After the craziness of the holidays died down, I found myself with 5 minutes free tonight. I discovered a colleague on LinkedIn, and then I thought to myself, I wonder if there are any more to find on Lawbby.com? Remember that site launched in 2005 when we were all excited about the possibilities of social networking for lawyers? Many of us could be counted among the site’s first members. I even discussed it in an article. So I dug out my dusty Lawbby.com password and fired up the site.

Lo and behold, someone forgot to pay their bill.

Well now where will I get my fix of lawyers and legal types? Ah, JDJive, that bubbling cesspool of bitterness and free speech, surely it won’t let me down. I have but 3 minutes remaining of my free time, and I must fill it with something law-related!

I’m greeted by a blank page with the ominous title “Test Page for Apache Installation.”

My, how times have changed. Now where will I get my fix of law students, proto-lawyers, and trolls? The WSJ Law Blog? Sorry, it’s just not the same. It just feels dirty when I read “TTT Toilet” next to one of those classy pencil sketch portraits.

Please read this Woman’s Day article. It’s about a friend of mine.

We need a lot more lawyers like her, and a lot less of the other kind.

As you can tell from the lack of posts here since, oh, December 2005, I am far, far away and removed from the barzam game. If you’re looking for your barzam fix and to cheer on a very worthy and deserving barzam candidate, look no further. Go here forthwith and share some barzam love.

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“Like many of his classmates, Grayson went on to get a law degree, in part because ‘it took away the questions about your ability.’”

Amen.

BusinessWeek, 3/12/07. An article including Stanley Grayson, now President and COO of M.R. Beal & Co.; became the first African American to head the muni bond department of a major firm, Prudential Securities.