If it is good for the Supreme Court....

2008-04-19T14:28:00.000-04:00

The following excerpt was taken from Anecdotage.com:

One day John Marshall and his fellow Supreme Court justices, having heard disturbing rumors of their own excessive drinking, jointly agreed to abstain on their weekly consultation day - unless it was raining. The following consultation day, Marshall (the Chief Justice) instructed Joseph Story to go to the window and check for signs of inclement weather.

Story soon reported back: "Mr. Chief Justice, I have very carefully examined this case," he declared, "and I have to give it as my opinion that there is not the slightest sign of rain."

"Justice Story," Marshall replied, "I think that is the shallowest and most illogical opinion I have ever heard you deliver. You forget that our jurisdiction is as broad as the Republic, and by the laws of nature it must be raining some place in our jurisdiction. Waiter, bring on the rum!"

****The reason that I am starting this blog is because it is my belief that many of my fellow colleagues take their profession beyond the work place. I do not believe that this a healthy release, as can be seen from the above conversation. It is my belief that we need to take a step back, look at the happenings of the day, and laugh at ourselves when it is all said and done. For if we do not take that approach, it is foreseeable that we may end up like the Supreme Court Justices mentioned above.

I invite my fellow colleagues to post any event that may have happened today, this week, this month, or this year as a form of catharsism on this page so that we may all laugh at our mundane lives.

Note, please do not post your true identities on this page, for there may be the devil to pay "the governing bodies."

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If it is good for the Supreme Court....