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RV Lawyer Needs A TV Break While Traveling.

I don't work all the time when I am on the road. In fact, I love thinking up cool ways to use my gadgets for entertainment. Watching TV in the coach is a nice way to relax; and with the Starlink and Roku, I can watch Rays baseball, Bucs Football, Lightning games, and Diane can watch anything else she wants. But, sometimes, it is nice to get outside and sit in a portable chair, with scotch in hand, and watch TV. But, I am not a rich person, so these outdoor entertainment centers on the big motor homes aren't in my future. But, where there is a will, there is a way.

Projection screen - $60

Backup smartphone - $700

Pico Projector - $250

Portable Bluetooth Speaker - $50

Relaxing outside the RV under Florida skies - priceless.

 

#PoetryFriday - The Road Goes On Forever.

Poems are often inspired by simple comments or remarks. My good friend, Shawne Park, inspired this one this morning, with a comment he made to my post about the implications of a sign marking the end of a sidewalk the other day. In his words "the road goes on forever, and the story never ends". It occurred to me that everything actually does end for a single human. But, over the vastness of time, will there be a lone, solitary human who exists at the end of time? Are all roads unending?

I walk the road,
staring at the pavement,
oblivious to the beauty around me.
I feel the breeze
passing through the bushes and trees,
on its way to me.
The pain in my back
and joints
reminds me that I am brittle,
and that someday I will break.
But, the road goes on forever,
unimpressed with my journey.
I try to remember
the first steps I took,
and the beginning of the trek;
but I can’t recall what I felt,
or what I was thinking
when there was no pain,
when there was no breeze.
What if I had strayed from the pavement?
What if I had walked
on the grass?
What if I had taken a detour
along the way?
Would I have been able to find the road again?
I passed so many signs,
some in bold letters
and some hidden by bushes
that required a closer look.
I wonder whether some of the signs
would have changed my path.
The slower I walk,
the more I wish I had
taken the time
to alter my path.
The pavement was the easy way
to walk into the future,
unencumbered by distractions
and choices.
Now, I know
that no road goes on forever.
It just feels as if they do.

The Gift.

He tried to choose his gifts carefully.

He went to all the right stores.

He saved up his money.

He travelled, in person,

to expensive retailers,

and spent time in meaningless conversation

with counter people

who would rather be somewhere else.

He read the fashion magazines,

and scoured the Internet,

with a business style focus.

He spent more money than he should,

trying to impress her.

When the day came,

and he presented his gift to her,

he was happily pleased

that she was pleased.

He felt the satisfaction

of the giver,

and the joy in her happiness.

His joy, however, belied the empty feeling in his soul.

He struggled to form words

that described the unsettled feelings.

As he grew older,

he tried to reconcile these feelings.

He realized that the greatest gift of all

required no effort,

and no money,

and no skill.

He would give her the gift of his time,

and that much limited resource

would be the best gift of all.

Time flashes by in an instant.

He would try to give it away before it was gone.

We All Get Old...But, Do We Look Good Doing It?

I have a dream, that, despite the odds, I will be one of those old lawyers who practices law for over 75 years. I have 25 years to go, at which time I would be 100. Of course, I will need a nurse to tell me how good I look doing it. Old lawyers never die. They just sink into a chair in their briefs.

#WhyIAmASolo - I Set The Priorities, And I Decide What To Do First.

You only get one short life. Don't spend it in a law firm in which someone else sets your priorities, and someone else decides what you have to do, and when to do it. After Fifty years of doing this job, I have only one piece of advice for you: Money is way down on the list of things that will make you happy. Freedom of choice is way up at the top of the list. Act accordingly.

When Lawyers Get Involved In Municipal Government.

We all die. That is a given. I suppose that, since I have "Memento Mori" signs all over the place, that I am guilty of the same Captain Obvious disease as the lawyer for this town. But, we live in times where the failure to warn is often considered negligence. So, as a lawyer for a small town, it is not unusual for signs like this one to be recommended. Suppose a person walked into the bushes at the end of this sidewalk, fell, and injured themselves. They could sue the city for failure to warn them that the path would get a little soft in a few feet. In a similar vein, I will be reminding you that you will die for the rest of whatever life I have left. Maybe, if you are reminded enough, it will sink in, and you will spend your next day or days laughing, and loving, and smiling, and being joyful, no matter what life and fate throw at you. Until then, the signs will be up. Act asccordingly. Okay, that is today's metaphor. Tomorrow, if we get one, I will remind you again.

Being A Lawyer Anywhere - I've Been Doing It For Decades.

#WhyIBecameALawyer - I Wanted To Be The Scariest Guy In The Room.

You don't have to be the smartest guy in the room. You don't have to be everyone's friend. You don't have to be loved. There are other superpowers.

Plague Humor?

Whose dead? Who's dead? Bring out your dead.

It's Monday Morning. Do You Know Where Your Motivation Is?

One of the things that keep me going, every day, and especially on Mondays, is the recognition that right here, right now, is what living is all about. Vince Lombardi preached that wisdom, every day of his life. Don't chase rings, don't chase Championships, don't chase glory that is fleeting. Concentrate on the hard work and daily task of living the best you can. If championships and awards come, fine. If not, they don't matter anyway. Championships are gone as soon as they are won.The striving to win, the thrill of victory. These are noble goals. But, the Stoics, in the voice of Marcus Aurelius, remind us that they are fleeting, and that the reality is living a good life in the present. Lombardi, reminds us that the pursuit of excellence in the present is what life is really about. Forget past triumphs. They fade in the memory. They don't count. What are you doing right now, today, to be the best you can be?

The championships, the money, the color; all of these things linger

only in the memory. It is the spirit, the will to excel, the will to

win; these are the things that endure.

-- Vince Lombardi (1913-1970) American Football Coach