Geeklawyer is feeling a wee bit bitter and twisted. First Geeklawyer got beaten to a Times writing gig by law blogger BabyBarista (who feigned surprise at this and expressed both justifiable admiration for Geeklawyer and pain at his being deprived of his rightful dues). Then Geeklawyer blog fangirl, Evil Lena gets a Comment is Free column in the Guardian.
When Geeklawyer says “a wee bit bitter and twisted“, he means this in the same sense that Hitler did when he said “I’d just as soon not have a beer with a Jew, if it’s all the same to you“.
Of course the fact that she is nearly as talented as Geeklawyer softens the pain somewhat. And while the treatment of the topic was probably brilliant (Geeklawyer was too bitter to actually read it). The fact remains that if any other reader of this blog goes on to success then Geeklawyer will demand a cut of the profits, or at least the fame. The time for your fucking freeloading off him is, like the Napoleonic wars - which he won all by himself, over.
don’t worry, the geekmeister - comment is free is truly a poisoned chalice. did you see the public schoolboy son-of-a-mate-of-the-editor’s who got a roasting and was dropped after one edition of his gap year blog (lots of ‘gosh; it’s like a whole different country over here’). it is however distinguished by its venomously witty bunch of posters, who can write and know how to destroy. but if this lady is as talented as you i’m certain she will cover herself in glory. that will make you feel really good.
another legal blog! that’s what the world needs.
I can only hope you are right and these posters destroy Lena too. Then she will have to drag her sorry ass back to my blog and beg for the little attention I am prepared to give her. She will be pathetically grateful and not dream of glory elsewhere.
I’m all for female emancipation just so long as my supper is on the table after I get in from a hard day in court and my slippers are by a well made fire in a clean house.
Actually the UK could do with more legal blogs. There is a bit of a dirth some of the really good ones from last year have withered on the vine.
I believe at this point it is traditional to wax smugly about not having sold out to the man and convince everyone that a slightly green complexion is a sign of good breeding.
dammit Ann, why didn’t you tell me this before I wrote the post? Now I look uncool, well, less cool.
Indeed Geeklawyer is far too intellectually avant-guard for the editorial confines of the corporate media world. He would also get lynched by a mob of backwards thinking inbreeds like keepblairforpm if his views were transmitted through such a medium.
yes!
‘more law blogs now’, scream the poor huddled masses; more directors of communication; more mission statements; more goats with five legs; more oil executives; more vitamin-enriched milk; more tony bliar; more news of the world; more logos; more wind turbines on urban roofs; more damien hurst… the list is endless. how are we to supply public demand for these necessities?
more fucking lawyers - where’s jack cade and dick the butcher when you need ‘em?
don’t mind me; it’s just the run up to exam time. always gets me this way.
According to Eraserpedia, “Gonzo journalism is a style of journalism which is written subjectively, often including the reporter as part of the story via a first person narrative. The style tends to blend factual and fictional elements to emphasize an underlying message and engage the reader.”
So, who would you nominate for a Gonzo????
At the moment the nominations are for Gonzo terror awards but perhaps GL may consider a Gonzo law category?
I like to think it’s honestly subjective rather than dishonestly ‘objective’.. eik i’m bordering on post-modernism here.
sadly, when it comes to TWaT, the flavour of Gonzo is ‘dishonestly subjective’ and since semioticians tell us that we can only percieve the world through sign systems (well they would wouldn’t they?); then objectivity has got nothing to do with it. (Anyway, on a lawbore blog objectivity means some rubbish about a reasonable man: ever met one?).
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My dear Geek,
I think you need a formula, if you are to appeal to the mainstream media. Send for the branding consultants…or not.
Geeklawyer: The Guardian? Surely not?
Yes, surely. Not so hard to imagine me having Grauniad readers is it? Me being a pinko commy terrorist supporter, and all. When I’m not being a baby eating Nazi that is
Dear Geek,
As I type I’m writing a letter (yes this is truly a feat of my gymnastic prowess, that otherwise would have remained hidden due to my ethical stance not to partake in the Bejing Olympics) to the Eye recommending they take you on as a writer with immediate effect.
‘As I type I’m writing a letter’ - WELL DONE!!! not entirely sure it counts as double-tasking. though i imagine you could always bill two clients for it.
and isn’t gymnastics people in leotards jumping over things?
(or if we want to get greek - and why not? - you are presumably naked)
Writing a letter with ones toes whilst both hands are typing is a fantastic gymnastic display. Leotards would only distract from the wonder.
Good evening Geeklawyer….
I have tired of writing about the great political events in our country this night. I have stopped worrying about why Gordon Brown’s approval rating has fallen, why Cleggover only managed to shag 30 women, why a 15 year old boy should want to wipe snot on David Cameron’s suited back.
