OT, Burning Bridges

[inGobwetrust]

http://www.masslawyersweekly.com/break021506.cfm

[BumbleBeeDave]

. . . that a lawyer of Korman's experience and standing would be so naive as to think that material of this type would NOT be forwarded to about "seven zillion" other lawyers after he "shared it with a friend and allowed him to share it with a few others."

I also find it interesting that he would give her two interviews, offer her the job and get her preliminary acceptance, THEN try to obviously lowball her on the salary. THEN that he would engage in potentially defamatory dissemination of embarrassing (and presumably private) personal correspondence with an obvious reasonably assumed motive of embarrassing her and almost assuredly damaging her local employment opportunities.

Who EXACTLY is being unprofessional here? It doesn't sound as if Abdala's the only one. It sounds as if someone decided to use his personal and professional connections to embarrass her publicly after she had angered him privately.

BBD

[manet]

http://www.sergioleone.net/dw-10.jpg

[BumbleBeeDave]

. . . will probably play him in the TV movie!

BBD

[shaq-d]

i can't believe i'm gonna choose/have chosen this profession. aie.

bla bla bla

sd

[William]

i can't believe i'm gonna choose/have chosen this profession. aie.

bla bla bla

sd

"No more, bla, bla,bla."

Spock: Check! Bwahahahahaha! In yo' face!

Kirk: Way to go, pointy. Our very first scene, and you forget you're supposed to be the logical Spock rather than the shouting-across-the-bridge Spock.

Spock: An unfortunate turn of events.

Kirk: What, don't I get an apology?

Spock: Regret is an emotion. I have none.

Kirk: Well, better late than never, I guess.
Kelso: Sensors are detecting a --
Kirk: Beam it aboard.
Kelso: Are you sure? Could be risky.
Kirk: Risk? Risk is our business! That's what this starship is all abou--
Spock: Ahem. Jim? Not till the one where we switch brains with robots.
Kirk: Oh yeah. Sorry.

Kirk: Okay, activate the transporter.
Scotty: You mean the materializer, right?
Kirk: Materializer? Yeesh, even Archer called it a transporter! What kind of losers are we?

Spock: It seems to be the black box from a 200-year-old ship. Shall I tell the senior officers?
Kirk: Are you kidding? I'm gonna tell the whole crew. Kirk to all hands....
Spock: What are you doing? We barely have any information! You'll just confuse those brain-dead saps.
Kirk: We're live.
Spock: Uh oh.

Kirk: This meeting will now come to order. We'll start by going around the table and introducing ourselves.
Piper: I'm Dr. Piper. Think of me as a beta version of McCoy.
Dehner: I'm Elizabeth Dehner, Caucasian female supporting character of the week, and I think I'm some kind of psychiatrist.
Mitchell: Hi, all you ladies out there. I'm Gary Mitchell, Kirk's best and therefore most ill-fated friend. I'm 23 years old, currently residing in the metropolitan Galactic Barrier area, and I enjoy stamp collecting and long walks on the beach.
Kirk: All of you, welcome aboard and enjoy your oh-so-brief stay. Now shut up so Spock can concentrate.

Recording: Bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla....
Spock: Fortunately, my ears are sharp enough to hear each voice individually.
Kirk: So what are they saying?
Spock: "Bla bla bla bla bla...."

Kirk: And now for our first attempt to pierce the Galactic Barrier and die in the vast, starless void beyond.
Sulu: We're ready to go -- just speak the catch phrase.
Kirk: Catch phrase?
Sulu: Well, yeah. Every captain has one.
Kirk: Okay, um..."engage."
Sulu: Taken.
Kirk: "Do it"?
Sulu: Taken.
Kirk: "Let's go"?
Sulu: Taken.
Kirk: Just move the ship before I punch you in the eye.
Sulu: That's probably not taken, but I don't think it's -- OW!
Kirk: And now, onward! Onward we go, to expand the frontiers of human exploration and become legends!

Spock: Well, that was a bust.
Kirk: Oh, shut up.
Mitchell: Ooof...what hit me? Jim, you really suck.
Spock: Yeah, Jim.
Kirk: Quiet, both of you. At least we all lived.
Piper: (over the comm) What are you talking about? We lost nine crew!
Kirk: Yes, but they're dead, so I wasn't counting them under "we all."

Captain's Log: I'll have to make up for this failure by killing somebody. Of course, there's no one on the ship I'm allowed to kill right now, but the hour is young.

