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Monday, June 16th, 2008It’s funny, how we can talk ourselves into how MUCH we want something, and do too good a job of it… so that the attainment of it can be anticlimactic. “Is this all there is to it? Isn’t there more? Why isn’t there fanfare?” At least, that’s what I’ve been thinking, going [...]
My grown-up heart
Monday, June 9th, 2008I was reading M.F.K. Fisher’s Last House and was touched by her essay titled “My grown-up ears.” The story was about being receptive to things we once were not, and how it’s a relief. I had a number of thoughts about the essay, on the particular points that she was making, but I [...]
Eggshells
Monday, June 2nd, 2008In personal injury, aka “tort” law, there is such a thing as an “eggshell plaintiff.” (In most places, maybe not all.) What this means, in a nutshell, is that if someone gets hurt and it’s your fault, you don’t get to knock down your damages because your particular plaintiff is more prone to [...]
Purge
Monday, May 26th, 2008The last time I did it consciously was in college, after a week in school where all my friendships seemed to fall apart, after a poorly-done hookup/getting together with someone who was a dear friend– and then an even more poorly-managed “umm, wait” on my part. I was exhausted from thinking about it, and [...]
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