Comments on: It’s Literally Wednesday: Lawyers (and others) with Pens

By: Bryan Alexander

Bryan Alexander — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:53:45 +0000

Even though, as Dave says, it shouldn’t be surprising that lawyers are occasionally able to write books, I must confess that I am surprised.

It has been my experience that lawyers, no doubt capable of sustained concentration, are nevertheless so full of overheated vapor molecules (hot air), only a foolhardy publisher would dare to incur the expense of turning on the printing press for them.

Of course it is unnecessary to touch on the subject of lawyers’ reputation for straying from the truth. Whether or not the reputation is deserved, we know that books cannot be expected to contain the truth all of the time. A publisher must consider revenue at some point.

When it comes to the author that Dave mentions, I’m sure an appointee of Governor Deal may be excepted.

Wink wink to all,
a Former Member of the Bar

By: Decatur's Token Republican

Decatur's Token Republican — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 19:41:03 +0000

I’ve read several of Kathy Reich’s novels, and I eventually just stopped enjoying them. The problem is, her protagonist, Temperance Brennan, is an extremely smart person who makes the dumbest choices, and always ends up in trouble. I mean, after about the fifth book or so, where yet another boneheaded decision (pun intended) puts her in peril, you’d think she’d have learned…

It’s like watching a cliched horror flick. The characters should KNOW not to go alone into that dark room with the weird noises…

And why am I so intent on using ellipses?

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By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 18:59:57 +0000

When I was a kid, Dr. Seuss operated on my oobleck when I had an inflamed wumbus.

By: At Home in Decatur

At Home in Decatur — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:40:21 +0000

A surprising number of writers are physicians as well–Walker Percy, Ferrol Sams, Abraham Verghese, Chekov, Maimonides, Rabelais, William Carlos Williams, Dr. Seuss.