{"id":3750,"date":"2011-07-29T16:54:26","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T20:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=3750"},"modified":"2014-12-24T13:09:26","modified_gmt":"2014-12-24T18:09:26","slug":"depositions-delusion-defamation-and-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=3750","title":{"rendered":"Depositions: Delusion, Defamation and Diet"},"content":{"rendered":"

You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough. \u2013 William Blake, Proverbs of Hell<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m back.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been attending depositions in my lawsuit against the Skush-O\u2019Briens, who deposed me in December 2010 and are now being deposed by my lawyer.<\/p>\n

Charlie Skush-O\u2019Brien has been first batter up in our deposition schedule. In May we did a first round of Charlie over two days, and took up his deposition again for three days this past week.<\/p>\n

I learned a lot about the defendants and what their defense against my lawsuit’s charges will look like.<\/p>\n

But the truly significant lesson I absorbed from these depositions and now, as your plaintiff-advisor, will pass on, is:<\/p>\n

How not to eat during a lawsuit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the thing. When we\u2019re away from home, living on terra<\/em> semi-incognita<\/em> \u2013 Maiden Lane in lower Manhattan<\/a>, in my case \u2013 the sensible, regular eating habits developed over a lifetime disappear. Whoosh. And we regress to a primeval hunter-gatherer mode of existence in which a slew of edible items are grabbed willy-nilly and brought into the mouth, presumably to guarantee survival just in case no nutritious flora and\/or fauna appear until the following day.<\/p>\n

That is, I overate this week. And didn\u2019t eat my normal regimen. And consumed too many calories. And spent around $8 each day.<\/p>\n

Usually my morning meal is Quaker oatmeal<\/a> with cranberries and no-fat sour cream (Cabot\u2019s<\/a> is great). But I couldn\u2019t figure out how to fit a.m. oatmeal into a deposition schedule that took me into lower Manhattan before my desired oatmeal time.<\/p>\n

So every day on the way downtown I’d buy a bagel with a little butter. \u201cLittle butter,\u201d in Manhattan deli lingo, is a half-pound of whatever passes for butter, larded onto a fairly stale bagel. So that was my breakfast.<\/p>\n

My common daily at-home lunch is a piece of toast made out of bread from one of the great bakeries in the Village, with some useful light protein on top, and a glass of spicy tomato juice.<\/p>\n

But last week, except for the day my lawyer sent out for intensely delicious grilled chicken on a roll, during lunch break I\u2019d run around the corner to Pr\u00eat \u00e0 Manger<\/a> and select not<\/em> the half sandwich they are smart enough to sell (an ample meal for an adult woman) but a whole<\/em> sandwich. And then who could, on a 90 degree day, pass the lemonade rack without grabbing a bottle?<\/p>\n

But my ultimate sin came at the checkout counter, manned by the most cheerful young people in the city. Because right in front of the cash registers was a selection of … potato chips.<\/p>\n

I never eat potato chips. Every day this week, though, I bought and ate a bag of potato chips.<\/p>\n

Therefore, I\u2019m working out a solid plan for eating intelligently during depositions and will share it with you when I get to the deposition phase of Sidebar for Plaintiffs<\/strong>. This is just foreplay. (Geez, they are making some terrific potato chips lately.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough. \u2013 William Blake, Proverbs of Hell I\u2019m back. I\u2019ve been attending depositions in my lawsuit against the Skush-O\u2019Briens, who deposed me in December 2010 and are … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1175],"tags":[44,38,298,149],"class_list":["post-3750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-facts-of-life","tag-co-op-disputes","tag-defamation","tag-depositions","tag-discovery-documents"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t