I like lawyers, but . . .

I work with lawyers. They're nice people. I married a lawyer.

But sometimes lawyers are handed absolutely thankless tasks. And in an attempt to handle them according to the ethical constraints of their profession, they have to say things that sound just awful.

Case in point: Rudolf Mayer, Fritzl's lawyer, (perhaps the most thankless task in Austria in the last decade), insisting "charges of rape and imprisonment had yet to be proved."

Yeah, yeah, of course if you want to get picky, technically that's correct.

But . . . ish.

Back on the bike!

I didn't ride it all the way in. A certain amount of swapping cars back and forth was necessary, because the motor on the driver seat window on Rob's car is not working, so he had to take it in to get it fixed. So I threw my bike into the back of my jeep, drove to the mechanic's, and then reassembled and packed the bike and took off from there. That way Rob could drive my jeep to work after dropping his own car off. The extra nonsense meant I made it easy on myself, riding to the light rail station and taking the bike on the train. I think the tires need more pressure, and I won't be able to get to that till this weekend. But I think I will try riding the bike all the way home tonight--and discovering how much stamina I have lost over the winter. I also have to reacquaint myself with all the details of packing my bag with work clothes, locks, equipment, changing when I get to the office, etc.

Nevertheless, it may be said: I'm back on the bike.

Go me.

New swan ring

elisem said she had something to give me that just seemed made for me. ( here it is )

I think she's right and it's going to be living on my right hand for awhile.

New community: soulcollaging!

kijjohnson and I have had so much fun with soulcollaging that we've decided to set up a community! The two of us will be co-maintainers. Stop by and friend soulcollaging and post pictures of your cards and ask questions. I'll still cross-post here on the topic, but I'm hoping to get a group of like-minded people going with a community. Wish us luck! Drop a comment if you have any questions.