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How To Be A Windows God.

How To Enable God Mode In Windows. You, too, can be a Windows God. Windows is a complex operating system, but eminently customizable. It also has many hidden apps and tricks that can solve problems, and adjust the environment to suit every user. If you add a simple line of code, you can bring up a list of every one of the tips, tricks and adjustments possible. I keep the God Mode icon handy, and use it whenever I need to help out. Try it and see whether you can make your day better.

Ms. Lawyer - Your Law Office Documents Are Ready.

Legal Fuel Document Library The excellent Legal Fuel website of the Florida Bar is a great resource. The document library is a great place to find just about any document required to run a law firm, and Florida lawyers should consult it. In fact, many of the forms are just as applicable to lawyers in any State. Starting a law firm? Don't reinvent the wheel. Look at the library of documents available for free on the website.

Shoe, I Feel Your Pain.

Why do we subject ourselves to the pain and anguish? Why do we endure?

PDF Software For The Rest Of Us.

Kofax Power PDF. You cannot practice law in Florida without using a decent PDF software application. EFiling is now mandatory in all Counties in the State, and PDF is the document standard. But, the software I use every single day multiple times a day is not Adobe, which costs over $500 for a 3 year subscription. It is Kofax Power PDF (formerly Nuance), which is $179 and you own the software. You can upgrade it as new versions come out; but, there are free patches when issues arise. The software does everything and more that a lawyer needs, and is easy and intuitive. Hey, if you have money to burn, and want a long learning curve, get Adobe. If you want to save a lot of money, and  want something easy to use, get Kofax. No brainer.

Sometimes, Bird Photography Can Be Difficult.

#ParrotSunday - The Loneliest Macaw In Rio.

The Loneliest Macaw. Rio used to be home to a large population of Macaws. Over time, civilization intervened, and Juliet, a Macaw, appears to be the last one in the wild. Some say the bird is lonely, and seeks company at the Zoo. Others have their own explanations. However, what is clear is that all animals and creatures require companionship. No parrot is an island.

Happy Mother's Day From Charles Pugsley Fincher.

This is my favorite Fincher cartoon. In litigation, there are no more mothers and sons.

A Stoic Lesson For Rat.

Poor Rat. While his initial impulse to create a world in which he is isolated from the morons, there is no way to escape them. Morons inhabit the earth, and the only way to deal with them is to accept them, and realize they are our brothers. As Marcus Aurelius advises: 

“ Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness – all of them due to the offenders’ ignorance of what is good or evil. But for my part I have long perceived the nature of good and its nobility, the nature of evil and its meanness, and also the nature of the culprit himself, who is my brother (not in the physical sense, but as a fellow creature similarly endowed with reason and a share of the divine); therefore none of those things can injure me, for nobody can implicate me in what is degrading. Neither can I be angry with my brother or fall foul of him; for he and I were born to work together, like a man’s two hands, feet or eyelids, or the upper and lower rows of his teeth. To obstruct each other is against Nature’s law – and what is irritation or aversion but a form of obstruction. ”

#WhyIAmASolo - Nobody Expects Me To Pull All-Nighters.

All Nighters Are Fueling An E-Discovery Hiring Spree. Is the premise of this article true? If so, some BigLaw lawyers need to reevaluate their lifestyle choices. I get that some cases deserve emergency engagement. But, this article makes all night remote lawyering as common. Money and "success" are not worth the loss of a life. Live in balance while you have a life to live. Solo practice doesn't bring rich monetary rewards in the main although, some solos do very well. Most of us, however, can find balance in our lives and some joy in existence. If you don't find joy in something, as Marie Kondo tells us, get rid of it. That goes for jobs also. Be happy out there.

Sunday Is Mother's Day. Are You Prepared?

The ad says, and I quote, "Watch her face light up with delight". It is an ad for Nuance Dragon Naturally Speaking from a few years ago. I kid you not. So, this Sunday, get your wife or mom the gift that Nuance says will light up her life. A subscription to online dictation software. What more could a woman want?