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This Is How DisneyWorld Treats Annual Pass Holders

Everything Old Is New Again

An Alternative To Email. Execupundit has a radical new communication technique that he promises will spark critical thinking and analysis, and improve the quality of communications now lacking in the standard email milieu. He calls it writing letters. This radical new technology hearkens back to olden times, when communicators gave a lot of thought to putting words on paper, and then signing with a flourish before sending the words to their destination in a flimsy paper envelope placed into the hands of postal employees. What a concept.

#WhyIAmASolo - Because I Don't Want Jeffrey Brandt's Job.

Jeffrey Brandt has kindly invited me to be interviewed on his Zoom show this Thursday morning at 10:30 A.M. Eastern time. The show is a Litera TV show, “Law Tech Weekly.” It’s a half hour Zoom chat where he interviews people in the legal tech space. He also claimed to be a fan of the blog; although, I think he was just desperate to get somebody to be a guest this week. As we chatted on LInkedIn, I discovered that he is the IT head of a 150 person law firm. He called that one small, having worked in firms of 600 lawyers. I tried to explain to him that 150 cats running around was not in any way "small", but I guess all is relative. Anyway, I will try to post the details before Thursday, in case anyone wants to watch.

A New Galaxy Watch 3 Is Delivered...Forget Working For The Rest Of The Day.

The Futurelawyer is out. No calls. No pool. No pets. A new SmartWatch has arrived, and is charging. It is thin, light and jet black with a black leather band. This is the watch Armani should have built. This watch makes the Apple Watch look like a toy. It is waiting for installation and pairing with the Samsung Galaxy 10+ 5G phone. In honor of the occasion, I am also charging my StarTrek Communicator, and will be calling the Enterprise to beam me up soon. If you aren't having fun, you shouldn't be doing it.

Leave It To Rat To Find A Silver Lining.

China Is Not Your Friend

China Arrest Of Pro-Democracy Supporter. The Hong Kong arrest of pro democracy supporter, Jimmy Lai, is another example of the fact that our biggest adversary is China. Free speech doesn't exist in this totalitarian regime. If you value your right to speak, you must resist the cancel culture, any pandering to China, and support the right to protest without violence. I will probably be dead before the consequences of the current tide of speech suppression; but, mark my words, you will have to live with the consequences. Stand up for free speech, or reap the whirlwind.

Only Take What You Can Eat

Monday morning Rules Of Evidence:

 

October, 1972 - The FutureLawyer Became A Lawyer

October, 1972. While browsing the Internet this morning, I came across a website that chronicles all the things, of note, that happened on a given day in history. At the same time, I realized that I have been a practicing lawyer for almost 48 years. I don't feel old, at least in mind and spirit, although the body betrays me occasionally. Is the world different from 1972? In some ways, certainly. But, if you were back there right now, you would still be worrying about war, pestilence, famine, and man's inhumanity to man. Planes were crashing, governments were still touting their assistance to the poor, silly names and titles were being changed (Ms. was introduced into the lexicon), while the substantive reasons for sex discrimination were ignored, people were dying, trains were crashing, innocent schoolchildren were being kidnapped, and I could go on for a while. Why are we so overwrought over things that we can never change, and that we know will continue to happen as long as humans reside on our planet? What good are you doing when you scream, riot, and otherwise vent about social justice, and evil, and all the things that you proudly report you hate? I admit that I have changed nothing about our society in the 48 years I have been part of the process. I would like, however, to believe that I have made some progress as an individual human being. What more is there?

I Don't Care About Covid-19. I Can't Wait To Get On An Airplane.

AnyLaw Adds Topic Search As Beta Feature

AnyLaw Category Search. AnyLaw, the free legal research case finder site, that has AI search capability, has added an interesting beta option that allows for searching by Category of case. Need cases that only consider Real Estate law? Just search within the category. This keeps out a lot of extraneous cases that may contain your search terms; but, involve matters not related to you current matter. These guys might just be the disruption that online legal research has been waiting for. When I displayed this page this morning, I flashed back to law school, when I spent long hours in the law library pulling books off the shelves, and paging through them to find cases and read them. It seems like ancient history. How far legal research has come in a few years.