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Thursday, June 16, 2005

The other night I was riding the 2 train uptown to chorus rehearsal. Sitting across from me was this guy who just had to be a Jewish lawyer. He looked the part. He was intently studying a pile of paper, wearing glasses, sweating, balding (in a bad way), and chewing a pen. If Woody Allen had a younger cousin and he was a lawyer, it might have been this guy. I sent contemptuous thoughts his way. Hah, you overstressed law firm slave! I thought. Glad I’m not you!

At one point he pulled something out of his pocket and I realized it contained an ID card with his name and - bingo - the name of a law firm. It can be fun to play detective, so later on I decided to look him up online.

[Originally I linked here to his online attorney profile, but I've decided that wasn't very nice. See comments.]

Wow - Yale Law School, Highest Honors at Oxford, a Fulbright Scholar, and a former clerk for the First Circuit.

Some credentials, eh? You never know who’s riding the subway with you.

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  1. Ah, but is he happy? :)

    Donated by Matt
    6/16/05 @ 9:46 PM


  2. All the law honors in the world won’t live down your description.

    Donated by Joe.My.God.
    6/17/05 @ 10:19 AM


  3. Has he found out that he was the subject of your post yet?

    Donated by LR
    6/17/05 @ 11:23 AM


  4. Umm… isn’t it kind of mean to slam on some total stranger and then reveal his identity for no apparent reason? I mean, it doesn’t sound like this guy did anything to you or acted like a jerk in any way, and it sounds like he’s actually done some nice public interest law work. I dunno; this just strikes me as sort of out of character for you.

    Donated by Chris
    6/17/05 @ 4:02 PM


  5. Hmm… good point, actually. I think I’ll remove the link.

    Donated by Tin Man
    6/17/05 @ 4:07 PM


  6. Yay! :)

    Donated by Chris
    6/20/05 @ 7:21 PM