Thrice this week I was chastised by others for my blawg defying easy pigeonholing.

“Yutz,” I was called (by someone obviously misinformed that yutz was a Yiddish term of endearment).

“Don’t you know that you can’t market yourself through your blog unless you keep it consistent!”

Why yes, I’ve heard that.  But then my blog was not created as an exercise in marketing.  Shocking but true.  It’s not that I do not appreciate the inquiries from people who have happened upon my work and sought me out, but that’s not why I write.  Cogito ergo sum.  And I write because I think.

I could limit my blawg to New York criminal law issues, or criminal law issues in general.  But my interests are not so limited.  Some of my work is deadly serious, while I include many humorous elements in my blawg.  For me, there’s room for both.  And if your gestalt needs compel you to demand an explanation, jurisprudence is the product of all influences of society, whether popular, political, legal or historical.  Why stop at one when you can have them all?

So read what you want.  If you like it, read more.  If you hate it, tell me why.  I don’t mind being told I’m wrong.  My best thoughts come from being challenged, and I am proud to say that I’ve learned as a result.  But don’t bitch because I my world tends to expand in unpredictable ways.  If I had the time, I would write about 100 things a day, likely more.  There is so much of interest happening around us that I cannot fathom how any thinking person could do less.

UPDATE:  I just found out that Jamie Spencer in his Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer blog has just posted the results of his highly scientific poll of favorite criminal defense blawgs of all time, and this blog has made the top 10 (actually, 11, but we’re lawyers, not accountants, so who’s counting).  I am, of course, humbled by this honor.  So who’s the yutz now!