I have even tired of worrying about why old people want to to spend their time as peers, sitting in a tastelessly furnished building in , they could be enjoying the ‘autumn of their lives’ running through the streets of Prague, Vilnius, Sarajevo, Warsaw, representing our country properly by binge drinking….and singing “We are the Champions”.
So… I thought I would pop in for a drink here and see what was happening. You have been very busy. This is good. Delighted to hear of Mrs R’s success…. I still think, if you are quick off the mark, you may well be able to get onto a BBC makeover prog blog somewhere….
I trust you are well. How are the plans for the 2nd International UK Law Blogger’s Conference going? I got mildly over refreshed the other evening with Head of Legal. we talked about last year’s conference. We talked about the possibility that there may a 2nd Annual Conference. I told him that you had assured me that is was all in hand…. and that you were just waiting for The Chinese Secret Police to complete their olympic torch escorting duties so they could be available to protect UK blawgers and ensure our security. He seemed to take this on board. Mind you, we took quite a bit of Rioja on board as well… and some humous, pitta and olives. My doctor told me to have a balanced diet… Rioja and olives…. no problem, he told me when he asked me my views on euthaniasia, and if I thought the US Supreme Court would rule soon on the use of lethal injections.
Perhaps, this year, we could have a more modest event for THE 2ND ANNUAL LAW BLOGGERS CONFERENCE” - cans of lager and hang around on a street corner irritating PCSOs? Perhaps a London pub? Can we ditch the curry this year… We could do our bit for our country by eating something else… ?
I enjoy eating curry - but I do find that Rioja and Chicken Vindaloo are not easy bed fellows - but, I don’t suppose that Nick Clegg will be rushing me or anyone else out of the pub … so I don’t suppose I need to worry about the Vindaloo aspect.
Well… I’ve been here five minutes already… Prince William hasn’t landed in a helicopter…. and Heston Services Blumenthal has not had time to sort out the kitchen at this nightclub of yours…. my life is draining away…. time is limited as one gets older…. especially with my new hobby of drinking a bottle of Rioja and seeing if I can help London Transport by directing traffic at that big roundabout in Hammersmith…. so… must go….
speak anon…
PS… if you really want your own ‘National’ blog spot… I have a mate … who likes a bit of media… you know what I mean? Completely anonymous… no worries, mate!
You’re stuck here because you’ve got nothing to say.
And it doesn’t matter if you try to dress it up as something else - and God knows, it’s so apparent that’s how desperate you are at times - the end result is still a turd with a bow-tie and a scent of Brut.
The best bits are your legal knowledge. Some left-centre reflections on US IP moves was a good one, I seem to remember.
You can’t help it if you’re a bald cunt with a go-to-hell suit dreaming of something better.
Micheal,
Heavens, I was hoping we could keep the truth between ourselves; but my perception of it is obviously flawed and I defer to you.
I am consoled, however, that you appreciate the suit. I take further consolation from your qualified disappointment at the blog content: at least if one has nothing to say one might at least say it well and a polished turd is better than a loose stool; though while criticising my content is one thing, accusing me of wearing Brut is a caddish low blow.
GL: Bloody hell… I pour another glass or Rioja.. nip back onto the Geeklawyer blog and find that you appear to have a toga wearing dissenter who thinks you are a bald cunt - writing on your blog.
Do you find, GL, that people come up to you on the tube, when you are having a quiet coffee at a cafe, or even while you are robing up in the robing room at The Old Bailey and start singing ‘Danny Boy’…. in a way that even Ant & Dec wouldn’t find funny?
While I am always happy to turn up at people’s dinner parties / weddings, christenings… or even funerals and say exactly what i say on your blog on the occasions I visit - I would never dream of being rude…. or calling anyone a bald cunt.
I have no idea if you wear brut…. I can’t imagine that particular male parfum is stil available - and if it is, I suspect, given sell by dates, it would be better used for lighting barbecues when the summer finally comes.
I don’t waer bow ties myself - largely because I am not an presenter of day-time television auction programmesand, as you may imagine, I don’t, these days, feel the need to go to ‘black tie’ events….
I do, however, enoy completely random quantum physics inspired events when people descend on your blog after a few and write complete nonsense.
a piu tarde.
GL… you are alive…. thanks be to whoever god is this week…
You beat me to it…. fancy a glass of Rioja… or schnapppppps. Could never spell schnappps…
It may appear… given the typos… that I have been at the juice.. Not so, this evening… on anti-biotics…. and they are fantastic….
Best anti-biotics I have ever had… opened the capsule and sprinkled the contents over a rather good risotto. Practising for my restaurant review career which is looming.
Within minutes, I noticed, several City boys at a table nearby, observing my somewhat unusual behaviour, started sprinkling powder over their pasta as well. I engaged them in conversation - but they were talking far too quickly to make any sense at all…. kept on going on about buying farmland… I told them I didn’t have any money to buy a farm because I took all my savings out Northern rock when the panic started earlier in the year and then left my briefcase full of fivers, along with a very expensive violin, on the train.
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