ambivalent imbroglio{life is what happens while you're making other plans}Still in the running towards becoming- April 27, 2006 Following a recent job interview comes this letter in the mail: Dear Mr. Imbroglio, Thank you for participating in the first step of our interviewing process. We are happy to inform you that you have been recommended for a second interview. Due to our lengthy hiring process, we may not be contacting you for several months (or longer) with regard to scheduling this interview. Thank you in advance for your patience . . . . So... Great I guess... They sure know how to make a guy feel special! .http://mowabb.com/ai/archives/007443.html So tired of Moveable Type!- April 27, 2006 This site and others living on the same shared server have been down much more often than usual recently. Last night I got an email from Dreamhost saying that part of the recent problems is that my account has been using about 120 CPU minutesdaytwice what Dreamhost considers acceptable for a user on a shared server. A quick look at the logs shows that something close to 80% of that usage comes from two Moveable Type scriptsthe scripts for comments and trackbacks. Thanks to an array of plugins...http://mowabb.com/ai/archives/007441.html ABA Accreditation- April 25, 2006 Dave Hoffman has some interesting comments on Concurring Opinions about the ABA's role in accrediting law schools. The relevant part for me has to do with how law school accreditation interacts with the bar exam and professional discipline as mechanisms to ensure a minimum level of quality in the legal profession. Hoffman writes: I'm unconvinced by the argument that we need accreditation to protect consumers from bad lawyers. This seems like an expensive way to work a consumer protection...http://mowabb.com/ai/archives/007434.html What's must-see in the mid-Atlantic region- April 24, 2006 Hey traveling people, I need your help: What places and things should I visit in the next 5 weeks before I leave this part of the country for good See, it looks like we'll be moving at the end of Maywhere has yet to be decided. Yeah, we decided when to move before we decided where. Sound crazy That's just how we roll. But wherever we end up moving, it's going to be pretty far from the D.C. area, which means there's no time like the present to make sure we've done and seen as much of that...http://mowabb.com/ai/archives/007424.html Another opening in Billings- April 23, 2006 It seems the chief public defender in Billings, Montana, has decided to resign as of June 30, 2006. It seems like this can only be a good thing for me, considering that this resignation means there's one less lawyer who will be competing for a position in the PD's office in Billings and that's exactly where I hope to work. The comments on the article about this are quite interesting. The first, from someone calling himherself Former Public Defender, says that the woman who is resigning, Penny.http://mowabb.com/ai/archives/007419.html Quick! Build more prisons!- April 22, 2006 Mister District Attorney checks in to tell us what he's been up to recently: Sorry, its been way too long between posts, but Ive just been unable to muster the writerly wherewithal to post anything. Work is still work. The bad guys still do terrible things to people, and we do our level best to lock em up for as close to forever as we can. Good to know.http://mowabb.com/ai/archives/007415.html Laughing at BigLawyers- April 22, 2006 If you'd like a daily bit of humor from the BigLaw trenches, head over to The Disassociate, a relatively new blog whose author describes it as: one associate's attempt to see the humor, to focus on the lighter side, to find the fun. Somewhere along the way...repaying student loans, billing hours, monitoring salaries, many of us lost the sense of enjoyment, not about the law, but within the profession. Every day is funny, we just need to stop and think about it. I'll try to do that, but feel...http://mowabb.com/ai/archives/007412.html |