Canadian Bar Association: Serious about clients.
Keeping good clients, getting new ones, making new ones “stick”. These are on everyone’s mind these days. For all 4.5 years this […]
Hermann the German: Casting a Cold Eye.
“The Germanic work ethic is a hilarious myth.” Apparently, it’s not just Yanks. The work ethic is suffering globally during The Recession. […]
Idealawg: Can anyone fix Gen Y’s quick-fix chip?
Lest we begin to hear the awful roars of manager-wielded chainsaws in the white collar workplace. Seriously, for a sober moment, like […]
The Dude finally abides.
Bravo, Mr. Bridges. A win for the real-life opposite of The Slackoisie–or The Anti-Slackoisie. See The Los Angeles Times. We are not […]
Will someone please give Jeff Bridges his Oscar now?
Real heroes. For his performance in Crazy Heart–and because he has worked his ass off over the years to be excellent again […]
Fashion
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Back to Hell’s Kitchen.
Jacob Riis photo of Bandits’ Roost (1890) Above: Hell’s Kitchen, NYC, before it got cute. The work, images and outcry of Riis […]
The Religion of Hell’s Kitchen.
Jacob Riis photo of Bandits’ Roost (1890) Above: Hell’s Kitchen, NYC, before it got cute. The work, images and outcry of Riis […]
ChatRoulette. Chat hags. Come again?
We have questions. If 87% of players are male, could this be one of those “confused young men” things? Like a post-modern […]
A constant barrage of small but powerful ads.
It’s the difference between achieving a robust corporate law practice and getting a job scraping barnacles off your ex-partner’s new yacht. If […]
And some talented.
All heiresses are beautiful. —John Dryden (1631-1700) Dylan Lauren (1974- ) (Rabbani & Solimene)
The Slackoisie: Confident. Connected. And Not Likely to Cure Cancer.
Or even work an 8 hour day. The Slack Millineals Ben Y, Tele tubbies or what ever you want to call them. […]
R. D. Lewis: Got Grϋndlichkeit?
Two Englishmen, meeting on the street may say “Hello”‘ and exchange brief words on the weather. Two Germans are likely to ask […]
Get Out Of The Yellow Pages. Now.
You need to be in the “white pages” of the telephone listings so people who already know you can find your firm. […]
Heroes: Neely Swanson’s No Meaner Place
No Meaner Place will highlight writers and writing that for one reason or another have pushed aside, shoved to the curb, and […]
Inside Counsel: Screw the cite-check and pass the Cheetos?
Why do things the hard way? It’s not like lawyering is demanding. In February’s edition of InsideCounsel magazine (formerly Corporate Legal Times), […]
“Is that an elected county judge in your pocket?”
“Or are you just hugely happy to see me?“ Even our finest popularly-elected state judges are steeped in a taint. Think of […]
Rue du Vaux
Are you positive Mademoiselle Clotilde du Vaux sparked a religion? Ever wonder about place names in Paris? There are about 6200 of […]
Washington Post: ‘Justice Obama’ may make more sense.
At this blog, we regard Mr. Obama with the kind of respect and reverence often reserved for a Jimmy Carter, Adlai Stevenson […]
Redux: Sarah Silverman for Congress
Sarah Silverman is saucy and attractive, too. If you don’t think that’s very important, you’re wrong–but you can write us an angry […]
Charles Nesbitt Wilson (1933 – 2010)
“Come on up and meet my girls”. In the 1980s I saw him in person just once, chatting up people near a […]
Dupont Circle 2-6-10
The best coverage is Sunday’s Washington Post (…”a flash mob with cabin fever…”) and Sunday’s Huffington Post. The Dupont Circle snow battle […]
Daniel O’Connell, Barrister.
Would this gentleman have Twittered? We think not. Daniel O’Connell (1775-1847), “Liberator of Ireland”, led a movement that forced the British to […]
Alternative Church
They don’t know what love is. –R. Newman
Justin Patten: Value and Service–Not Hours and Flat Fees.
See “It is Not About The Hourly Rate – It is About Client Service” by Justin Patten, who straddles Hertfordshire and London. […]
Jerome David Salinger (1919-2010)
Salinger changed writing. He died Wednesday. There are hundreds of articles out today but see The Boston Globe.