I am the law!

After some slow going (and occasional foot-dragging), I got a couple contacts in the legal profession (through Troy, our bible study leader, whom I was not aware had also considered law as a degree in the past). They'll be recommending yet other contacts, and one of them said he could find me some people in patent law. He also recommended the possibility of court researcher -- the guys who look over courtroom motions and recommend to the judge whether to accept them or laugh them out of chambers. I hadn't considered the option but, after looking at the job description, it sounded right up my alley: lots of research, lots of brief-writing, not much arguing my case vocally (and what there is will be made to the same judge or set of judges, so I'll get comfortable with them quick), and best of all, I get to argue what I believe is right, not what my client wants me to argue. And if I get comfortable in the court, there's a good potential for moving up to a judge position.

On an unrelated note, where the smeg did my towels disappear to?