Before I write, I tell the “story” and issues to a nonlawyer. It prepares me to write it in the simplest terms. My husband and elderly mom learned a lot about mortgages and patents over the years.

Rage-inducing: an obscure word when a common word will do. Especially if it makes the justice’s impatient research attorney have to use a dictionary to understand your argument. Write with the goal that a 7th grader will get it on the first read thru.

Tone: sneering is not persuasive.

I retired from softball a mediocre junior on the JV team. Varsity coach invited me to be a baserunner for the varsity team in post-season play. I politely declined bc I had to study for AP tests. Coach lost her shit. Screamed. I was disloyal and ungrateful. Guess she wasn't used to being told no.

I’m the same—didn’t know it was called four-in-hand til now. Except I only know how to tie a Windsor because it’s what dad taught me in the early 80s.

Done. I told them about caregiving for my then-90 yo mom who lived in memory care and how it was a disaster when there was a spread in the facility. At least 7 of her neighbors died. She caught it but bc she was vaxxed and boosted, didn't get sick. I got every shot and booster and never caught it.

I was thinking this, too. When I saw he was assigned to this case, I told my husband, oooh, this could get interesting.

Trader Joe's English cheddar with caramelized onions on sourdough. And I endorse mayo for the perfect crust (spread the thinnest possible layer on the outside of the bread).

I have 3 gmail alter egos. I get lotto notices from Aus. I got a UK attorney's job offer. Egregious: a social worker's team sent me confidential info about a minor & kept sending even after I said they were violating HIPAA. I started responding "Joey ran off & joined the circus." They stopped.

And check first initial + last name, as it is a likely future email address. I worked with coldham@lawfirmname.com.

If I brought home a nice looking JA guy like you, my nisei parents would have peed themselves with joy and taken you out for chinameshi.

Hi! I am disloyal and ungrateful!
(This was screamed at me. I was a mediocre JV softball player who turned down an offer to be a pinch runner for the varsity team in the state tourney. Coach did not think studying for APs and SATs was a good reason.)

Err.
It’s URR.
Not AIR.

Thanks! That's a great suggestion.

Goodness gracious, those look divine. Those are what all biscuits want to look like when they grow up. Paul Hollywood Handshake-worthy.

Thanks! He was pretty much the last thing tethering me to the hellsite!

Hi 🙂✌️