Sensitive husbands don't like second billing.
And charge it please.
When you get something for nothing, you just haven't been billed for it yet.
I don't know if I've ever written anything that's not a bill! I do write stories but I don't put a stamp on them. I wrote a story for my wife over Christmas and gave it to her as a present because she asked me to, but I don't put a stamp on things and send them to people.
I was in Milan, and somebody gave me a Trussardi diary, and I thought 'Genius.' Inside I put the Polaroids, how much film I shot, who I shot with. This way, for billing later on, I had all the information.
What did Jesus say to the headwaiter at the Last Supper? 'Separate checks, please.'
From the law firm's perspective, billing by the hour has a certain appeal: it shifts risk from the firm to the client in case the work takes longer than expected. But from a client's perspective, it doesn't work so well. It gives lawyers an incentive to overstaff and to overresearch cases.
Thrice happy's the wooing that's not long adoing. So much time is saved in the billing and cooing.
