“July 2 — Thank God I’m not a litigator. Jerry just got a 137 page motion to dismiss his 85 page complaint. By fax yet, right before a holiday weekend. Jerry says he’ll see the defendant’s motion and raise it a hundred. I think Jerry should consider therapy.” — humorist Madeleine Begun Kane, on her former career as a lawyer, first published Pacific Magazine & Funny Times, March 5, 1993.