Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
My insanely manic aunt is out for dinner with my cousin, meaning that it’s just my stepfather and I at home for dinner. The two of us sat there, making small talk, neither wanting to talk about the one thing on both of our minds. We danced around it, mincing, not tackling the subject head-on, [...]
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Part I of II: “Do Not Hire “Karin” The Unemployed Lawyer“ Today, there was a (biased, slanted, overblown) story about “Karin”, a 2008 graduate from the University of Virginia School of Law who came to New York with Biglaw dreams. Karin was downsized and wound up on unemployment which, in New York City, pays $1,600 [...]