Born on the hottest day in 1958 in a hospital about a mile from my practice, son of a lawyer who was a lot like Atticus Finch, I have been appearing in court since I was a teenager. The people of my hometown are just plain folks who really dont understand how the outside world has made their lives complex. Thats where I have found work for I am schooled in the secret knowledge of lawyers. Enough about me, I now am told I should use this space to disclaim that anything I have said here or on any blog should be taken by the individual reader to constitute legal advice. Instead, if you think you have more than a passing interest in any topic I touch on, you should consult an attorney.
Friday was I am northbound and saw some kind of road side warning there had been a crash at I-405 warning of a 4 mile back up. Long ago I stopped waiting out the ads on AM radio and all the other noise for the traffic report so I took this at face value and headed … More The Sting
There’s a lady who’s sure Her car is too small And she’s buying a stairway to headroom When she gets the right car Her life will be right With the drive she can be who she should be Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh And she’s buying a stairway to headroom There’s a sign on the … More Stairway to Headroom
Originally posted on Lawyers Road Review:
In a sure sign of spring, the swallows have returned to the parking garage at the Ballard Safeway. Swooping in in and out of the underside of the supermarket, they noisily nest in the asbestos coating the garage roof provides. In doing so they kick bits of the cancer…
In a sure sign of spring, the swallows have returned to the parking garage at the Ballard Safeway. Swooping in in and out of the underside of the supermarket, they noisily nest in the asbestos coating the garage roof provides. In doing so they kick bits of the cancer causing material out on to our … More The Swallows Return to the Ballard Safeway
Google Star Trek and a whole world, or should I say worlds, open up. I had no idea one could sign up to be a Klingon, a member of the Borg Collective, or a member of the Federation and be assigned an e mail address that marks the earthling for ever as something else. There … More Be Your Own Klingon
The hopelessly bourgeois life most of us have chosen leads to a dull repetitiveness that means commuting in the white Ford may be the same as taking the white bus to prison each day. In the morning when I get to Interstate 5 and have to make an election as to on ramp, north or south. Most days … More Flick It In and Adopt a Jimmy Buffett Lifestyle
It’s Presidents Day. Let talk about governance, in particular bad governance. You know it when you see it. We have a massive hole on the waterfront in Seattle where a tunnel should be because we presumed there wasn’t any obstructions in the way when we started digging. No one seems to know why pipes left … More Leaving Jar Jar Binks in Control
Originally posted on On Wholesome Ground :
I want to drive around in a 5 window truck in my hometown and pay cash for everything. I want a world that moves slower. I want the rules to be straightforward and easy to understand. I want to pay my taxes and trust government to use the money right. I…
I have just finished reading a chilling science book. Note I did not say science fiction. It is about earthquake, and it is about where we live, the Pacific Northwest. The title is Full Rip 9.0 by Sandi Doughton the science reporter for The Seattle Times. The book describes a great awakening of earth scientists … More Seattle – You Have Significant Faults
Originally posted on On Wholesome Ground :
Some red flag flies for me when I hear the term “trending”. It seems so fabricated, so meritless, so banal, and yet we have persons who hold our attention just because all of us look to the celebrity of them. This is by design. Part of what made Adolf Hitler…
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