Good Habits: Can You Teach Them to Straight-Up Looters?
M.G. Krebs, Hero of Work-Life Bongo. Only about 1% of employees–if that–have a “passion for excellence” 24/7. The rest have their moments. […]
Month: August 2011
Pantheon: Lena Calhoun Horne.
1941 photo by Carl Van Vechten Lena Horne died last year on May 9, 2010. She had natural class and confidence. She […]
Why You Shouldn’t Always Text Baby Boomers.
Note to Gen-X and Gen-Y Guys: We know that you do whatever your women tell you to do–and that they like to […]
My Marrakesh: Mirleft, Morocco–and Life’s Big Waters. The Strength and Passion of a Mother’s Love.
Do see at My Marrakesh my stalwart friend Maryam’s Mirleft, Morocco: and a Tale of Watery Treachery.
It’s Friday night again. You really believe Your Wife is out with The Girls?
There’s a man down there. Might be your husband. I don’t know. “She took all my money. Wrecked my new car. Now […]
Jorge Luis Borges: Happy Birthday, Old Man.
And sorry we are one day late. No one in the history of letters has ever had your courage or imagination. I […]
Washington Post: Earthquakes, U.S. Monetary Policy & the Terrible Wrath of Fiscal Gods.
Last week in Phoenix I met with Mike O’Neil, friend, prof, TV news pundit, doer, fellow politics junkie and Renaissance Man. We […]
House of Barbie: Me love you long time…
Name’s Oliver. American. Buy you a counterfeit Heineken? “Iconic” Barbie is now 52 and, in recent years, alive, well and servicing China. […]
Broc Romanek: Congress, HR 2759 and Disclosures of “Social Issues” to the SEC.
And, hey, Get the Net. See at The Corporate Counsel.Net Broc Romanek’s piece “A Disturbing Trend: Congress Forcing Corporate Disclosure for Social […]
Dance, robots, dance.
Ancient Galleries, Ancient Faces. New Haven, 1968.
Paris in York.
York, England, over two years ago, by American writer Tara Bradford at her Paris Parfait: The current York Minster Cathedral was started […]
Deliberations: Doggie Witness Prep. Can I get a Woodshed Woof?
Let her finish the question before you bark, okay? See at Deliberations Doggie Witness Prep: Coming to a Courtroom Near You.
Deliberations: Doggie Witness Prep. Can I get a Woodshed Woof?
You’re both doing fine. But when we get back from lunch, Spot, let her finish the question before you bark, okay? See […]
My Marrakesh: Mali.
From Maryam Montague’s peripatetic and always-elegant My Marrakesh on April 29, 2010.
Depositions under the American Federal Rules: There’s a Reason they call it Discovery, Jack.
Savor the Brutality. Bleed. Make Friends with the Pain. Learn not to cringe. At depositions, remember to “get The Badness in your […]
Fear Kills–but first it Paralyzes, Enslaves & Stupefies.
A celestial character played by actor Rip Torn in the 1991 Albert Brooks movie Defending Your Life referred to earth-bound humans as […]
Professionalism, Actually.
Let’s say you’re a blues guitarist with a broken ring finger on your fretboard hand. What do you do? If you’re Albert […]
They Called It Stormy Monday.
But Tuesday’s just as bad.
In Bruges: What if the Kray Twins were Chatty, Funny & Guilt-Ridden?
West Flanders, Belgium. I have been there 3 times–mainly passing through, usually on the lamest of pretexts to simply be there. But […]
Sensitive Litigation Moment #1: In Federal Courts, Use Declarations–not Affidavits.
Crystal, The Missing Oversexed Boozy Notary. The rule is very handy here: your three oversexed resident notaries–Nadine, Crystal, and Little Sammy the […]
Are We Not Men?
I peered hard into the blackness, but could distinguish nothing. “It is a man,” the voice repeated. “He comes to live with […]
An Eternal Reason to Live.
“They don’t believe in this love of mine…”
Some, Too, Are Talented.
“All heiresses are beautiful.” –John Dryden Dylan Lauren (1974- ) Dryden (1631-1700) Photo: Rabbani & Solimene
Debt Ceiling Deal Done. Obama Tax Raise Bid Shut Down. Are We Yanks Short-Sighted Tools or What?
It’s not over yet. But see Washington strikes deal on debt ceiling, by David Espo, Associated Press. It begins: WASHINGTON “” Ending […]