Spock: The Valiant crew were looking up ESP trivia just before they died. I think we should do the same.
Kirk: What, and invite death? Stupid Vulcan.
Dehner: I agree with Spock.
Kirk: And that, my dear, is why I have installed a special device in my ears that prevents me from hearing you.

Mitchell: It hurt at first, but now I feel great. Godlike, in fact.
Kirk: Do I ever know that feeling.

Dehner: So.
Mitchell: So.
Dehner: Oh, I can't take it anymore! Kiss me, you fool!
Mitchell: Calm down, Elizabeth. You know how these setups work. We're still in the tension stage.
Dehner: But what if you kill me before we reach the resolution stage?
Mitchell: My dear, I would never do such a thing. Now be quiet while I demonstrate my mad ESP skills.

Kelso: So Mitchell tells me to check the engines, right? And --
Kirk: Bla, bla, bla. Nobody needs to hear your life story. Did you find a problem or not?
Kelso: Yeah. And there was a little "I Told You So" sign pointing at it.
Kirk: Well, hard evidence is fine, but I prefer speculation. Spock?
Spock: I speculate that we're really really screwed. Sulu will give you the math.
Sulu: Mitchell's powers are doubling every day. Think of it this way, sir: suppose you make one penny today, then two pennies tomorrow, four pennies the next day, and so on. Know what happens after a month? You get busted for forgery.
Kirk: I'm not sure I followed that.
Spock: Try "us good, Gary bad."
Kirk: Hmmm...yeah, that's better. Let's dump him on a planet and run.

Mitchell: Well, you've beamed me to the planet. Now you'll be able to recharge your crippled engines while I remain safely trapped behind a force field.
Kirk: Good recap.
Mitchell: Thanks. Say, is that a phaser rifle?
Kirk: Spock! I told you not to bring that in here. I don't like the symbolism.
Spock: Look, this is the only time you'll ever get to use one, so just enjoy it. Now pay attention. There are two settings: stun and kill.
Kirk: What if I confuse them?
Spock: Doesn't matter. They're both essentially "frag."

Kirk: Okay, I'm leaving for a while. Can I trust you not to cause trouble?
Kelso: (over the comm) AAAAAAA! Oh God, Mitchell's killing me with his brain!
Mitchell: Of course, Captain.
Kirk: Good.

Piper: Wake up, Jim.
Kirk: Whoa! Where am I?
Piper: On the planet. Mitchell left after killing Kelso and putting you and Spock to sleep.
Kirk: How did he do that?
Piper: According to our security camera, he started reading out the script of Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
Kirk: That explains us, but what about Kelso?
Piper: Our theory is that he found it really exciting and died of shock.

Dehner: Okay, so now we're gods. Can there be kissage yet?
Mitchell: How impatient you are. Why should we rush?
Dehner: Maybe because Kirk is coming to kick our behinds?
Mitchell: Pfft. Kirk? I doubt that guy could outwit a Gorn.

Kirk: Okay, Jim, time for a plan. Let's see... first, I talk to him and get him to surrender... then I drop the Enterprise on him! Perfect! Oh, hi.
Dehner: Hi. Why doesn't your plan involve that phaser rifle you're carrying?
Kirk: Oh, this? Well, I... um... what phaser rifle?
Dehner: You're uncomfortable with it because it's a phallic symbol, aren't you?
Kirk: I've had enough of your psychiatric mumbo-jumbo. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go clean Gary's co-- CLOCK! I said clock!

Mitchell: You dare to challenge me? Fool! Bwahahaha!
Kirk: I was thinking more of convincing Lizzie there to betray you.
Mitchell: She'd never do that. Not before getting that kiss she wants, anyway.
Kirk: How 'bout it, baby? Wanna help the Studmeister kick this himbo's candy @$$?
Dehner: How can I resist when you put it that way?
Mitchell: Oh crap.

Kirk: Sorry you got, you know, killed.
Dehner: Meh, no biggie. It was... fun....
Kirk: Why do I feel like I just looked into my own grave?

Captain's Log: BOOYEAH! Who's da man? Who's da man?

Spock: Too bad about Gary.
Kirk: Don't give me that. You grabbed his job before the ink on the death certificate dried.
Spock: I'm sympathetic, not stupid. There's still one problem to resolve, though. What did you say was on the tombstone Gary made you?
Kirk: "James R. Kirk."
Spock: Right. What's with that? A god wouldn't make such a grave mistake.
Kirk: What mistake? It was a sentence: "James are Kirk." Which I are.
Spock: Hmm... becoming the brains of this outfit may be easier than I expected.
(The Enterprise warps off at Ludicrous Speed)

THE END