10 things I learned this decade
Not being one to care about what others think and always wanting moar lists, I’m going to subject y’all to yet another. Here are ten things (in no random order) I learned this past decade. Some are law related, some are not related to anything at all.
- The older I get the more incomprehensible law review articles become.
- Winning isn’t everything, unless you’re a prosecutor.
- That I am horribly addicted to the internet and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it.
- Just as I consider everyone who has a blog and uses the ‘net to spew their opinions to be an idiot, they consider me to be one too. And I’m not happy about it.
- DVR is the best invention of any decade.
- Somewhere the real Gideon is crying.
- That the death penalty experiment has failed and we must stop tinkering with the machinery of death.
- That I have some clients who were in jail when this decade began and will still be in jail when I write an end of 2020s post in 20 years. This makes me sad.
- Pluto is not a planet.
- No one likes lists, unless there’s a badge involved.
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about 8 months ago
Things that didn’t make the list:
1. That in New England, snow is inevitable.
2. I do not like snow.
about 8 months ago
Also:
3. I am wrong.
4. I am wrong often.
about 8 months ago
5. Better to ask forgiveness than permission.
about 8 months ago
6. For every vocal client who hates you, there are 5 silent ones who don’t and 10 even more silent ones who couldn’t give a shit.
about 8 months ago
6. There is no bottom; things can always get worse.
about 8 months ago
7. Alcohol is the lawyer’s best friend.
about 8 months ago
8. The bigger the lobby, the worse the crime.
about 8 months ago
9. I will never understand what the deal is with Lady Gaga (or what her name even means, for that matter).
about 8 months ago
9. Lady Gaga is pointless, not talented, and anyway, Boy George, Ziggy Stardust, and Annie Lennox all did it better back in the day.
about 8 months ago
I found this post extremely useful and I will bookmark it for later use.
about 8 months ago
10. Internet memes are teh win.
about 8 months ago
The Beatles couldn’t explain their name to Ed Sullivan, either. Personally I enjoy the woman’s music: she blends different forms together well.