Do Lawtalkers Dream of Electric Sheep?

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by dtb
I have to put my dog to sleep this week. Poor thing. (Her, I mean, but I suppose me too.)

(The original "princess" in the pink costume.)

I'm sorry to hear that. I'm trying to prepare myself for the Displaced Dog's eventual demise, and I really can't contemplate it too much without crying a lot.

Should the after life thing pan out, I can't imagine our pooches won't be there waiting for us.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Coming in October. Unless I chicken out again. YIKES!!!!

So wait.

First he moves in with you?
And then he gets a dog?
And then he knocks you up?

I am sure these are some of the signs of the apocalypse.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I'm sorry to hear that. I'm trying to prepare myself for the Displaced Dog's eventual demise, and I really can't contemplate it too much without crying a lot.

Should the after life thing pan out, I can't imagine our pooches won't be there waiting for us.

Having been through this once already, the only thing I can say is that our dogs get better deaths than our people do.

I want to go like my most beloved pooch did... held in the arms of the person I most love and trust, just drifting off to sleep.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Having been through this once already, the only thing I can say is that our dogs get better deaths than our people do.

I want to go like my most beloved pooch did... held in the arms of the person I most love and trust, just drifting off to sleep.

You are making me sick.

TM

[dtb]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I'm sorry to hear that. I'm trying to prepare myself for the Displaced Dog's eventual demise, and I really can't contemplate it too much without crying a lot.

Should the after life thing pan out, I can't imagine our pooches won't be there waiting for us.

A friend of mine wrote a really nice tribute to his recently departed canine companion. If you want a copy, PM me, and I'll send it to you.

I think you'll appreciate it.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
You are making me sick.

TM

Perhaps you should bring the person you most love to the doctor and get a shot?

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Coming in October. Unless I chicken out again. YIKES!!!!

Congrats!!!

[bold_n_brazen]

Anyone know a Texas solo or small firm lawyer who might be interested in doing some work for my company?

PM me.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
So wait.

First he moves in with you?
And then he gets a dog?
And then he knocks you up?

I am sure these are some of the signs of the apocalypse.

Yeah, a year ago if you would have told me this would be my life now I would have ordered another cocktail and guffawed. One part I didn't mention is that we will probably even get married. WTF, right?

Oh -- he has offered the possibility of being a stay at home mom, which would give me opportunity to write my memoirs. It will be like A Million Little Pieces meets How to Make Love Like a Porn Star!!!!!

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
I took a gamble that the client would answer in the affirmative. I'm no Alan Dershowitz, but the adjective he used was "competent" and I thought I had even odds on meeting that standard. Plus, in the .5 seconds between question and answer, I think I hoped that his client (who was present) would find a "yes" answer a tiny bit demoralizing.

He's brought a little evil into the world, because now I'm going to have to add it to my witness depo prep checklist, so hundreds of people will be marginally inconvenienced between now and 2035.

On that checklist, do you have any cites to whether leading questions are proper at depositions? Around Philly, a fair number of what I'd generously call "indecorous" sorts seem to think those questions are fine. Some so much so they'll call a judge if you refuse to let the witness answer. I was always taught that you can't ask those questions, and I object and direct people not to answer them because I think it's rude to ask them, since a witness is not brought in for purposes of cross-exam and discovery is, as the word implies, a "discovery" process, not a Torquemadian grilling.

Some of these more "incensed" lawyers really get fucking bent when you tell them they may not beat on your client with questions like, "So you stopped beating your wife in 1997, then?" One hot blooded sort threatened me a few years back.

That has always infuriated me, because I have never been able to find a rule supporting my position, even though dozens of lawyers have told me it's correct. Is there a case out there that settles the issue?

Pardon the dorkiness of the question. It's a pet peeve of sorts.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I'm sorry to hear that. I'm trying to prepare myself for the Displaced Dog's eventual demise, and I really can't contemplate it too much without crying a lot.

Should the after life thing pan out, I can't imagine our pooches won't be there waiting for us.

This is why I have cats. There's a good chance one of these sneering, judgmental balls of fur will outlive me.

[ltl/fb]

I am only through like the 4th episode, and the storyline involving all the children is really getting to me. And I know it's only going to get worse as I get attached to them, and their lives (inevitably, I mean, this is The Wire) go downhill. Dukey (Dukie?) is already reminding me of Rufus, the smelly kid my 4th grade teacher had me working on basic literacy skills with. Uh, I possessed the basic literacy skills. He did not. I hadn't ever been in a class with someone whose literacy skills were significantly behind the curve before.

See? I'm all upset now.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Whatever you do, DO NOT GET SOBER

I guess I have nothing to ass.

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Yeah, a year ago if you would have told me this would be my life now I would have ordered another cocktail and guffawed. One part I didn't mention is that we will probably even get married. WTF, right?

Oh -- he has offered the possibility of being a stay at home mom, which would give me opportunity to write my memoirs. It will be like A Million Little Pieces meets How to Make Love Like a Porn Star!!!!!

It's like I don't even know you anymore.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
I guess I have nothing to ass.

It is merely a love note to Ollie, because he is funny.