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I know the blog has been inactive. The POD has been under a degree of stress and forgot about this blog and has been "venting" in other areas. But it is time to return to the slightly longer form.
This is a "short issue" blog, covering a number of things that have irritated the POD.
1. It is not fun to have Eye issues.
Short story long. Many years ago, while in law school, I had that life changing moment at Damascus and did not realize it. I was a second year law student. It was Friday afternoon. The rest of my fellow law students went out to celebrate the start of the weekend... I went to the Library to cite check an article for the Journal of International Law and Economics. I was on my bicycle and was not wearing eye protection. A rock got kicked up on Constitution avenue into my right eye. It turns out that this was "life changing".
1. I got a corneal ulcer and the eye was dilated for 4 weeks during which I could not read. And catching up from this, I got mono.
This had an immediate impact. But for 1st semester, 2nd year, I was in the top 5 to 10% of my law school class. This semester brought me way down and while I went back to high levels of performance in future quarters, this ended "big law" as an option.
But this wasn't the only immediate impact...Due to rock in the eye, I was slow getting home. That morning I had been "interviewed" by a major Hawaii law firm about a summer associate position. They called my apartment and left a message asking me to come to dinner that night. I got home to late too go. Apparently this offended them and they hired another GW student with no Hawaii connections (and basically an identical set of credentials) instead of me. I found out several years later that they had not believed my story of going to the library of Congress and getting hit in the eye with a rock...
2. Due to the corneal ulcer and the eye injury I did not complete my journal editing assignment on time. And due to rock in the eye and the inability to see, I was unable to complete my journal article. And thus I was not on the Journal my third year.
3. In the longer term, I have now been told, many years after the fact, that my right eye has now developed a "traumatic cataract" and I am going to need to have it corrected. And I have noticed this in the past six months as my ability to read has been somewhat limited. Not yet a "major" issue, but enough of a problem to be troublesome.
A moment at Damascus that resulted in major changes far beyond what was first comprehended...
This is a "short issue" blog, covering a number of things that have irritated the POD.
1. It is not fun to have Eye issues.
Short story long. Many years ago, while in law school, I had that life changing moment at Damascus and did not realize it. I was a second year law student. It was Friday afternoon. The rest of my fellow law students went out to celebrate the start of the weekend... I went to the Library to cite check an article for the Journal of International Law and Economics. I was on my bicycle and was not wearing eye protection. A rock got kicked up on Constitution avenue into my right eye. It turns out that this was "life changing".
1. I got a corneal ulcer and the eye was dilated for 4 weeks during which I could not read. And catching up from this, I got mono.
This had an immediate impact. But for 1st semester, 2nd year, I was in the top 5 to 10% of my law school class. This semester brought me way down and while I went back to high levels of performance in future quarters, this ended "big law" as an option.
But this wasn't the only immediate impact...Due to rock in the eye, I was slow getting home. That morning I had been "interviewed" by a major Hawaii law firm about a summer associate position. They called my apartment and left a message asking me to come to dinner that night. I got home to late too go. Apparently this offended them and they hired another GW student with no Hawaii connections (and basically an identical set of credentials) instead of me. I found out several years later that they had not believed my story of going to the library of Congress and getting hit in the eye with a rock...
2. Due to the corneal ulcer and the eye injury I did not complete my journal editing assignment on time. And due to rock in the eye and the inability to see, I was unable to complete my journal article. And thus I was not on the Journal my third year.
3. In the longer term, I have now been told, many years after the fact, that my right eye has now developed a "traumatic cataract" and I am going to need to have it corrected. And I have noticed this in the past six months as my ability to read has been somewhat limited. Not yet a "major" issue, but enough of a problem to be troublesome.
A moment at Damascus that resulted in major changes far beyond what was first comprehended...
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