If the cap fits…

Eleven years ago, when I was contemplating my return to the United States from my home country of Ireland on a J-1 Visa, I don’t think blogging existed (and if it did, I certainly wasn’t aware of it). Since then, I haven’t undertaken any research, spent any time at the bench, or worked in academia. My background is a legal as opposed to scientific one, with a concentration in US immigration law.  So what is an Irish immigration attorney doing blogging on a US based scientific careers site, and more importantly, why should you bother reading what I’m taking the time to write?