Originally posted on 07/21/2012:

Q: Hi Dad. Will you teach me strong values and the belief that people are inherently good, drive a taxi in law school to save cash for me to go to great schools, show me it's possible to be hopelessly in love with the same person after decades and constantly remind me that I was born where and how I was as a matter of luck and not because I deserved to be?

A. Sure. But I'll always be the asshole lawyer. The same guy that people think they know better than but then come running to when they're in the weeds to come bail them out. If I charge you a fortune you think I'm robbing you. If I do pro bono you think I must suck because I'm working for free. But yeah shari91, do whatever it is you want to in life but don't follow my footsteps. People only love you when they need you but then hate you after.