January 26th, 2010
The Little Prince of Las Vegas Law
Las Vegas might be a city of sin and decadence, but there is law and order there. There is also the CSI show there too, and though Jay-Z might consider New York the city of sin, others think that Las Vegas made the patent. But there are people there trying to fight that perception, and not just the cops and lawyers fighting the problems with drugs, murder, stealing the kind of crimes you turn on the TV for to watch on the news for the true experience of reality TV or on those crime shows that range from the docile, Murder She Wrote and Blues Clues, to the intense, Southland and The Wire and not just on those TV shows you might see time to time when you are tired and watching the TV, waiting out the hours until the alarm rings or the radio turns on and wakes you up.
I know a guy who fighting in a Las Vegas, Nevada law firm. He has had to work hard to get into the position he is, especially saddled with his name, Saint-Exupery. He works with primarily soon to be divorcees and prenuptial agreements, which might seem like a disparate connection but not really. Besides, it helps him to do the kind of work he really likes to do. He likes to volunteer his services to those that cannot afford them normally. He takes to heart the saying that America wants you to give her your poor and needy, in the good times, and in sickness and health.
He also has a soft spot for libraries. He likes to volunteer as a reader to children. These children love to hear the stories he picks out for them. He read The Little Prince the other day and then asked the kids to draw their own versions of animals outside and inside. He chose to an elephant that the children all instantly recognized but that the adults just thought was the top part of a hat, a fedora to be precise because that is the kind of hat that my friend likes to wear, whether he is lawyer garb or not. The children are smart enough to know the difference between a hat and elephant but a lot of adults do not. That is why they liked the little Prince so much. That is why he likes them so much.