Wow. I have unleashed a flood of e-mails from lawyers — including, to

judge by the sign-off addresses, some whose shoes are white as the driven

snow.

As a potential user of legal services (though not likely the white-shoe

variety) I suppose I should be shocked that the concept of “billable hours”

apparently includes reading and responding to internet bloggings. In fact,

I don’t mind a bit. This is probably related to the fact that blogging

supplies a fair portion of my income….