Just a real quick entry because I haven't done one for a while. Had a few good wins in court lately. Very busy at work. Putting in time on weekends and evenings. Had a couple of dates. One I was going to follow up, but have procrastinated on. Hiking has been good. Been warm around here, but now getting back to regular temperatures.

Quoting myself real quick from other places:

"I think Gore should win, but not because of global warming. I mean, the U.S. hasn't even signed the Kyoto treaty.

No. Gore should win because he conceded gracefully in 2000. Democracy is the way we resolve conflicts instead of fighting each other. The peaceful transition of power is the key to the success of that process. When a person says "I may be the better man for the office. My agenda may be more important for the nation.", when a person puts aside that conviction and their own personal ambition, and all the injustices they may feel they have suffered from, and understands that preserving the peaceful transition of power is more important than those things, I think that person has done a great thing. It is an act that deserves recognition. "

Seriously, democracy is a much more fragile thing than we realize, and Gore did a great thing. Global warming is important, but I don't think Gore contributed enough to justify a peace prize, and beyond that a peace prize is supposed to be about peace, not environmentalism.

Next quote. This is the way I responded to a personal.

"The receptionist at work is selling Avon, and I noticed a lot of wrinkle removing creme. Now, I'm very young looking for my age. I know everybody says that to people my age. But in my case it is very true. I have no grey, no hair loss, and just the slightest hint of crow's feet at the corners of my eyes. But I asked my receptionist about that creme.

"Because, you see, I have a secret. I have the butt of Dorian Gray. All of the hair that is supposed to be on my back by now, all the wrinkles that are supposed to be on my face, all of the pimples that I didn't get as a teen and would have left my face a scarred hideous mass, all of those are on my butt. I have a shaggy, pimply,wrinkly butt. I look like I am 30, but at night when I go to bed, my secret shame is exposed.

"I'm writing this because in your profile, you indicated that if someone stated "butt" was their best feature, it would be a turn off. I thought then that you might be someone that I could confide in. Someone who would be able to accept me. Not just for the short term, but for the long term, when at some point, it just had to come out. You see, I've been in many relationships, and all of them have failed even after a blissfully joyous beginning. Eventually, the truth becomes exposed, and then they all run, screaming.

"And so here I sit, a good man. A man who could please a woman. A man who could please a woman. A man looking for love, but wounded, hurt, and afraid.

"Would you be the answer?"

For some reason, this person immediately deleted their profile.