what it takes to be 'stone-cold killers') is frequently associated with successful lawyering, and they don't listen. They say it's like smarts or grit. Glad to see you understand.

If so then, yes, we can't bill for it, but it's like 50% of our job. And that makes our job take too much time.

Heard today in my office: "why do you think that is overbroad?" "Well, they can ask for anything." "But it's limited by subject matter to only docs disclosing this litigation." "Now that I'm focusing on the word disclosing..." But wait. Is managing different than training?

Most likely war, news man. Taiwan.