GUEST WRITERS WELCOME. . .  Guests posts run here on Wednesdays and are permanently stored in the "guests" and "guest 2" categories. If you have something to say, the rules are here. Writers of all political persuasions are welcome.

If you'd like to schedule your post for a later Wednesday, I'd be happy to give you feedback on your posting ideas or to provide a list of topics, specially-tailored to your own interests.

Comments

[Eh Nonymous]

If you post this kind of reminder on Tuesdays, I (and possibly others) might be inclined to step up and send you a post we were otherwise preparing for our own blogs.

Now, it's too late; I'm keeping my best ideas for myself.

That said, please don't retire the feature. It makes your blawg a much more lively place, to have the occasional (but not incessant) other voice coming in to add a different or differently slanted perspective.

And now, back to trial prep.

[Evan]

Eh: If I posted the reminder on Tuesdays, you would only get a day of lead time. By posting it on Wednesday, I'm giving you a week--you have until next Wednesday.

[Mike]

Evan, something tells me Eh Non, like me, is deadline driven. To me (us?) a day feels like more time to get something done than a week. Yes, it's bizarre. My way of dealing with this weakness is setting false deadlines. Thus, if something is due in a month, I tell myself it's due in a week, since a week is waaaaaaay more time to do something than a month is. Seriously.

[Evan]

Mike: Hey, man, I'm just lawyer with a weblog. I'm not a psychologist familiar with the science of false deadlines. But I'll make an expection for you: if you want to do a guest post, it's due in a week. Got that?

I'm just joking, of course. I'll actually give you a shorter deadline: you can have a month.

[John Day]

These comments remind me of a great line a defense lawyer used in a hearing a couple years ago. I was trying to get a scheduling order and a trial date - and pushing for a trial date 6 months off. The defense lawyer was objecting and stalling, and finally the judge said "Okay, how about a year from now?" And the defense lawyer said "Judge, I would schedule my execution a year from now" and I got a trial date.