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Finally the truth

In other news I went to a lawyer boy fund raiser on Friday night. I make a lot of money dealing with the legal aspects of this particular type of cancer, and feel like less of a ghoul by supporting the charity. So I bought some...
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Sorry I've been MIA on the updates, crazy week. New York, Atlants, Dallas and now I'm in the office.
I'll post more when I get a chance.

in the dream I fall into the sleepless sea
with a swell of panic and pain
my veins are aching for the distant reef
in the crush of emotional waves...

alright, get a hold of yourself
an' don't...
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So there's not much to update about here. I'm in the first long work stretch part of the year. The good news is I'm flying to NYC Friday and staying most of the week. My work schedule isn't TOO bad so I will be getting out and about. Let me know if you're in NY.

The GREAT news is that the judge gave me 4...
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I hope everyone spread some love for Valentines Day.
Lawyerboy hijacked me and I had to work all day and night, but we had our greatest career success this morning. We got a directed verdict at the end of a 6 week trial. So we're spreading the Valentines Love a day late.

Listen up: my friend Chicken has some free time in his life and instead of devoting it to frivolity he is going to Kenya to build a school. Yes yyou read that right, he's spending his time off in Africa building a school. Go to his blog to read up on the details and a party in NYC to raise some cash for the trip....
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It's odd to think that something I used to wrap around myself 20 years ago is what I reach for today. But that's life and it's fine.

This is a crisis I knew had to come,
Destroying the balance I'd kept.
Doubting, unsettling and turning around,
Wondering what will come next.
Is this the role that you wanted to live?
I was foolish to ask...
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"Don't worry," the colonel consoled her. "The mail comes tomorrow."

This morning's lesson: when they pull you over for going 93 in a 45 the police aren't happy.

Happy 2007 to everyone, hope you all had a great one. I'm back from the Keys and looking forward to spending some time in Chicago. So SGChicago I'll see you soon.
As for life: Key West and Little Palm Island were AWESOME. SCUBA diving, drinking, dancing, jumping on stage a couple times to sing and going on the mega-yacht of Lawyerboy's friend were the highlights....
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Well I made it through Christmas in Detroit and as a reward tomorrow I'm leaving for 5 days in Key West. The new year's resolution will be to turn off my mind, relax and float down stream.

So this is Christmas, and what have you done?

So it's that time of year when my partners yell at me because I'm behind in billing my clients and I have to spend hour upon hour catching up. Ho, ho, ho.