vicarz | Cross posted but with more wordses than in fb

Hearing is over and if I won again, it's for the same reasons - so here is a rare burst of FREE LEGAL ADVICE: 1) if you have no facts that support a legal theory that gets you money, don't waste your time trying to sue someone, 2) follow orders from courts and judges (helps if you read those orders fwiw), and 3) if you go to a hearing, be able to quickly access documents. Really, 2 and 3 are a large part of my job.

I kicked her ass up and down the street, but it was no accomplishment. The Judge cut her off and made her follow the format of a hearing, as opposed to the MSPB Judge who let her ramble, literally, for over 2 hours about alleged history predating the events in question (a history I eliminated with one document and question: Is that your signature on the document waiving all claims up to the date it was signed?).

But I wasn't that good. My 3, three, favorite questions from the hearing today were not my own - they were the Judge's. I went tit for tat between the eeo law and this person's story - disproving every ounce of their story and pointing out the events were all 100% legal. The Judge, on the other hand, pointed out the back page of a form in which the Complainant had signed waiver to allow the Agency (to assign her leave to cover OWCP leave if her claim was rejected, which it was). I spent all my time showing there was no discrimination, but didn't notice the back page of the multi-page form. There were a couple other events like that. I had a great script and it rocked the day quickly, but I feel like I was working with a big cumbersome net. I wonder if I could get to an outline format instead of putting down questions - would that speed me up?

How can I look for a job if I still suck this bad? There could not have been an easier case. Oh, I warned my witnesses they'd all wish they had done better - and here I am wallowing in the same, immune to my own advice.

I suppose "I want to have sex with your body" is a rude thing to say.

I hit the remains of main street in Garden City, KS, and it fits a pattern I've seen nationwide - one I love. 1) new strip malls draw all shoppers away from main street, 2) Main street "dies" as mom & pop stores belly up, 3) main street is revitalized by galleries, restaurants, cafe's, and arty crap. I love the new revitalized main streets across this country. Small towns? No problem.

So I'm sitting in one such place - Joe Dugan's coffee shoppe. It was empty when I walked in, now has maybe 10 people. A girl just walked by and gave a chocolate muffin to the two chunky latino girls sitting in front of me; her shirt says friends don't let friends drink starbucks (the only starbucks I saw in town is in target). And now those two girls just did shots of creamer. They're cute - was surprised they have un-accented english.

My new get rich slowly scheme is to travel the country to remaining mom & pop stores and teach them to convert to hip cafe's, so they remain authentic while surviving the transition while the community reaps the benefits of new main street faster. No idea how that idea gets money (the M&P Franchise, LLC?)

You know the new hip underclass? Latino. Have their own style, language, culture...yet immerse well. Can't wait for white kids from the suburbs to be latino-wannabes.

Thought I had more to say; if so it'll keep.