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| | Anchors Away, A Life Unmoored | MetaFilter |
 | | Anchors Away, A Life Unmoored An interesting, albeit sad, story about a once prominent D.C. lawyer who walked away from his life and now lives on a garbage-filled boat in the waters around Annapolis, MD. "Trash People" have always perplexed me; is there anything that society can do to truly help them? |
 | | I didn't mean to point to the abandonment thing in isolation, and say 'all people who abandon their families are insane' (though I figure they must be slightly nuts, that's a different topic). |
 | | Threw away a whole life......Once, Julian Bush was one of the legendary Fifth Streeters who had their offices near D.C. Superior Court, a group of attorneys who had the reputation of taking on anyone as a client -- drug dealers, murderers, rapists -- and using any and all means to defend them. |
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