Is Ted Cruz Satan? Discuss.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

on any given night I might prefer a particular variety of wine, this is why I stock a cellar. is it that way with dildos?

Lady walks into a marital aide store and seems kinda self conscious. “How much for the pink one?” she asks, pointing to the shelf behind the counter. “Twenty bucks.” “Um, how much for the, uh, black one?” “Fifty bucks.” “And how much is that plaid one?” “Plaid one? Oh, that’s a hundred.” She buys it and leaves. Owner returns from lunch and asks the clerk how’s business. “Not bad. I sold your Thermos for a hundred bucks.”

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

Not anymore. Gregg Abbot lost that particular case.

You guys don't remember this? For the first half dozen years or so of this board, I ranted and raved against that law and openly defied it.

I remember. Civil disobedience at its finest. You are our Ghandiji.

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

Not anymore. Gregg Abbot lost that particular case.

You guys don't remember this? For the first half dozen years or so of this board, I ranted and raved against that law and openly defied it.

I remember it. At one point, I believe you advocated open carry.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally Posted by taxwonk

I remember it. At one point, I believe you advocated open carry.

This may be the one instance in which concealed carry is actually less polite.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch

Lady walks into a marital aide store and seems kinda self conscious. “How much for the pink one?” she asks, pointing to the shelf behind the counter. “Twenty bucks.” “Um, how much for the, uh, black one?” “Fifty bucks.” “And how much is that plaid one?” “Plaid one? Oh, that’s a hundred.” She buys it and leaves. Owner returns from lunch and asks the clerk how’s business. “Not bad. I sold your Thermos for a hundred bucks.”

My friend who once worked for AVN reviewing dildos and other assorted toys goes by the Playa name Plaid. I wonder if she got the name through your joke.

[LessinSF]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

Not anymore. Gregg Abbot lost that particular case.

You guys don't remember this? For the first half dozen years or so of this board, I ranted and raved against that law and openly defied it.

Openly? Too easy.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

Honestly, this is one thing I never understood. I do understand that "billing" or logging time when you are in-house would be incredibly annoying. ("Talk to colleague at the next urinal -- .2"). But at a law firm, meh. It's just no big deal, to me.

There are many, many things about this job that stress me out. Writing stuff down on a green sheet, which results pretty directly in me getting money, isn't one of them.

Sidd ("Dick around on the interwebs -- .2") Finch

Of the myriad grievances I had with the nature of the legal business model, keeping time was a top three annoyance. It's all about being constantly disciplined and conscientious, which is seriously fucking boring. The work itself is detailed enough. Who the fuck wants to try to rewind several hours of phone calls and emails from several people, and paper creation, to submit a pre-bill? Particularly when most of the work is done in furious bursts so one can get back to reading stuff like... this board. Hmmm... How much time would such a motion cost if like a good, slow, methodical worker bee drafted it?

Alternatively, like one guy I knew who did his all of bills three days before the end of the month - recreating his time from docs created and phone logs - it's "Brian Williams" billing.

Life's mundane enough. No one needs the added insult of keeping a log of all the mostly pointless and inconsequential things on which he's dicked away half his waking hours.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Of the myriad grievances I had with the nature of the legal business model, keeping time was a top three annoyance. It's all about being constantly disciplined and conscientious, which is seriously fucking boring. The work itself is detailed enough. Who the fuck wants to try to rewind several hours of phone calls and emails from several people, and paper creation, to submit a pre-bill? Particularly when most of the work is done in furious bursts so one can get back to reading stuff like... this board. Hmmm... How much time would such a motion cost if like a good, slow, methodical worker bee drafted it?

Alternatively, like one guy I knew who did his all of bills three days before the end of the month - recreating his time from docs created and phone logs - it's "Brian Williams" billing.

Life's mundane enough. No one needs the added insult of keeping a log of all the mostly pointless and inconsequential things on which he's dicked away half his waking hours.

Yeah, if only we all had the cohones to just send Wachtell bills to everyone. I-bankers did it with the "Lehman" formula, aka the double Lehman, aka the Lehman-with-a-twist-and-a-double-axel. The presence of a big cheese's name on the formula and the fact that the whole industry did it helped make it stick.

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Yeah, if only we all had the cohones to just send Wachtell bills to everyone. I-bankers did it with the "Lehman" formula, aka the double Lehman, aka the Lehman-with-a-twist-and-a-double-axel. The presence of a big cheese's name on the formula and the fact that the whole industry did it helped make it stick.

Rumor around the VC world here is that Jack Levin once sent a client a 7-figure bill with the simple descriptor "value added."

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by taxwonk

Rumor around the VC world here is that Jack Levin once sent a client a 7-figure bill with the simple descriptor "value added."

Jack is great. Second only to Marty in the pantheon of tax lawyers imho. I assume the client paid it.

I used to love the breakfasts at the end of the taxapalooza sessions I attended back in the 90s, before I left tax, when Jack and the gang dirtied whiteboards. Only once did I actually venture to the whiteboard....

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Re the conversation we have had about religion and the causes of violence, this book review is two months old but I just saw it yesterday and thought it was very good.

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Jack is great. Second only to Marty in the pantheon of tax lawyers imho. I assume the client paid it.

I used to love the breakfasts at the end of the taxapalooza sessions I attended back in the 90s, before I left tax, when Jack and the gang dirtied whiteboards. Only once did I actually venture to the whiteboard....

I was not only at the white board, I was pulled up there by Mark Silverman, Levin's heir in the Tax Section. I'm counting that toward my 15 minutes.

[Not Bob]

I could be wrong, but one example of the (alleged) bad things done by the bank described in this article could be a case of where Big Data was used to help the bank racially discriminate by "steering." http://www.propublica.org/article/ho...source=twitter

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by taxwonk

I was not only at the white board, I was pulled up there by Mark Silverman, Levin's heir in the Tax Section. I'm counting that toward my 15 minutes.

On my whiteboard time, Silverman told me he learned something. I remember it like it was yesterday. It was a 337(b)(2)(B) issue involving the restructuring of a hospital network. I felt the same rush I felt when Joey Ramone bled on me.

Ah, memories....

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally Posted by taxwonk

I was not only at the white board, I was pulled up there by Mark Silverman, Levin's heir in the Tax Section. I'm counting that toward my 15 minutes.

You transactional folks are ADORABLE with your war stories.