McDreamy vs McVet

Boy! Some people have the toughest lives! Here the rest of us are, working, paying bills, dealing with personal issues, and poor Meredith Grey: she has to choose between Patrick Dempsey and Chris O’Donnell!! Which one will she choose?
I really don’t care that much about the Meredith Grey character (I like the Izzy character [...]

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What Dreams May Come

Dreams are funny things. Most of the time, I don’t remember mine. Occasionally, I’ll remember something about one or two, but for the most part, they don’t stick in my conscious memory long enough to make any lasting impression. When I do tend to remember, it’s usually because the dream comes in the morning, when [...]

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No offense….

Why is it that people feel perfectly comfortable saying the most horrid things, so long as they follow it with “no offense,” or “if I’m mistaken, I apologize?”
1) At the very end of a deposition last week, the other attorney asked to make a statement for the record, during which he stated that a [...]

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Fall is really here

The weather this summer has not been that bad. Really. It could have been a lot worse. I still am overjoyed that the cooler temperatures and brisker breezes have finally arrived in southeast Michigan. I went to Frankenmuth yesterday with some friends, and it was almost perfect. I’m planning to go back, because as great [...]

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Back to our regularly scheduled programming…..

Yikes. It’s amazing how time flies – I only wish it flew because I was having fun, but alas, that was not entirely the case.
The quick rundown:
After I posted my 9/11 tribute, I kind of gave it some space – some air time, so to speak – where it would be at the top [...]

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Dreaming big dreams

I’m in a motivational rut right now. It’s partly because our company announced yesterday that it was hiring someone I have worked with in the past and found to be difficult to get along with – her father is a judge, and she had the entitlement attitude you would expect. In our last co-employment situation, [...]

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It matters to this one

There is a story told to young trial lawyers about this classic opening statement for a personal injury trial:
A man walking along a beach spies a child picking up starfish, one at a time, and throwing them back into the sea. He ask the child, “Why are you wasting your time at this? They just [...]

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Sharing violation

The biggest and most important lesson of childhood (after potty training and “please” and “thank you”) is how to share. You learn to share toys, snacks, clothes, shoes, Barbies (distinguished from actual toys because they’re, well, Barbies), and … parents.
As the oldest of four, I had to learn to share mommy and daddy early [...]

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Home again, home again

I hope you all had a good labor day weekend. I had a really good time in Alabama visiting my family. My parents are finally getting their second wind after their visit to Venezuela in July & August. My brother (a marine policeman in the Cullman area) and his family are doing fine. I got [...]

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