Email added! Check on the links portion. Click on email me and then edit the information to make it work.

So, how does someone actually attract readers to a new blog? If anyone stops by and wants to share their ideas, I'd be happy to have them. I hope to have some lively discussions as time goes by.

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This is my first post to my new blog. I am writing this now as opposed to doing all of the work I should be doing today. Therefore, by necessity, this will be kept short. My goal here is to create an outlet where I can comment on the things that piss me off, interest me, amuse me, or will do any of those three things to my readers. In short, this will be a general interest blog for catholic (with a small c) interests. I welcome your participation in my little experiment. I will be adding more later, including email contact information.

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Here are some nice things people have said about me. No one represented below is my wife! My thanks to you all!

The "Terrorism is Not Ok Award" for my post on "Root Causes".

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You *do* write beautifully, Random!
Amber

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I looove your blog. Intelligent, insightful, and interesting to read. I picked up this link from Amber's blog and saved it to read at a later date when I had more time. I'm really glad I did! Many thanks for such great posts.
Holly

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Well-written and humane as usual.
Pat

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Fantastic mad writing skillz. Talk about erudite - if I could write half as well...
Jim

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RP, the moment I walked in the joint, I could tell you were a person of taste and distinction!!
stolypin

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RP's blog is very interesting, taking me back in some cases to my youth back East and visits to New York. RP identifies himself as an anonymous litigation attorney who appears to be an associate at a law firm. The film Clueless says litigators are the "most feared" type of attorney, by the way.
John Bruce

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"Police Call..."
Calling all cars... Calling all cars!

Be on the lookout for RP. He is wearing a fucked up suit, a gray strap-on, and is carrying an old brown box of CHEEZ-ITS. He was last seen in the vicinity of the outhouse, waving a loaded frickin' moron. (Ed. note... Ted Kennedy?) He is charged with holding up a candy store and running off with the owners barking moonbat. He is also accused of stealing a 1955 chainsaw and a pus-oozing Easy Bake Oven. It is advisable to approach this person with bitchin' caution, as he is known to carry a loaded slingshot. He uses the alias "Billy the Pear-shaped Globe" and has been known to disguise himself as an urge to kill. Watch out for this surprisingly uplifting criminal.
That is all...
Stevie from Caught in the X-Fire, in her Mad-Libs Days

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Ok I have to admit that when I first saw it, I thought it said Random Penises. Mr. Random Penseur appears to have done most of the posts I saw on a quick review, but the title is plural, so maybe other family members help out. It seems to be divided between family life posts and political posts. Plus at least one cool pic. More politics than me. More family than me. Fewer “funny” posts than me. Way less hallucinatory crap than me. Seems pretty good. I’ll be going back. Good pacing. Prescription: Three times a week for two weeks, then as needed. Lord Floppington

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Writes so much to think aboutÂ…I sometimes end up staying up too lateÂ… ;-) Kbear Naked

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I am not inclined to do one of those "100 things about me" lists or to post out of focus pictures of my left knee here. But, I figure that if you have just stumbled across my blog and are curious about the author, I would provide some details here.

I am in my late 30's. I am a lawyer living in the NY City metropolitan area and I practice in the field of complex corporate litigation.

I am married to a Norwegian woman and we have three children: The Girl Child (aged about 6 as of 1/07), the Boy Child (aged about 4 as of 1/07), and the baby (another boy, aged about 9 months as of 1/07). I write a lot about my children because they are a source of never ending amazement for me.

I speak two foreign languages and have lived in two other countries. I have no idea what this has done for my perspective on world affairs but it has confirmed my staunch belief that the United States of America, for all its faults, is the single greatest country in the world and I am terribly fortunate that my great-grandparents chose to try their luck here. If they hadn't, I have no reason to believe that I would have been any luckier than any of the rest of my European cousins who did not survive the concentration camps. Now that's a heavy thought.

My interests are eclectic and catholic (with a small "c"). I read a lot, love architecture and art history, travel, fine wines and spirits, good eats, fencing, martial arts, squash, international affairs, billiards, and good conversation. I have an ongoing fascination with Africa, the devastating impact of AIDS, and a love affair with the City of New York. I'm a dog person and not a cat person. I added, in January 2005, a bunch of things here, in the context of a self awareness assignment I did with the Girl Child.

I started this blog for reasons I can no longer recall, but I have come to enjoy tremendously the friendships I have made as a result. They are no less real, it seems to me, than the friendships I have with those I see in person. You know who are you are, I hope, without my need to spell it out.

I have no idea what this blog is. If you have any ideas, feel free to let me know. If you just want to get a taste of the blog, I recommend hitting the Best of Me category button.

Finally, I heart comments. Comments are good. Leave some. If you do, however, please note that I require that they be left in a civil, grown up tone. Debate is good, disputes are fine, but do it like an adult. You certainly don't have to agree with me (and it would be boring if you always did), but you must be civil.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

UPDATED ON JANUARY 10, 2007: Originally written back in 2004, we have since added another baby so I felt I ought to acknowledge paternity here and update the other children's ages.

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1 Terrific, man! It tells enough about you to paint a credible picture, without boring us with details about how you like to tapdance in the bathroom when you can't sleep (another lawyer - Robert Redford - in Legal Eagles). I like it!

Posted by: Mick at December 02, 2004 03:23 PM (VhRca)

2 Excellent. Concise. Clean. Personally, the tapdancing thing wouldn't be a bad bit of trivia but I'm all about avoiding left knee pictures whenever and wherever possible.

Posted by: Elizabeth at December 03, 2004 02:05 AM (onips)

3 Nice work mate. I have one question. Why do lawyers charge like wounded bulls?

Posted by: Simon at December 03, 2004 03:21 AM (UKqGy)

4 Thanks for the comments, y'all! Simon, I know I've asked before, but did you get bit by a lawyer once?

Posted by: rp at December 03, 2004 12:21 PM (LlPKh)

5 You started this blog so I could read it!

Posted by: Annie at December 04, 2004 02:17 AM (rjOY9)

6 what languages and what countries, sir?

Posted by: seb at February 28, 2005 10:22 PM (aOjFv)

7 Thanks for dropping by -- I see that yours is a blog I will enjoy reading. Mind if I link to you?

Posted by: Allison at March 31, 2005 12:03 PM (nmMCm)

8 "I started this blog for reasons I can no longer recall" *Chuckles* "I have no idea what this blog is" -- what do you mean? Anyway, hi in Blogland from a fellow blogger.

Posted by: Diane at April 12, 2005 04:42 PM (QYXlO)

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