Alrighty this week is down

And this has not been one of my most successful weeks as an attorney. Other than my one good hour at the courthouse, when I was there for settlement confernces, I have been pretty much awful.

What have I done wrong?

I managed to screw up a proof of service. (Time go back and redo my blank one)
I have made glaring errors in drafting a complaint, which fortunately were caught prior to going out, but still terrible nonetheless.
I cannot seem to bill properly so that my clients do not get cranky (Fortunately not a matter of over billing, a matter of language)

In addition to all that, I have managed to completely make a mess of my time management. I am neither working efficient nor timely.

While there may be worse attorneys out there, this week, I'm not sure there were that many between me and the bottom.

Time to go back through and rip it all apart and start it again.

Are the dominoes starting to fall?

So Abramoff has plead guilty the other day and received 6 years. On the good side, he's plead guilty. On the bad, he only got six years, the minimum he could get.

And today, Tom DeLay's ex-deputy chief of staff, Tony Rudy, plead guilty to conspiring with Abramoff. He will receive a year of probation, a year in which is he is banned from lobbying, and approximately $325,000.00 in fines and restitution. Nice, but not nearly enough in my opinion.

Hopefully that Texas prosecutor will be ablt to knock over the next dominoe: Mr. DeLay himself.

All Natural In Space

This story gave me a chuckle when I saw it today. Apparently, Virgin Galatic (Sir Richard Branson's proposed Earth to space airline) is considering banning passengers who have had breast augmentation surgery.

If that is the case, what female celebs are they going to get to go up to outer space with William Shatner?

(hat tip to Ace of Spades)

Not filling me with hope

Apparently the head of the IAEA has said that sanctions should not be imposed on Iran. According to the BBC, Mohamed ElBaradei believes that further negotiations should be allowed in order to keep the peace, which would undoubtedly be strained if the West is succesfull and imposes sanctions on Iran.

Well, that might be nice ... if Iran was willing to suspend its nuclear program.

However, the Iranian ambassador to the IAEA, Aliasghar Soltaniyeh, stated definitively that, "We will not, definitely, suspend enrichment," its ambassador to the IAEA, Aliasghar Soltaniyeh, said earlier on Thursday. "

So what is Mr. ElBaradei's plan? As he laid out yesterday, "“The five measures I have outlined – tightening controls, protecting materials, supporting verification, reinvigorating disarmament and strengthening the Security Council – are all necessary and urgent steps,” Mr. ElBaradei told a conference of German dentists in Karlsruhe over the weekend, in an address aptly called “Putting Teeth in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Regime.”

Now, I used to be a fan of the United Nations. But then there was Somalia. And then Rwanda. And the Balkans. And the pre-9/11 Iraq issue. And the Oil for Food fiasco. Let's not forget that this was the organization that thought it was a good idea to allow Libya and Burma sit on Humans Rights Commission.

So why should I not believe them this time? The UN can only move forward when there is agreement. And the only things that the nations will agree on is the absolute minimum. The U.S. and United Kingdom, and possible France, see Iran as a dangerous country once again under its current leadership. Russia and China see it as a client and a source of opposition to U.S. hegemony over the Persian Gulf region. It would be interesting to see how China views Iran after it starts giving more aid to dissident Muslim groups in China. Or if the Chechens suddenly found that they had a sponsor willing to lend them some plutonium for say a dirty bomb.

Iran has been and continues to be a sponsor of terrorist groups. And by terrorist I mean groups who as primary means of resistance/attack (depending on your view) target civilians deliberately.

Now if only the Iranians were as blinkered as the Iraqis, and put their program in convenient location... this could be dealt with.

A Sign of the Apocalypse

Comes with this statement from Mr. Britney Spears, "My album is sure to set the dance floors across the world on fire."

Apparently, as if "Popozao" wasn't bad enough, there will soon be a whole album of K-Fed's musical stylings.

And a tour.

I'm convinced that pale horseman's coming up the street soon.

Not my week

This week just has not been fun. And to top it off, some jack*&^@ just left what appears to be spam. And here I was thinking that it was an actual comment. Grrr!

Notes on Wedding Planning

So as some of you may know, I recently proposed to my girlfriend, making her my fiancee (yikes!).

Anyways, we have been looking this weekend and last for places to get married. And the one thing that I am firmly able to say is that she is definitely a Coach/Burberry/Channel girl and I am definitely a Target guy and this wedding is going to be expensive.

For example, I would be happy with DJ. She wants a 8 piece swing band (who are really good). I don't particularly care where the wedding takes place. She wants some "va-voom" cachet attached to it. I just want to make sure there are functional, comfortable chairs. She keeps talking about special ordering Chiavari chairs (whatever those are. I think I spelled it correctly, so I get points).

I think I may just stop looking at my bank account and just assume that as of now it reads zero or less until this all over. It will make things a lot easier for me.

Now if she will just decide on which place we will spend all the money, and when, I can start telling my guys when the bachelor party will be.

So there is an upside to this... I guess.

P.S. I do love her.