Oh Deer, it is That Time of Year
It is deer season, a/k/a redneck high holy days. I am trying to be in the woods more and in the office less. Like most of my plans, it is [...]
Time, Gentlemen (Meant in a non-Gender Specific way, of Course.)
When I was a teenager, I had a hard time dragging myself out of bed in the morning. It wasn’t that I stayed out late partying because I was always [...]
Writs and Other Major Awards
Although the weather in my part of the world hasn’t yet gotten the memo- it is still in the upper 80s here- it is officially Autumn. Little known fact: the [...]
Keyboard Cowboys, Outrage Fetishists, Three Foot High Flames, and Bourbon
Gentle Reader, this is one of THOSE columns. The ones where Middle Aged Lawyer man controls my keyboard and my more reasonable voice is silent. Young folks either can’t relate [...]
Lessons from Dogs
Regular readers of this space may remember my dear dog Judge. He died several years ago- I was convinced it was only one or two years, but my wife and [...]
Remembering Isn’t Enough.
Among the (growing) list of things that annoy me are misuses and abuses of language. Overly redundant. Any and all. They’re, there and their used inappropriately, second only to your [...]
Random Thoughts to Match Random Events
I went to Chicago for the first time when I was in my early twenties. I had never been to a city that size, and I was shocked at how [...]
If Apple gets Wind of this, we are Sunk.
It had been a gloomy day, and I don’t just mean the weather. I was running behind schedule to court. The closest parking spot was three blocks away, so I [...]
What is an Old Pirate to Do?
I’ve been running into pirate symbols lately. Trial lawyers have a lot in common with pirates, as I’ve written in this space before. Pirates came up with a system of [...]
Where in the World is Waldo Santiago?
It is another cold February day here in the Midwest. The most productive use of my time that didn’t require a trip into the frost was an online continuing legal [...]