A Potrait of the Lawyer as a Young Office Boy

Years and years ago, probably 1985 maybe 1986, I worked during the summers in my grandpa's law office. Just a couple days a week. I would deliver documents to other offices, go to the post office, pick up drinks, treats, and lunches for secretaries, and make photocopies.

One day, Hardees, then located at 400 South and 200 East (currently a Burger King), dropped off menus to the office. The menu stated something to the effect of "Fax Us Your Order and We'll Deliver." Fax machines were pretty new contraptions, and this 11 year old kid wasn't to hip to their actual function. So I asked a secretary to explain the "fax order" process to me. She explained that you fill out the order form, send it by fax to the restaurant's fax machine, and then the food will arrive. I was sold. I wanted to fax an order that very minute. For this reason: I thought that faxing and delivering was done by pneumatic tubes - like at the bank. I figured Hardees had set up tunnels and tubes all through the city to deliver food underground and up through buildings. It was the 80's! The future was here!

After I insisted that everyone in the office get on board with my faxed order, it was explained to me that there were no pneumatic tubes. You actually had to go pick up the order yourself, or have an actual Hardees employee deliver the food to you. I was crushed. The fax machine was the only office machine that ever really stumped me.

I will also point out that when camera phones were first introduced I thought they were probably the stupidest idea ever. And I blame the advertisements. Remember that commercial where the girl is at a yard sale and takes a picture of a ceramic frog and sends it someone to see if she should buy it? Stoo-peed. Though the ad was lame, I cannot believe how wrong I was about camera phones.

Season 2, episode 6. That is the GA episode where Shepard and Bailey are in the elevator and she stops the elevator to give Shepard a moment to cry a little and pull himself together. I thought that was a great scene, but I couldn't remember what precipitated it. I always thought it had something to do with Meredith and Addison, but no, it was more to do with a surgical case, I think.

I bought Paper Mario for the Wii. It looks promising.

I have a hearing in St. George on Monday - which means this weekend I will be in Las Vegas. Have you seen the ad with the two guys at the gym on exercise bikes. The one guy asks the other guy something like, "What do you do in Vegas?" And the guy looks a little panicked and thinks a minute, and says "Shows. I like to see the shows. I saw The Producers and, shows. I see shows." He's obviously lying and it is just so perfect. Once someone posts it on YouTube, I'll post it here.

Today's Song: Glamorous, Fergie (I judge myself for liking it.)