#463 – In Which Business is Resumed

His (perhaps over)long winter’s nap come to an end, Bear Lawyer has finally roused himself from the depths of his den and set about preparing to greet the new year. Two-thousand and twenty-three, is it? Second quarter at that? Splendid.

Several leisurely breakfasts and just as many pots of coffee later, BL thought it well nigh time to reacquaint himself with the contents of his inbox: clear out the junk, reply-all to the memos, retroactively deny each and every request for time off, post some out-of-context (and marginally inappropriate) memes to the office-glen Leeway, and generally see what new business was most in need of tending.

This may take longer than anticipated.

#337

Admittedly, Bear Lawyer has no one but himself to blame for his present sartorial dilemma. While online purchases may be inherently prone to error, bear-sized neckties are decidedly rare as these things go, and odds are that BL failed to note the length before checking out. Not that this constitutes a valid reason for missing a due date for filing an appeal, but still—Bear Lawyer anticipates that the honourable (and invariably well-dressed) Judge Nathaniel “Natty” Popinjay will be more than sympathetic to the heart-wrenching dilemma posed by an ill-fitting jacquard cravat, as well as to the debilitating effect that such an unexpected wardrobe malfunction can have on any self-respecting attorney’s day-to-day.

After all, when clothes make the man/bear, a man/bear can just as easily be unmade by his clothes.