News that I'm sure has sent shockwaves around the beltway. I hope that Daschle doesn't make the same mistakes W has made and think he has a mandate to block legislation. It's still going to be tough in there and now W can complain that the Democrats are blocking things. Of course, the Dems now have a platform from which to object to his legislation. It's a tight rope, but if they walk it carefully, the mid-terms will be a blow-out.
- posted by levinson @ 5/24/2001 09:53:00 AM

 
As if this trial hasn't screwed up enough of my life already in the past six weeks, now I'm going to miss the premier party of the year. Will be at the beginning of a long, long night on Thursday and I don't think I'll make it down to Houston and Varick. Screw this job.
- posted by levinson @ 5/22/2001 06:15:00 PM

 
CNN.com - Taleban move to make Afghan Hindus wear labels - May 22, 2001

Nothing too disturbing here.

...and then they came for me.
- posted by levinson @ 5/22/2001 12:41:00 PM

 
A lot of people wonder exactly what the web can be for individuals, and really how far the whole medium of the personal web page can go. I think Blogger (and blogs in general, just loyal to the name) touches on the foundation of where they can go. This is one of the most dramatic examples of any web page I've ever seen, and is something the Interenet, and really nothing else, can bring about. The site is the blog of a 19 year-old girl who was diagnosed with leukemia. She died four days ago. It's pretty incredible how tangible and immediate the site feels. The tension is palpable throughout, and when I have some more down time, I'd like to read the whole thing. No media produced documentary or movie of the week can create something like this. Moreover, the site was created to share with everyone Kaycee's experiences and emotions as she went through life and battled Cancer along the way. It's remarkable just to click through the site (there's a link to her mother's blog which is another thing only the web can bring, the moment to moment feelings of the immediate family of someone with cancer) and read.
- posted by levinson @ 5/18/2001 08:49:00 AM

 
Found two interesting things on the Chancery Court web site. First, this short history of the Chancery Court. Second, that there are only five Chancellors [the rest of us call them judges, but here in DE they're Chancellors, in the system. I had always thought there were closer to 15 or 20 Chancellors. I had noticed that our case law includes a small number of Chancellors, but I thought it was more that we were trying to narrow the focus rather than there being, at any given time, only five possible people to issue decisions.
- posted by levinson @ 5/14/2001 04:36:00 AM

 
Morning of the trial and I wake up to find that I've forgotten my belt back in my apartment in NYC. I could have sworn that I brought it with me. Now, of course, I can see it clear as day haniging on its hook in my closet back in my [soon to be old] apartment. I'm wearing my casual belt which is considerably thicker and browner than the one at home. Would have gone without any belt, but this suit was tailored for me in the B.W.W. years and thus is for a larger man. Pants don't stay up without a belt. If that's the only thing that goes wrong today, it will be a very good day.

The Delaware Court of Chancery is one of the more remarkable institutions in the world. It is totally devoted to resolving disputes between corporations. One might ask how many corporations are actually based out of Delaware and the answer to that is, it depends on what you mean. Thousands of companies are incorporated in Delaware. I'm not sure if the Court is the chicken or the egg in this case, but the system is a remarkable asset to the corporate community. Without it, considerable time would need to be spent in each dispute educating the court on the nuances of corporate agreements and how the laws effect them. It's just about the perfect set up. If only it weren't in Delaware...
- posted by levinson @ 5/14/2001 04:31:00 AM

 
Down in Delaware now for the start of a trial. This place is a pit. Hopefully I'll only be down here for a week as I'm expecting to be totally exhausted by week's end and have to go back to New York lest I drop dead. Last year we had a trial in the summer in Delaware and the court room wasn't air conditioned. Something tells me they haven't done anything about this in the intervening 9 months since we last were here. Also we have a far smaller court room this time than last time. All of this means that I'm going to sweat right throught the two suits I brought down. Luckily there's dry cleaining at the hotel because boy am I going to need it.

Jess and I got an apartment together. It's great and in a beautiful part of Brooklyn Heights. Extremely high ceilings will be a lot of fun to decorate and it gives us a legitimate excuse to buy one of those huge posters if we want. I wonder if the puke-green over-size poster that Motley Crue released for Dr. Feelgood is still available. I'm sure Jess would love that. I know my mom threw away the one Rob had in his room years ago. Perhaps it's time to look on e-bay.
- posted by levinson @ 5/12/2001 02:23:00 PM

 
Haven't posted for a long time due to work. Hopefully I'm turning the corner now:

Is it me or, having failed to impress the country very much, is the W administration now trying to wow us with futuristic space technology. These guys really are trapped in 1950 trying to develop "space age defenses" against the still undefined "rogue nations". Do they think we've forgotten that we still don't have our plane back? Let's see this vaunted group of foreign policy "wise men" do something besides get kicked off UN committees.
- posted by levinson @ 5/08/2001 05:58:00 PM