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Minor League
After several months as an agency temp, the time of my deliverance is at hand: the law firm I'm working for has decided to buy me from the temp agency and take me on board ( Read more... ) -
Just give me the bad news.
O employers! Hear my plea and prayer: If you don't think I'm good enough to do the job for you, go ahead and tell me so. I'm a big boy; I can take the bad news. Besides, I might need to know for other reasons.
Before I sat the bar exam, I applied for a job with a very small firm downtown that will remain nameless. I did everything needed to apply ( Read more... ) -
Gardel: "Volver"
As they say in Argentina: Carlos Gardel sings better with every passing day.
Lately I've been relying on Last.fm to serve me old tango records over the Intertubes. They drown out my cubemates' yammering. I've been listening to the lyrics more carefully, as well ( Read more... ) -
I'm still here
I am, honest ( Read more... ) -
Cheer up, Biglaw Associate
I didn't get a bonus, either.
Propriety prevents me from discussing my life these days. I'm slumming it in the nether-world of white-collar temporary work, waiting for something else to break.
I know a few things, though:
- Big Law is just like Small Law, except that everybody gets paid. Lots. I don't feel professionally inferior to my present ( Read more... )
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Close the book on the Deadskins
This post is going to ramble a bit. You have been warned.Well, the Deadskins go 6-10 for 2010. Along the way, we've seen a new coach, a new coach's son/offensive coordinator, two new quarterbacks, and, well, not much else ( Read more... ) -
Zombie!
boingboing is carrying a story about the reissue of some Fela Kuti recording. Best part: Fela's TRIUMPHANT Afrobeat anthem, "Zombie" CAN BE DOWNLOADED FOR FREE
This is quite possibly the best protest song against militarism EVER written. If you listen to this and are not immediately up and dancing, you should have yourself checked out by a -
Mythbuntu Box Build (and Analog Copy Protection Blues)
With a bit of time on my hands lately, I've embarked on a project that I've always wanted to try--I've built a MythTV box, using the excellent Mythbuntu distribution ( Read more... ) -
I live. For now.
I live. I have been keeping to myself since the bar exam. Not being as fortunate as some of my colleagues, who have been able to indulge in post-exam travels, I have instead stayed home and shunned most company ( Read more... ) -
It's time
Tomorrow: Roanoake.
Iuris praecepta sunt haec: honeste vivere, alterum non laedere, suum cuique tribuere. J. Inst. 1.3
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