Looks like Picasso's rate isn't too shabby, $40,000 for a "doodle on a
book jacket"....
http://tinyurl.com/5spwv
hmmm, if we had to barter for a living, how much would a Shepard's or
Keycite be worth? Could I get a whole chicken? Maybe a pint of maple
syrup?
cheers,
Jeff McGuire
Research Specialist
Gallagher & Kennedy Law Library
2575 E. Camelback Rd., Ste. 1100
Phoenix, AZ 85016
(602) 530-8256
>>> Nancy Brown <NBrown@wendel.com> 1/21/2005 3:28:44 PM >>>
I think it depends on what Picasso's billable rate is.
Nancy Brown, Librarian
Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean, LLP
1111 Broadway, Suite 2400
Oakland, CA 94607
-----Original Message-----
From: Laura Orr [mailto:Laura_Orr@co.washington.or.us]
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 1:59 PM
To: Law-Lib (E-mail)
Subject: "MLS" vs. "MA" or "MS" or NOT
(first a thank you to Chas. for giving a classic Texan charm story and
my
best Friday laugh!)
I'm less likely to want to display my credentials and more likely to
want to
disavow them, especially when asked by people I don't want to talk to.
On
my commute, on the street, or any time when asked what I do and the
intent
isn't just some friendly conversation to while away time, I've taken
to
looking cheerfully daft and saying, "oh, a bookkeeper" and returning
to
reading my book. Hasn't failed yet. Stops the conversation cold and
certainly cuts those encounters when "do not engage" is the safest
thing to
do.
As for work, I prefer to play modest librarian and enjoy the victory
when
they realize who and what they are talking to. Frankly, I don't care
if
they don't know. It's their loss if they learn, as many eventually do,
that
this person they've been underestimating is the mayor's wife, the
governor's
sister-in-law, has a medical degree, was a colonel in the Navy, or is
simply
the best darn local county law librarian who will ever save their bacon
in
court. (I made all that up, by the way - for the gullible - I'm not
any of
those! Well, except for the last bit :-) I've gotten more
satisfaction,
and enjoyed few stories more, than those from people who are treated
like
Leona's "little people" only to have the perpetrator get his or her
comeuppance later when it turns out that a grave mistake was made.
There's a scene in Larry Beinhart's "The Librarian" that plays on this
very
theme - and very satisfying it is.
Of course I don't and have never worked in a law firm, where a whole
different set of rules likely apply. I'd probably post a few degrees
myself. Or maybe just a Picasso, which probably cuts to the chase.
Surely
a Picasso trumps a J.D. - hmmm?
Laura
Laura Orr
Law Librarian
Washington County Law Library
111 NE Lincoln Street
Hillsboro, OR 97124
Phone: 503-846-8870
Fax: 503-846-3515
Email: laura_orr@co.washington.or.us
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