UPDATE 1/22/11

I had a coworker once  who grew a beard and then shaved it off.  We asked him why.  He said, I didn’t look as good with the beard.  He wouldn’t admit that he didn’t look good with the beard (he didn’t), just not as good.   I have not been as good about posting here, so [...]

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LAW SCHOOL: CA VAUT LA PEINE?

The world at large has discovered that law school may not be the solution to every young person’s career problems after all.  As a lawyer, there’s an unwritten rule that I’m supposed to tell every saucer-eyed college senior with an LSAT prep book under her arm to turn back, to step away from the edge.  [...]

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WHAT DID YOU DO THIS WEEKEND?

Motivational types will tell you that, if you want to accomplish a goal, one of the best motivators is to tell people about it.  The theory behind this is, presumably, that the telling amps up the prospect of abject humiliation when you fail at your goals, so you try not to fail. When your  coworkers [...]

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THE LAST COUPLE

Shit, huh?

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MENTORS

You are supposed to seek out mentors over the course of your life, older men or women who take you under a wing, teach you the ropes.  Have I ever had a mentor?  It doesn’t seem like it. I’ve had teachers, sure — and teachers have always seemed to like and appreciate me as a [...]

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RESOLUTION

In 2009, I finished what I think of as a final draft of a decent novel, which I call A Perfect Wife. in 2010, I set out to follow some advice I read in Betsy Lerner’s book:  you are better off if you have a new project under way when the rejection letters start rolling [...]

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NOT MUCH HERE

No posts in a while. I’ll try to fix that soon.

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