December 30, 2009

Salve Veritate

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Perhaps the reader may ask, of what consequence is it whether the author’s exact language is preserved or not, provided we have his thought? The answer is, that inaccurate quotation is a sin against truth. It may appear in any particular instance to be a trifle, but perfection consists in small things, and perfection is no trifle. — Robert W. Shaunon

Talking about backup systems is a bit like talking about wills – its the last thing you want to think about ’cause my data is safe, secure, and sitting on my laptop’s disk. Well the truth of the matter is that one of these days your computer is going to get hit by the electronic equivalent of the 3:30 cross-town bus and you’ll be sending lilies to your data’s next of kin. (more…)

 

December 4, 2009

A Decalogue

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Say what you will about the Ten Commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them. – H. L. Mencken

In 10 bullet points

  • Be civil
  • Be empowering
  • Be available
  • Be healthy
  • Be innovative
  • Be mindful
  • Be prepared
  • Be timely
  • Be thoughtful
  • Be paid up front

The first and great commandment is: Don’t let them scare you. – Elmer Davis

 

November 27, 2009

Black Friday

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Its that time of year when we flock to the nearest retail outlet at an ungodly hour in the morning in an attempt to beat out the rest of the assembled hoard for, what we assume to be, the deal of the Christmas shopping season.

Being a practicing curmudgeon, my suggestion is to spend the day observing that little know holiday of “Buy Nothing Day“.

If you must spend, consider sending something to Heifer International. They may not have any door-buster sales, but then the waiting line is not as long and you get to sleep in.

 

November 24, 2009

SOS – Solo Out of School

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Make voyages! – Attempt them! – there’s nothing else… (Tennessee Williams)

So, you are thinking of going solo right of school – great! Here’s some things to keep in mind:

  • If you can pass the bar exam, you are (or at least yourState Bar thinks you are) competent to practice law. Period, end of discussion. So never doubt that you are sufficiently prepared to go out there and commit random acts of lawyerism. That nagging doubt, that fear that sneaks up in the quite hours of the night does not feed on your lack of competence, it feeds on your lack of experience. The good news is that there’s a cure for that – time. (more…)
 

October 22, 2009

Not Quite 15 Minutes

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The November issue of the ABA Journal has a feature on rural lawyers.

While the title and tag line are a little over the top (and out of the author’s control), the article does a good job in presenting both the “calculus connected with rural and small-town practice” and lawyers who have chosen a rural practice.

 

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