So to start.  A couple of points of clarification from yesterday.

1. Cottage cheese is allowed despite being dairy.  I do not know why.  And I do not care.
2. When I say I am a vegetarian, I mean pescatarian.  Sorry for any confusion.
3. I failed to mention that I get to drink red wine on this diet.  Two glasses per day.  Another HUGE draw.

Now onto today.  I started with spinach, egg, cottage cheese, and black beans.  At that point I decided that I was going to have to just choke down beans as a precursor to some meals, because they simply don't mix well.  So after breakfast I went to the civic center to take photographs for my website.  You see, I have recently started my new business.  I have not, however, done the marketing necessary to actually turn a profit.  So instead of hitting the pavement or buying ad space, or even calling my contacts, I decided that I needed professional photographs for my website.  See below:

The real question now becomes: What's next?  How will I use my new photographic arsenal to court clients?

I am not sure. The options, as I understand them include craigslist postings, which, to me, seems shady, but maybe I'm just picturing a bunch of lawyers writing casual encounters posts. Which is a nightmare, but probably not far off.  Well I would like clients well built, with a ton of money.  No penis pictures please.

But now, my friends, I would like to turn your attention to a much more serious issue.  From the time I began this post and now, I have bent the rules of my diet to breaking.  I managed to forgo samosas and paneer at lunch, chips, tortillas and sour cream, and sushi rice at dinner, but I was unable to say no to four glorious glasses of red wine.  I have rationalized this due to the fact that the first two were at noon. Which instead of being a relief, points to a more pervasive problem in society.

Am I an alcoholic? No. Can I stop anytime? Sure.  But the following statistics should be heeded by myself and all of you.  Watch yo-selves.

"Studies conducted in numerous jurisdictions have pegged the rate of alcoholism in the legal profession at between 15 and 24 percent.  Roughly 1 in 5 lawyers is addicted to alcohol."
(Drug and Alcohol Abuse & Addiction in the ... - Benchmark Institute)

This is compared with approximately 10% of the general population.  And it is terrifying.  I have since followed up to try to research the implications of being an unemployed attorney, and while I have found numerous blog posts, I will have to follow up on definitive and terrifying numbers in the future.  Suffice it to say, alcohol is a drug and do not ever forget it,  It will also make you fat. And no one wants that.


In conclusion: Do not be an alcoholic or a lawyer.  Both are terrible ideas.

Goodnight.