Hello, Sugar

The ROI on a box of Krusteaz Lemon Bar Mix is nothing short of stupendous. Particularly the cheesecake variation. Just thought you should know.

Win One From The Ripper

Following up on my last post, I'm in the process of reading an advance copy of Anonymous Lawyer, the novel, and am fighting hard against the urge to review it before I've actually finished the book. I plan to win that fight, but in the meantime Jeremy and his publisher have graciously offered to send an advance copy (the book is due out in July) to a Bag and Baggage reader of my choice. If you'd like to be that reader, here's all you need to do. Write up a summer program anecdote and either blog it (and send me the link), or email it my way. I'll pick my favorite and the book will go to that lucky person. I'd like to blog the winning submission and potentially runners up in their entirety, so by submitting you're granting me permission to do so. I'll also ultimately need the address where the book should be sent.

Submissions can be bone-chilling, heart-warming, or anywhere on the spectrum in between. Strangely enough, the only interesting summer program stories I know involve transgressions by the students rather than the firms. (Like the guy who, unbeknownst to his firm, wasn't actually enrolled at his top-5 law school when he received his end-of-summer offer, because the place had the temerity to expel him when it turned out he'd embezzled his law journal's treasury. Or the woman whose sole aim in accepting her summer clerkship was to troll for sexual harassment and/or discrimination and write an exposé. Or the guys who just a few weeks into their summer couldn't resist burning some of their newfound discretionary income on a trip to London...for the weekend...when they both had to be at the office bright and early the following Monday.) But your mileage may certainly vary. So have at it — raise our eyebrows, our hackles, or our spirits as you see fit, and you just might earn yourself some fine summer reading.

Please get me your submissions by next Friday, the 26th. Assuming anyone actually reads this and/or participates, I'll announce the winner after Memorial Day.

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Livin' Is Sleasy

Ah, summer associate time is here again. In recognition of this time-honored ritual, here are:

• "Questions to help first-class bullshitters self-identify," from the May issue of Fast Company (captioned "Quiz: Am I a total jerk?" in the TOC);


• the Amazon page for Jeremy Blachman's forthcoming novel, Anonymous Lawyer, based on everyone's favorite blawg by a fictional hiring partner;


• AL's MySpace profile;


• AL's ten pieces of recent advice (1-5; 6-10) for incoming summers;


• tales of summer program related verbs and vibes, from Buffalo Wings & Vodka; and


• a reminder that Jeremy's fictional sadist received (still receives??) a goodly number of resumes; as Ernie put it: "These days people are so desperate to find an honest lawyer that they will even find themselves drawn to one that is a complete emotional cipher. Then again, maybe law students are just desperate to get jobs, to the point where they'd apply anywhere and say anything to get hired."

Enjoy!

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WiFi With A View

Here's an update from the Little River Inn (where my Dad props up the bar and helps innkeep): "Wireless Internet now available in all our rooms!" Sweet. If you hurry, you can even catch tonight's debut of the Mendocino Film Festival; the Inn is one of the venues.

Singular Insight

Here's Mike Treder on the Singularity Summit: "Seemingly unacceptable change is what happens while we're busy doing other things." (Have you ever noticed how sometimes those ice cubes never even make it to the glass?) [Via David Maizenberg]