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Five!

"'[H]ighly doubtful' that five sexual advances by a supervisor 'could...support a sexual discrimination claim of the hostile environment variety.'" Chamberlin v. 101 Realty, Inc., 915 F.2d 777, 784 (1st Cir. 1990) as discussed in Pomales v. Celulares Telefonica, Inc., 447 F.3d 79, 84 (1st Cir. 2006)

The 1990s were a weird time for employment law.

Incidents when "co-worker stood next to [plaintiff] in the restroom and 'peeped' at [his] 'privates'" did not create hostile working environment, because plaintiff did not perceive the conduct as problematic. Morgan v. Massachusetts Gen. Hosp., 901 F.2d 186, 193 (1st Cir. 1990) (seriously, tho)

You look gorgeous and happy! Congratulations.

In my case, opposing counsel lost so hard at trial that he physically fell down. So not really.

Gillenwater v. Home Depot Inc., No. 20-CV-10338-DJC, 2022 WL 17363508, at *6 (D. Mass. Dec. 1, 2022) (coworker's habit of calling plaintiff "p diddy," years prior to Sean Combs' indictment on sex crimes charges, insufficient to establish hostile working environment).

Citation is an art form.

“Are you an enemy of joy? Do you hate when people are friends? Did Holly Hunter insult your cat?”

“Do you understand why it’s important that I be able to trust you, Mr. [name redacted]?”

Twice I have heard a judge say something like this, to another lawyer. Chills you to the bone.

cc: everyone with a law license

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Once again, shouting into the ether: IF YOU DON'T LIKE LAWYERING FIND ANOTHER JOB

I cannot work with all the managing.

No. More. Fucking. Managing. Please.

Surely you’ll you do an on-location episode on a New Hampshire highway plaza, where they collect fees for travel:

Talkin’ Tolkien Tulle Kit Toolkits: Keene Toll Edition.

A totally normal thing to happen.

I’ll get out the fainting couches.

Oh yes!

It was okay.

I am such a weirdo.

A snipped screenshot of an article about the ancient grains cereal from 1992, in New York Magazine.

At about 6:00, I responded:

“SG” says what was that ancient grains cereal from the 90s that was Egyptian and mummy themed. EU answers: Great grains, I think. Or ancient grains.

SG continues: And it was a super earth toned or sepia toned box or bag with like anthropological stuff and maybe Egyptian shit on it Google says it's this ancient grain O shaped cereal but I think that's wrong. It was seedy

SG: Ugh this is going to drive me nuts. I had five colleagues searching for it on a call today because it came up. I also had to explain Peeing Simba. EU: Okay, I will solve

At about 5:30, my sister texted me:

So happy for you!

Edna is one of my favorite names.

An Edward Gorey drawing showing a morose looking black bird on a branch. He (and this feels very much like a he) is pointing downwards with one scraggly wing, and looking straight ahead with debt-filled eyes. His beak is long and sharp, like winter on the Great Plains. He is pointing with his right wing, but this means he is pointing to your left. Your wicked, sinister side. This is no accident. The Bird makes no such mistakes. But he is talking, and the text tells us that he is saying, "Beware of this and that." Honestly, you feel his message in your bones.

Some days I just feel like this Edward Gorey bird gets it.

Oooh those look nice

Old lady, red shirt, jacket she keeps in her office.

Look at my face. Re-emerging after a very stressful year. Pending a hair cut and color, I’m going to be fucking gorgeous.

(For a brief period of time, after which I will try three cases in four months, get run-down and bloated once more, etc… then healthy again).

I ate something!

A close up of an ornate gravestone featuring a crude drawing of a woman with droopy breasts.

It's #MementoMoriMonday, so I thought I'd share this absolutely wild gravestone of Prudence Hammond who died in 1711. It's located in Watertown, Massachusetts - and it's certainly... memorable!

Photo: Gravestones of New England

More info: shorturl.at/ldIcG

I think I am still two months and a haircut away. But getting there.