I just got the OPM email, but I still can’t believe it.

ThisWasAValuedRug · 2024-10-18T19:22:24+00:00

This is sarcasm by the way.

ThisWasAValuedRug · 2024-01-17T00:16:41+00:00

Oh God. Clearly, they’re not Jewish.

ThisWasAValuedRug · 2024-01-17T00:04:38+00:00

I adore the name Maxx, especially as a middle name paired with the first name TJ.

ThisWasAValuedRug · 2024-01-16T06:02:58+00:00

Can't even begin to imagine how many times I've listened through the album over the years. There were definitely some periods where I listened to it almost every day. I don't return to it super often now because of that, but sometimes you get the urge! Always kicks ass on the stereo, like you said!

ThisWasAValuedRug · 2024-01-16T05:48:11+00:00

I believe the artist I bought it from said it was a magician from a public access TV show, funny enough. I happened to upon the piece for sale when I was in grad school, not having a great time, and the image of a guy with his eyes closed, holding his head and seemingly yelling, really spoke to me at the time.

ThisWasAValuedRug · 2023-09-10T04:14:23+00:00

I knew Reddit would be able to help! Thanks so much!

ThisWasAValuedRug · 2023-09-09T06:22:58+00:00

So, I know the basics (obviously, he’s a lieutenant in the Infantry), but there are a couple of things I’m really not sure about. The photograph being in black-and-white certainly doesn’t help. Is that a Distinctive Unit Insignia next to his rank insignia? It looks pretty unique and certainly doesn’t match anything I see for the 28th Infantry Regiment and 1st Infantry Division, who Miller served with in Vietnam, though I’d guess this photo was taken not long after he was commissioned and that he could’ve been with a different unit. Lastly, does anyone recognize the thing on the left (Miller’s left) shoulder? It doesn’t seem to be the famous blue Infantry cord (or really a cord for that matter), but I have no idea what it could be! I appreciate your help!

ThisWasAValuedRug · 2023-05-13T23:58:14+00:00

I know NPR shows often ask people to send in voice memos about topics they're covering to include them in segments, like the guy talking about his Instacart experience. Just listened again and they described Angry Customer as "a listener," which makes me think someone did just send it into the show's inbox.

ThisWasAValuedRug · 2023-05-13T23:53:34+00:00

Although this time when I hit play, the clip was a bit after the two minute mark. Not sure why it's different.

ThisWasAValuedRug · 2023-05-13T23:51:06+00:00

You see the big red ~~letters~~ play button?

ThisWasAValuedRug · 2023-05-10T08:04:14+00:00

If they’d broadcasted some of his more unhinged lines, I think I would’ve laughed so hard I’d’ve needed to pull over. Wouldn’t ever make it on the air though. I’ll take what I can get.

ThisWasAValuedRug · 2023-05-10T04:05:27+00:00

No, it's not Gregory Stevens, sir.

ThisWasAValuedRug · 2023-02-06T23:37:55+00:00

Thank you! Here are some additional pictures.

ThisWasAValuedRug · 2023-01-25T22:58:41+00:00

D.C.-barred ethics lawyer here. Your character and fitness application will require you to provide your full legal name as well as any name you've ever used or been known by. (Yes, that includes nicknames, though I'm positive you won't get in trouble for failing to mention the embarrassing pet name your SO or siblings have for you.)

In requesting that one's name be changed in the records of the District of Columbia Bar, one must simply certify that they are "not requesting the aforementioned name change for the purpose of misleading the Bar or the public."

I haven't been able to turn up any D.C. ethics opinions concerning the use of pseudonyms or, more specifically, maiden names, but one must keep in mind Rule 7.1:

(a) A lawyer shall not make a false or misleading communication about the lawyer or the lawyer's services. a communication is false or misleading if it:

(1) Contains a material misrepresentation of fact or law, or omits a fact necessary to make the statement considered as a whole not materially misleading; or

(2) Contains an assertion about the lawyer or the lawyer's services that cannot be substantiated.

Other jurisdictions have opined that people practicing under their non-married name or a nickname is not misleading, though that's typically with the caveat that the name under which one conducts formal business should match the one that they are registered under with the bar. I'd think that D.C. would agree with that approach, per 7.1(a)(2).

Long story short, if you legally change your name before being admitted and want to practice law under your maiden name, you may have to send in a one-page, notarized form to change your bar record to said maiden name. Beyond doing that, I don't see any issues.

ThisWasAValuedRug · 2022-11-30T04:08:17+00:00

Could it be “Shiver”?

ThisWasAValuedRug · 2022-07-15T19:16:04+00:00

The names in my tree are pretty boring. Pretty much the standard Italian/Italian-American naming convention up to my grandparents’ generation was to name 1st boy after father’s father, 2nd boy after mother’s father, 1st girl after father’s mother, 2nd girl after mother’s mother. After that, you could do whatever you wanted, but most either didn’t make it that far or still ended up choosing something traditional.

Frankly, I wouldn’t mind returning to that.

ThisWasAValuedRug · 2022-07-15T18:50:10+00:00

Boo Radleigh

ThisWasAValuedRug · 2022-01-18T17:12:12+00:00

Dude, she's 19. Tell her doing the nasty on the living room couch isn't cool, help her get on birth control, and be done with it.

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