Friday, April 11, 2003

Today we’re having a committee

Today we’re having a committee meeting and a commission meeting, so I’ll be away from the Chuckledesk for a lot of my time.  I’ll be cheerfully distracted by thoughts of Happy Hour, which will come in handy because this will be a contentious meeting.  I’ll be particularly discomfited by one “public” (non-lawyer, non-judge) member of our committee and commission, who is zealous and passionate and has trouble with logical thinking.  We have very strict rules on who gets funding, and even if we like what someone is doing, if it’s not “the provision of free civil legal services to indigent people in California,” we can’t contribute to the cause.  She doesn’t get it.  She wants us to fund anti-discrimination work in Mississippi shipyards.  So I’m looking forward to the protracted discomfort of hearing an earnest ignoramus who doesn’t realize she’s not making sense or even understanding the larger conversation, but who feels compelled both to expound and to opine at length and with poor grammar, vocabulary, logic and social grace, derailing the meeting and making Happy Hour seem that much sweeter and more distant.  I love you all.