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December 31, 2020
Pantheon: Janus Blythe
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December 24, 2020
Leslie West (1945-2020)
Saw him twice. Spring/Fall 1970. Ludlow Garage in Cincinnati. Leslie West wasn’t Clapton but sometimes he was close. His bassist-producer Felix Papalardi (who once produced Cream) thought he was better than Clapton. West was having fun when he played. Loud playful fun. Only the MC5 brought out more pure animal in an audience. Undersung Jersey fat kid who started with “The Wharf Rats.” And he could sing, too.
“Leslie West, Wailer Guitarist-Singer Rocker, Is Dead at 75”
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December 23, 2020
Cold. Getting Colder.
What About Paris?
Season 6: One Night/One Person.
Many of the Homeless are a Pain in the Ass.
Some are con men and women.
Or worse.
Or can work. You can and should tell them to get jobs.
Whatever you do, keep these Muppets alive when it’s cold.
Merry Christmas.
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December 21, 2020
Solstice!
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December 10, 2020
Hanukkah Sameach
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The first post
Are lawyers just kidding themselves about delivering true service to clients?
Reviews on lawyers always have ranged from architects of great nations and the world's commercial markets to necessary evils who add little value to any project. We are said to be manipulators with at best convenient notions of truth. And horror stories about our botched or inattentive services are legion.
True service to clients: are we delivering this and, if we aren't, can we talk about why?
1. Do we lawyers have a “we versus them” or adversarial mentality about clients when our main focus should be doing the job we promised to do and protecting clients from third parties or bad events -- the real “them” -- which would harm our clients?
2. Has lawyer camaraderie evolved into such clubiness that we have lost sight of the client’s primacy?
3. Do we regularly lie to and slight our clients? (Professionally, is that really any different than cheating on our spouses?)
4. Are there built-in barriers which prevent true service to the client? Are contingency fee arrangements with clients a built-in conflict of interest which can never be justified -- even in the name of “access to the court system?” When we work for the insureds of insurance companies, are we fair to the real clients -- the insureds? Will we ever put the interests of the insureds first?
5. Are lawyer jokes funny to us because they sound like the truth?
6. Has the overpopulation of markets with lawyers forced us into a free-for-all?
7. Do many of us wind up selling clients short because we are disillusioned or burned out?
8. In short, did we forget the main event -- the clients themselves?
What do you really think?
Date: 8.1.2005
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December 09, 2020
How the World Works
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December 05, 2020
GenY Dogs
Millennials, don’t train your dogs.
Dogs are supposed to be noble, savage and wild.
We don’t want dogs to end up like you.
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December 03, 2020
Oh NYC you talk a lot.
Hell’s Kitchen. Bandit’s Roost. 1890. Jacob Riis photo.
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