"Never Write 'F*ck' on a Timesheet"

That may be the best piece of advice I've received since starting work.  Not that I actually wrote "f*ck" on a timesheet. Far from.  No, I received that piece of advice from one of my mentor attorneys earlier today, while he explained the Art of Billing.  Referencing an imaginary letter to an opponet, he spoke of kindly asking them "where the f*ck the complaint is," then stopped, caught himself, chuckled, and said, "Never write 'F*ck" on a timesheet." 

 

Today is much better than today.

That particular attorney makes me very happy.

 

Okay, I just wanted to drop in and say 'hi.'  In the meantime, here's a poem I swiped from my roommate E.  You should check out her site sometime, but get permission first.  She's an amazing writer. This isn't hers, though. 

 

The Lesson Of The Moth

i was talking to a moth
the other evening
he was trying to break into
an electric light bulb
and fry himself on the wires

why do you fellows
pull this stunt i asked him
because it is the conventional
thing for moths or why
if that had been an uncovered
candle instead of an electric
light bulb you would
now be a small unsightly cinder
have you no sense

plenty of it he answered
but at times we get tired
of using it
we get bored with the routine
and crave beauty
and excitement
fire is beautiful
and we know that if we get
too close it will kill us
but what does that matter
it is better to be happy
for a moment
and be burned up with beauty
than to live a long time
and be bored all the while
so we wad all our life up
into one little roll
and then we shoot the roll
that is what life is for
it is better to be a part of beauty
for one instant and then cease to
exist than to exist forever
and never be a part of beauty
our attitude toward life
is come easy go easy
we are like human beings
used to be before they became
too civilized to enjoy themselves

and before i could argue him
out of his philosophy
he went and immolated himself
on a patent cigar lighter
i do not agree with him
myself i would rather have
half the happiness and twice
the longevity

but at the same time i wish
there was something i wanted
as badly as he wanted to fry himself

-Don Marquis

 

I'm quite certain I'm a moth. 

 

I leave you with a bonus Song of the Day, "Passacaglia," from the Battlestar Galactica Season 1 Soundtrack . You may remember this hauntingly gorgeous string quartet piece from the first minutes of "Kobol's Last Gleaming, part 1."  Before you yell "GEEK!" remember that there's nothing like writing to classical music. I strongly suggest you all try it.  I'm partial to Mozart, Devorak, and Williams. This is some good stuff, too. KLE, stand in jealousy, or just go to Amazon and buy it, like I did.

 

Billin' like a villain,

-apk