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March 30, 2022
Think on your own much?
Now hear this. Not supporting civil rights, women’s rights or gay rights 100% 24/7 does not make you a racist, misogynist or a homophobe. It makes you a person who thinks on his/her own. It separates you from the mindless, anonymous, cowardly mob. Be a person. Not a fashion follower. Think on your own. And sign your name to it.
Posted by JD Hull at 06:51 AM | Comments (0)
March 29, 2022
One Night/One Person: Winter 2022 Edition.
Damn. It’s getting cold again in the northern hemisphere. Cold as a witch’s tit, Jack.
The purpose of this post—which over the years I keep annoyingly if faithfully revising—is simple. To keep these homeless humans alive during the 30 coldest nights of the year by doing something simple and effective for others. And without holding pressers about what great people we are when it’s cold and we help.
Those nights are coming back.
Bear with me.
As a Yankee, Eagle Scout, outdoorsy dude, lifelong camper and all-weather philanderer, let me assure you that spending a night outside in colder weather has unique challenges. Even in the Fall. And generally in the period October through March.
Exposure. The Elements. And hypothermia. Call “it” what you will. Authors Jack London and Hans Christian Andersen each wrote well-known stories about it. And you can die from hypothermia well above 32 degrees F.
You say you would really like to help the urban homeless on both cold and super-cold American Northeastern and Midwestern nights? Chilly, plain cold and the bitterly cold, there are unpredictable nights that many cities are prepared to accommodate more homeless residents at shelters but for a number of reasons (both good and bad) thousands of Americas's rough sleepers take their chances outside?
Good. So see our inaugural post about our One Night, Person (March 5, 2015) campaign and our follow-up March 7, 2015 post. No, we don't have time to go over all of this again; we're working stiffs like you. Just read the posts.
Once again, and in short, here is the idea and the rules:
You're a Yuppie, professional or other generic dweeb between the ages of 22 and 82.You live in towns like New York City, Philly, Boston, Baltimore, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Wilmington, DC or Chicago.
Or similar cities in Europe. Or Asia. Generally? Think Northern Hemisphere. Planet Earth. Wherever Yuppies roam. You may live in the suburbs or in a downtown neighborhood of these cities. But if you work during the day in a downtown area of any of them, you and yours will go forth and do this:
1. Pick out and ask a homeless woman or man what articles of warm clothing she or he needs that you already have at home or in storage--thermal gloves, wool scarfs, warm hats and beanies, big sweaters, winter coats, thermal underwear, socks, etc.
2. Ask just one person at a time.
3. Agree on a time to meet (preferably at the same place) later that day or the next day.
4. Find the winter stuff you have at home or in storage.
5. Bring said stuff to the homeless woman or man as agreed.
6. Nine out of ten times, your new friend will be there when you show up.
7. Wait for forecasts of the next super-cold night--and repeat.
Posted by JD Hull at 08:28 PM | Comments (0)
March 23, 2022
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Get to know his City of Man.
To us, in our lapsed estate, resting, not advancing, resisting, not cooperating with the divine expansion, this growth comes by shocks. We cannot part with our friends. We cannot let our angels go. We do not see that they only go out that archangels may come in. We are idolaters of the Old. We do not believe in the riches of the soul, in its proper eternity and omnipresence. We do not believe there is any force in today to rival or recreate that beautiful yesterday.
We linger in the ruins of the old tent.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882): Essays, First Series, "Compensation" (1841)
Emerson, 1857
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March 21, 2022
Sensitive Litigation Moment No. 114: In planning depositions, resist The Uninspired, The Lazy & The Half-Baked.
Do some common sense work before you take a deposition. And please don't squander the client's budget out of sheer laziness. You are paid to work on planning discovery, too. See this one.
"Do these guys ever think before they work?"
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March 18, 2022
IHHS 1971
Real Indian Hill Braves graduated in 1971. Yeah, that’s right. Class of ‘71 is having a reunion in 6 weeks. April 29-May 1. Cincy. Get ready. Warn the neighbors. Alert the media. And lock up your best women and men. We’re coming.
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March 10, 2022
3/11/63
My 1A mentor Ronald Coleman turns 89 tomorrow 3/11/2022. Thanks for picking me up and driving me to Woodstock, Ron. My parents in southern Ohio never understood.
Happy Birthday, Ron. :)
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March 06, 2022
Tramps Like Us: Heidelberg Castle.
Around 1620, Jacques Fouquières painted Germany's Heidelberg Castle, a famous structure in both German history and art, in "Hortus Palatinus" (below). Although the Castle has been in splendid ruin for most of its history, artists still flock to its foundations, gardens and terracing. Camera-toting American lawyers working in Europe do, too. I've spent several hours at the Castle on each of my four trips to Heidelberg--and I am sure I'll go again. Nearly 140 years ago, Heidelberg Castle was a hit with Americans. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as writer and humorist Mark Twain, wrote about the storied castle in Appendix B to his famous "A Tramp Abroad" (1880).
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March 02, 2022
Mardis Gras is awesome. This year please cancel Ash Wednesday.
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