Random Thoughts

Today is Random Thought Day.  So, if you needed any proof I was absolutely correct in what I said in my post about The Royal Wedding, check out Kim Kardashian's filing for divorce only 72 days after she got married in one of the most ostentatious weddings of the century.  Was she so caught up in wedding planning fever that she didn't notice that they were so incompatible that they couldn't even stay married 3 months?  Truly amazing.
Also, when I tell you something won't work, why must you keep on badgering me and insisting it will?  The Trenches have now spent three days telling another law firm that the way they want our client to execute a document won't work.  We say that because we know our client.  What we get in return is simply an insistence that things be done their way, and they will not entertain any other option, even though we've offered many to them.  When I say "no," wording the question differently will not change the answer.  So stop.
While I'm ranting, when a judge asks you what you want, tell them.  Don't talk around in circles, saying nothing.  If you have a plan, and they ask, tell them what it is. I spent 15 minutes in a hearing this morning with an unrepresented party who kept saying we were close to agreement (we're not), because he has a plan to bridge the distance between the two positions.  The judge asked him what his plan was at least five times, five different ways.  He wouldn't tell her.  So, instead of working toward settlement, we got to play 20 questions.  What a way to waste everyone's time.
Sometimes the Trenches are fun, sometimes they're satisfying, and sometimes they're just not.  They're frustrating.  Today is one of those days.