Confessions of a Litigious Mind

The random, irrelevant musings of a law school graduate.

Monday, April 03, 2006

confirmation

today before my last class i stopped by the law school cafe to see how the pet photo contest was going. santos was by far the best looking pet up there, but my biggest fears were confirmed: the students' names are posted along with the pets' names. there is even one picture of two kids holding a stuffed dog, and they allowed that to be entered. this could easily blow up into a popularity contest. in fact, i would argue posting the pic of the stuffed animal is just that. to put money into that cup is to say "hey that's hilarious" or "i know/like that kid." this would hurt santos' chances though, as 1) i transferred here so i dont have that "first year shared experience" bond with anyone here (though i do still have it with friends at my old school), and 2) lots of law students are douchebags anyway, and why would i want to be popular amongst douchebags?

and i know, the money is for charity. but i dont give money to charity, or organizations that claim to be charities. is my money going to food and housing for the people who need it, or am i paying some chairperson's salary who will use my money to buy a hooker on his "business trip" to new orleans? i'm not going to risk it to find out.

you dont give to charity, you do charity.

posted by josh @ 4/03/2006 04:06:00 PM

10 Comments:

At 4/03/2006 5:25 PM, Blogger sadielady said...

who's this charity chick? i'm telling dominique!

 
At 4/03/2006 6:00 PM, Blogger law monkey said...

THANK YOU! exactly the point i was getting at here: http://-elephantjuice-.blogspot.com/2006/03/community-service-donating-money.html.

 
At 4/03/2006 6:49 PM, Blogger d$ said...

yeah, you better not be doing anybody, i dont care how stupid her name is!

 
At 4/04/2006 4:21 AM, Blogger That Lawyer Dude said...

"You don't give to charity, you do charity."
When is the last time you charitably cured a disease? When was the last time you know of someone who out of hobby or boredom took time from their lives to dedicate...I don't know 20-30 years to eradicating a killer virus or creating a medicine to offset some devestating result or crippling effect of an unknown medical condition?

In "doing" Charity, have you or any of your friends gone to over 50 support groups nationwide and provided education about a condition that only 20 years ago killed its victims with months of diagnosis or symptom?

Speaking of support groups, in providing charity do you keep and update lists of service providers for people who need them?

People who work for charities should not be denigrated for earning a salary. They are for the most part dedicated, hard workers who toil doing a job most of us would not do, no matter the salary.

There is no doubt most charities need volunteers. However rest assured those volunteers would be useless without the help and coordination of paid staff.

Maybe when you get your job, you'll think about making that monetary donation. Those of us praying for a cure may need it.

 
At 4/04/2006 9:22 AM, Blogger sadielady said...

buuuuurn!

 
At 4/04/2006 9:59 AM, Blogger d$ said...

man, i hope when i have a real job i have enough time to not only write three different blogs but also surf the internet enough to find strangers' blogs and write long winded posts criticizing them.. that would be awesome.

 
At 4/04/2006 11:00 AM, Blogger josh said...

hahaha. seriously man...you ever win a trial? i hope for your clients' sakes you specialize in intellectual (or maybe not in your case) property.

and, lawyer "dude," your first problem is that you're "praying for a cure." when i was 14 i prayed for snow every night so there would be no school. i bet you can guess how that worked out. get off your multi-blogging, know-it-all-ass and do something. oh, but i know, you work (blog) so hard, and so you give money because it's easy and that way you can feel good about yourself. well i'm happy for you.

and i understand that people who work for charities as their life need some sort of compensation to live, but let me ask you if these salaries are necessary:

1) marsha evans - president/ceo, red cross - $468,599
2) brian gallagher - president/ceo, united way - $432,709
3) w. todd bassett - national commander, salvation army - $94,091

my bad, those salaries are SO necessary. i bet marsha evans used that extra $400k to keep her hummer h2 on the road so she could drive underprivileged kids to school. please. plus, i bet any nationwide education programs and updating lists of service providers are funded straight out of the president/ceo's salary. wow, they ARE good people!

"They are for the most part dedicated, hard workers who toil doing a job most of us would not do, no matter the salary."
are you serious? i'll update lists for $400k...you got any openings?

maybe when i get a job i'll consider making a monetary donation...and then i'll laaaaaaaaaugh and laaaaaaaaaugh. charity is a good thing, but i think marsha evans' pool is already big enough.


on an unrelated note, reading your march 23 post about mlb sort of made me hate baseball for 5 min. thanks for taking the fun out of it. let me ask you, do you already have a date scheduled for your pole-out-of-the-ass surgery? if not, email me, i know a guy.

 
At 4/04/2006 11:12 AM, Blogger josh said...

as another aside, your profile on your firm's site, much like you, is quite long-winded. but i was thinking, it might be more professional if you did things like, oh, proof-read it. most notably, and i'm no expert on the mid-atlantic, but i'm pretty sure the school in delaware is widener, not "weidner." but you lecture there, so maybe i'm wrong.

 
At 4/04/2006 2:03 PM, Blogger sadielady said...

and a better buuuuurn!!

oh boy, as soon as i read that comment this morning i couldn't wait to read your response .... i held out checking back for as long as i could to give you time to formulate something good, dicta, and it was - - - it was awesome.

 
At 4/04/2006 4:28 PM, Blogger josh said...

yeah, i didnt get up too early since i didnt have class until 1030. turns out pro rep is good for something after all.

 

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