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#WhyIAmASolo - I Get To Use Rat's Strategy For Focusing On Work During The Day

Thanks, Rat. Focus is important to a law practice. 

It Is Columbus Day - Get Over It

It%u2019s time to stop scapegoating Christopher Columbus. I feel the same way about the scapegoating of Christopher Columbus that I do about calls to get rid of my favorite football team's name. They are the Washington Redskins. Get over it. This is Columbus Day. Get over it. I find it laughable that people make an issue out of a name; especially since they see nothing wrong with calling my profession, lawyer, names all the time. Somebody needs to reread their Shakespeare. "What's in a name? That which we call a Rose is, by any name, just as sweet". Get over it, Snowflakes.

#WhyIAmASolo - I Don't Have To Use This Office

Evil Cat Lives

For the first time in a few years, Evil Cat graces the front yard. Don't come around here at night for a few weeks. Just sayin... Download 20191013_085139.mp4 (14433.5K)

#ParrotSunday - Angry A Lot? Get An Anger Management Parrot

The Anger Management Parrot %u2013 Grey Bird. Parrots, unlike other companion animals, have a sixth sense and an ability to communicate with humans. Sadie, an African Grey, has developed such a bond with her owner that she can sense when he needs to calm down, and actually says: "Calm down, Jim", and "It's all right". I have developed routines with my parrots that never vary, and create a contact with them that is impossible to describe. Just another way that parrots enrich our lives.

Amazon Echo Frames --Alexa Gets Into Your Head

Amazon Echo Frames -- here's what you didn't know about Amazon's new smart glasses - CNET. The new Amazon Echo Frames aren't as pretty as my Bose Frames, and I am certain the sound quality won't be as good; but, I have to say OK Google to get information from my frames, and the new Amazon product promises to have Alexa embedded in them. Hey, Alexa! Where are my glassses? Oh, yeah, they are on my head.

Date Night In The Age Of Social Media

Weekends Are Great - But, Prepare For The Worst

Premeditatio Malorum. You have a whole weekend to relax, and play, and watch football, and play with the kids and the dog, and have a nice meal, until you have to return to work on Monday. Your life is great; what could go wrong? Well, as we all know, things go wrong all the time. It is amazing that our minds trick us into complacency, isn't it? We are so surprised when a spouse becomes deathly ill, or we have a car accident, or someone we love dies, or we go bankrupt, or we are burglarized in our home, or whatever. But, we all face a terminal diagnosis when we are born. Why are we so surprised when we die? Well, part of the answer lies in the capacity of the human brain to survive. Part of the answer lies is our inability to plan ahead. So, always be prepared for tragedy. it will happen. You know that. I know that. Let's wake up every day and love the moments in which nothing happens. But, wake up every day prepared for everything. It's just the rational response to the human condition. Now, have a great Saturday. I plan to.

#PoetryFriday - Spring

Spring

He had spent his forty days in the desert.
He wanted a drink of water
and wine.

She warned him that spring brought new growth
and change.
She counseled caution.

She spoke the words of winter,
But, she moved with the body of spring.
He wanted her
with the sizzle of a summer sun.

Their voices danced quietly,
the dance of lovers.

He was patient.
But, he wanted the lightning
and the thunderstorm.

he waited for the coming of the rosebud.

Its bloom was as inevitable
as the passage of time.

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