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[texchan]

Bobby studied Scotty sitting there in his expensive suit and starched shirt and designer tie and looking like the Prince of Dallas and wondered if his old friend really gave a damn how Bobby Herrin had been. Used to be that when Bobby ran into an old law school classmate who had done better -- which is to say, any law school classmate -- they would both realize the awkwardness of the encounter and manufacture a quick escape. But there was no escaping here.

So Bobby said, "Scotty, when you get up in the morning, do you think good things are gonna happen to you that day?"

Scotty frowned a moment, then shrugged and said, "Yeah, I guess so."

"Why?"

Scotty shrugged again. "Good things have always happened to me."

"The best football player, best student, best looking, marries the most beautiful cheerleader, becomes a rich lawyer, and lives happily ever after?"

Scotty flashed that big smile again. "Something like that."

"Exactly like that."

"Yeah."

"Well, see, Scotty, it ain't like that for everybody. I don't wake up thinking good things are gonna happen that day. I wake up wondering what's the next bad thing that's gonna happen to me."

~The Color of Law, Mark Gimenez

Oh yeah ... I can totally identify with Bobby Herrin. Poor guy.

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[deathcomes4u.livejournal.com]

I'm curious about this book now. Let me know if you like it when done reading? :)

[tex-chan.livejournal.com]

I will let you know! I'm about halfway through it, and like it so far. (Although it hits a bit close to home for me in many ways. It's pretty accurate about the practice of law, in general -- and, in particular, in a large Texas city [which is where it's set].]