"I wasted time, and now doth time wasteth me." -William Shakespeare, Richard II A gray morning in the Southern Tier, leaves all fallen but too warm to snow. We're supposed to see a high of 58 tomorrow, four days before December. So much for the great global warming hoax. And tomorrow is my youngest's 26th birthday. Time flies. I saw a reference in the NYT to the fact that the movie Gladiator , which I've never actually seen, came out a quarter century ago. Is that even possib

“ When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I’m beginning to believe it. ” ― Clarence Darrow I'd been looking for a good Clarence Darrow quote about lawyers, and came across this one. It was too good not to post. My last morning waking up to this for awhile. Closing argument in a couple hours, then jury instructions, deliberation, and eventually verdict. As usual on closing argument day, my GI tract is in full rebellion. I used to think I had a bad habi

" Save us from the time of trial." -Lord's Prayer, BCP, modern version So it's Wednesday, and we'll rest our case here in a couple hours, battle off a motion for directed verdict, and flow into the defense case. Really exhausted by now, up since four working on witness outlines, fine tuning arguments, and otherwise trying to get ready. I did give myself the indulgence before crawling out of bed of scrolling through photos of P and me over the last five or six weeks. Lots of a

Today marks the busiest day of the trial--continue the examination of the client with something like 90 exhibits, then a parade of witnesses including one by video deposition, then the other side moving for directed verdict and us working past that threat. Then it's the other side's turn. Up at 3:38, and out of bed at 4 when it was obvious there was no going back to sleep. If anything breaks me in this trial, it's going to be the utter exhaustion when the last hour of my day