"'cause Playboy isn't our cup of tea"

11/9/07: Lat's sexual orientation officially confirmed.

that's not a rejection....he should call every day and ask if they want to pursue his application further

"Now, we haven't seen this for ourselves, 'cause Playboy isn't our cup of tea, you see."

Good lord, and I thought all of the jokes about which way your door swings, was just that, jokes!!

2:53, should that be "were just that?"

It would be even better if it were a postcard. It wasn't, was it?

I apologize grammar cop...I was lost in the moment...

No problem 2:53. We're all in this together.

Maybe Lat's more of a "Hustler" kinda guy.

lat: congratulations on the announcement.

I thought Nixon Peabody was on a hiring freeze... oops, is that information that they didn't want to get out in the event that their employees and offerees were skeptical over the firm's finances?

2:56,

It wasn't a postcard, it came in a cheap, waxy envelope. I got the same thing recently.

My first reaction was "Low budget, low class." Then I waited 30 seconds and moved on with my life. Still, now that I think about it again ... I don't know if it speaks that POORLY of NP, but it sure won't endear them to anyone (not that they care, I'm sure).

Lat is already "out" (see his Facebook profile).

But haven't we known this ever since Lat "came out" as the author of Underneath Their Robes?

UTR was the gayest blog ever. It made Queerty and Towleroad look butch.

so explain, is Lat one of them "log cabin republican" self hating queers?

wow. just listed to the song for the first time. if producing that song is any indication of the firm's judgment, no one should hire these people.

That's ok, Lat. Playboy isn't my cup of tea, either. It's my cup of "go to town on myself." Centerfolds to 36DDD!!!!

3:07: You got REJECTED by NP? Ouch. Nobody here would even interview with them...

now, now 3:12. If NP isn't the best damn firm in Rochester, I don't care what is.

You're missing the point: The applicant was a loser. Thus, he had no place at NP. They're all winners.

Hate to burst your bubble Lat but you haven't really arrived until you're mentioned in Swank.

what the fuck is wrong with you people?

At least NP used postage. A number of firms are resorting to e-mail this cycle.

I got an acceptance from Shearman by emai on a Saturday afternnon.

3:37 - you misspelled "afternoon," "email" and, I can only hope, "rejection."

3:37 - what was Sherman "accepting" from you? Its not a school you dumbf**k, its a job OFFER.

Also try to learn how to spell.

Wow... and people wonder why diversity training is required. The fascination with sexual orientation is incredible.

I got rejected from the DC office of NP and just got a normal letter (after a looong wait). They packaged it with my travel reimbursement check, though, so maybe that wouldn't have fit into a regular envelope and they figured they'd save on postage?

And yeah, is ANYONE being hired by them this year? I go to a T14 and my friends who interviewed there all got rejected too.

First.

I feel better now.

NP left my rejection letter in a flaming bag of poo on the porch.

damn...lat is ruthless...he is scorched earth

I thought Lat was a gaybasher... look at his old Crimson editorials...

Woohoo! Lat's official confirmation of his sexual orientation means he might be interested in me, a catholic priest.

3:48- Don't you mean It's-----dumb fuck? sort of like the pot calling the kettle black.

3:37, that may be... wait, let me think... yes, that is the worst post we've ever seen.

3:48---Is that General Sherman you are referring to?

Obviously, ALT—with all of its Oona O'Connell (5 with cheesecake shots)—was mistaken by Playboy for a ‘men’s magazine’.

3:37, that may be... wait, let us think... yes, that is the worst post we've ever seen.

4:11 --

Being gay and being a gaybasher are not mutually exclusive -- it's actually pretty common, especially among conservative gays who have yet to come out of the closet. See, e.g., Larry Craig.

That said, I think that Lat has all but publicly come out. If Underneath Their Robes wasn't enough, he's also made passing reference to being gay (e.g., this post; his reference that his interest in a female judge "is not prurient in the least (trust us).").

Queerty rightfully pointed out, however, that Lat has never actually apologized for his homophobic college rants... http://www.queerty.com/queer/blogs/the-new-homophobe-at-wonkette-update-20060124.php

We are both singular and plural. We are omnipresent. Do not anger us. Or me.

Hey Lat, this is 4:11. Why don't you apologize for anti-gay college rants? I want to like you.

The Post Gods---What client is getting fleeced by you now, while you spend your time on here?

Lat's "homophobic college rant":

In one column, entitled "Those 'Happy Homos,'" [Lat] wrote: "National Coming Out Day is just another event in the recent rash of identity-based pride rallies. These alleged celebrations of diversity have devolved into mutual masturbation festivals. They reassure people who are still deeply troubled by their lifestyle choices and are desperately seeking a stamp of approval. We have a duty to deny them this approval."

(http://underneaththeirrobes.blogs.com/main/2006/01/in_re_those_hap.html#comments) (this is the Underneath Their Robes post where he said 'don't judge me on my college rants! but didn't apologize for spewing the nasty about his LGBT peers)

Lat? Further clarification about potential evolution in your view of people "who are deeply troubled about their lifestyle choices"?

Scary shit! Come on Lat, I think all you need to do is apologize (unless you haven't changed your views...) and then this won't come up every few weeks.

One dumb fuck to another dumb fuck - - one dumb fucking client.

3:59

Best comment of the day!

The Post Gods--I hope your firm is not logging your keystrokes.

The Post Gods--I hope your firm is not logging your keystrokes.

ODFTADF - - They aren't.

4:52 x 2: Who logs strokes. I mean one time when I was in high school I "counted" how many strokes it took me. I can't imagine that my firm would do that though.

Doesn't the message imply the addressee is NOT "talented and diverse" -- ? Ouch.

had an on campus interview w/NP months ago and they still havn't "rejected" me. I'm not talented or diverse enough for a postcard i guess.

Back when I was a law student, which was a really long time ago, a friend of mine (highly competent, perfectly presentable, law review) got a rejection letter from a big firm that said, "We do not now, nor do we expect ever to have, a position for someone with your qualifications."

Ouch.

Yeah, LAT, time for an apology.
--Gay Reader

Why should Lat apoligize? The "rant" that was posted was not homophobic; merely conservative.

I did have a firm (one in Chicago, but I can't remember which one) reject me by post card. I thought it was pretty classless. At least NP used an envelope.

How is this a rejection? Isn't this NP trying to act 'normal', i.e. like companies in other sectors, where it is quite common to acknowledge receipt of a job application before even looking at it?

As others have said, this isn't a rejection. It's a return receipt acknowledging the resume.

Your source and his "friend" need to get off their high horses.