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Still Cool 55 Years Later...

It was 1964. The coolest music on the planet was being played by Paul Desmond on Sax, Dave Brubeck on Piano, Joe Morello on drums and Eugene Wright on Bass. It is still cool all these years later. And they weren't even trying to be cool. 

New Office Chair - I Want One

If only this chair didn't cost $1,400. Because it would make a great chair for a Stoic lawyer like FutureLawyer. It is 4 feet high, and resin based. It screams Memento Mori, does it not?

Google Keep - Keep Everything In One Place

What is free to use, limitless in possibilities, and syncs across all your devices? Why, Google Keep, of course. I store my personal information, and keep notes there, and the inspirational stuff I find that I want to revisit often. Lawyers are always taking notes about clients and cases and research. Google Keep is the perfect repository for those notes. Organizing them is another thing altogether. This little video is a great introduction to new users, and a great resource for Keep users. Save everything; but, make it useful later. Labels are fine; but, archives are better.

 

How Do You Know You Aren't One Of The Dunces?

A Confederacy Of Dunces - 40 Years. As ever, Michael Wade has sparked memories and deep thinking in me, with his reference to this miracle of modern literature, "A Confederacy of Dunces", written in the Sixties and pushed into print by Walker Percy, winner of the National Book Award, and part of the triumvirate of literary greatness that populated my college, Loyola University of the South. Along with my professors, John William Corrington and Miller Williams, Walker Percy was the dean of Southern literature, and taught at Loyola a few years after I left for law school. The tragic story of John Kennedy Toole, who committed suicide before the book was published, is a novel in itself. But, it is no coincidence that Toole got his title from Jonathan Swift, whose sharp satire roiled British society and hypocrisy in general. Think of this book as Mad Magazine for the literary class. But, it is more than that. What better time to read about the laughable hypocrisy of the confederacy of dunces who populate positions of power in our society?

Rick Georges - The FutureLawyer

Real Property, Wills, Trusts, Probate and Corporate Law on Florida's west coast;
Since 1973. https://t.co/AhzdvyrW3X. pic.twitter.com/It3ta6nEwP

— Rick Georges (@rickgeorges) May 26, 2020

Why Do Phone Companies Redesign Their Phones And Devices Every Year?

Do You Wish Phone Companies Would Stop Redesigning Their Phones Every Year? This article complains about phone companies redesigning their phones every year. Why? It is as if a new design has some compelling and magical influence on our free will. If you can't resist buying a new design, you have more lack of self control problems than I can help you with. I buy new gadgets because I enjoy them, and they bring me fun and pleasure. Everyone needs to nurture whatever desire in us gives us happiness in living, as long as it doesn't involve harm to others. After all, if this is the last day I have on earth, I want to spend it with my gadgets. Like persons, they can be recalcitrant, annoying, aggravating, and painfully difficult; but, they can also bring joy and pleasure. So, phone companies, redesign away. I can't wait to see what you come up with next to tempt me to give you my money. Remember, however, that I get to choose whether I do. Temptation is my friend. It allows me to show my strength of will. Now, take my money, please.

#WhyIAmASolo - I Don't Have To Attend Employment Interviews.

Parrots At Home Event Is Online June 13-18, 2020

Parrots At Home Online Event. As many events around the world are postponed or cancelled due to the pandemic, there are actually opportunities for millions of us who wouldn't normally travel to the events to attend online. The U.K. parrots annual event will be online this year, and anyone with an Internet connection can attend. Adapt and overcome.

Who Believes In An Afterlife?

The eternal question, isn't it? We never really know what comes after death. Afterlife is a pretty literal term. You are alive, and then you aren't. Death is impossible to describe, because once it occurs, if there is something after, we can't see it, touch it, or experience it while living. So, it requires an unreasoning belief that we call faith. You either have it, or you don't. I think that most of us vacillate back and forth between belief and doubt for most of our lives. In my poems I express it in a line something like: "None of us know what lies on the other side of midnight". A belief in something that can't be empirically proven is the "Doubting Thomas" meme, and I suspect that no one since Thomas has had the offer he got. So, what to do? I guess we will all have to trust that we are living our lives in the best way that we can. Isn't that what faith is all about, anyway? We won't know for sure until it is too late. Live a virtuous life anyway.

The Eternal Battle For The Lawyer's Soul

So, do you want to be bad ass, or a sensitive, caring person? The lawyer's eternal struggle.