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December 23, 2007
No sleep 'til Christmas
Been quite a year. The sub-prime mortgage crash rippled through other markets, international approval of America has remained at a steady low for nearly 5 years now, and WAC? met Parker Posey on his way to Europe. Now we're travelling again. Which these days, we think, lawyers should be doing anyway to service clients. So we're shutting down our Palo Alto-based "news division" until the 26th--unless, of course, in the next couple of days, North Korea accidently destroys Japan, Ron Paul picks up 30 points in the polls, Time Magazine declares lawyers, politicians or executive headhunters the most admired humans on earth, or Keith Richards passes from over-eating.
Posted by Holden Oliver at December 23, 2007 03:07 PM
Comments
Shutting down until the 26th?... Really?
This news inspires me to battle through and blog on Christmas day...
Dan... Oliver... et al at WAC? (Enjoyed your new video, Dan, BTW - a Web 2.0 vlogger now... where you lead, I shall follow) be sure that I shall keep the flame burning on your one day off.
Charon never shuts.... silver coins are welcome every day... including Christmas
Have a good Christmas y'all (is that how they say it in Texas?...or am I thinking of Toto / Tonto and Kansas?
HM The Queen's speech is on BBC and all other reputable British television broadcasting sites at 3.00 on Christmas Day.
I will, of course, be watching - wearing a dinner jacket... a glass of Rioja to my right, Silk Cut cigarettes to my left...
I recieved this well known Christmas message from a friend last year... but in the finest traditions of our profession... a precedent is a precedent... and billable? Watse not want not.....
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Not only that, Merry Christmas……
Posted by: Charon QC at December 22, 2007 05:14 PM