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Entries for May, 2008

Well, Isn’t This Freaking Wonderful?!?!

In his book, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose, Eckhart Tolle talked about [human] “Intelligence in the service of madness!”
I believe this is the sort of thing he had in mind.  Environmentally-friendly bombs?  Who knew?

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Memorial Day 2008

The Iraq war is now in its sixth year and the Afghanistan war is now in its seventh.  I am concerned that, for various reasons, these conflicts may become “forgotten wars” in the mind of the public.  We have a presidential election on the horizon, a dubious economic climate, recent natural disasters in Myanmar and […]

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Senior Citizen Forced to Live in Her Car with Her Dogs

While the rich wring their hands and keep telling the peasants that we are in a “recession,” and the Saudi Arabians basically tell President Bush to eff off when he tries to talk to them about oil prices, ordinary people are struggling.
This story makes me angry.
That anyone is homeless in the United States of America […]

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JD Bliss Webinar with Carolyn Elefant: “From BigLaw to YourLaw: The Secrets of Starting and Growing a Successful Solo Law Practice”

Attention all lawyers:
Many of you know that I am a guest blogger and regular contributor at the JD Bliss Blog. I’m thrilled to post this announcement about Carolyn Elefant’s upcoming webinar.

JD Bliss is proud to announce a new webinar on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 12:30 PM EST:
From BigLaw to YourLaw: The […]

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From the “This is Too Funny” Department…

Enjoy!

For my DHH readers, here are the lyrics to the song playing in the background.
(Source:  http://music.yahoo.com/Bobby-Day/Rockin%27-Robin/lyrics/22448465#lyricstop © LEON RENE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP)
He rocks in the tree-top all a day long
Hoppin’ and a-boppin’ and a-singin’ the song
All the little birds on J-Bird St
Love to hear the robin goin’ tweet tweet tweet
Rockin’ robin (tweet tweet tweet)
Rockin’ robin (tweet tweet […]

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All Quiet Here in the Corn Belt

It’s past my bedtime on a chilly, wet evening here in the Corn Belt.  For the last three hours, I’ve been fiddling with the WP Link Directory, a WordPress plugin that I want to use to manage the hundreds of links that I have on my various Web sites.  It almost works, but I still […]

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Let’s Go, Wolves!

My buddy Mark and I went to a Chicago Wolves hockey game last Friday night.  It was Game 5 of the West Division Final of the 2008 Calder Cup Playoffs.  The Wolves came in second to the Rockford Icehogs in a game that ended with a 5-1 score.  It was a good time.  I plan […]

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Lessons from Pigeons

Pigeons. They’re everywhere in Chicago. Whether it’s summer, autumn, winter, or spring, you can’t walk more than a block without seeing lots of pigeons. I don’t know any statistics about this, but from my observation, pigeons have to outnumber people in this city.
These birds are also known as “feral pigeons.” A […]

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Happy Birthday, Miss Puggles!

Don has some great photos of Her Majesty’s birthday celebration.
Happy birthday, Your Majesty!  May you have many more happy ones!

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Happy Anniversary to Me!

On May 5, 1994, I set out on my own to establish my solo law practice. It’s hard to believe that was 14 years ago, but that’s how quickly time flies. I can honestly say that I have had no regrets whatsoever; I am blissfully self-employed. I have certainly learned many things along the way, […]

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