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Biden to Meet With Issa
Rep. Darrell Issa, the California Republican who's set to be the next watchdog of the Obama administration, has complained that Vice President Joe Biden won't meet with him to discuss oversight of the economic stimulus spending.
So, the vice president invited him to the White House.
Mr. Issa will meet with Mr. Biden at 3 p.m. Tuesday "to discuss oversight of the Recovery Act and opportunities to increase transparency in other federal programs," according to a schedule released by the vice president's office.
Forgive the pair if they dispatch with the pleasantries and get right down to business. Mr. Issa singled out the vice president in an interview with Bloomberg Television last month for his failure to conduct proper oversight of the stimulus, saying, "Vice President Biden was supposed to be the great overseers of stimulus money."
As chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Mr. Issa will have subpoena power over the Obama administration, giving Mr. Biden and others every incentive necessary to break bread with him.
The meeting Tuesday is closed to the press, so the cameras won't be rolling when the two adversaries meet. That won't stop either man, who both rank among the chattiest in Washington, from talking about their session afterward. Unless, of course, Mr. Issa adheres to his newfound discretion with reporters.

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Posted: Jan 3 2012, 04:35 AM
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My fellow greenskin generals:
I just wanted to let you know that I managed to WIN the League Tournament in our local community ! The might of the green horde made it's mark and I conquered my final two opponents (in the semi-finals and the grand-final) to get the championship !
I'm running very late tonight, but tomorrow I'll find the time to post a lot of details of the games, the lists, and my final thoughts on the league.
Thanks a lot for your help guys, without your advice, this would not have been possible
Posted: Jan 3 2012, 08:30 AM
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Good one!
But can you please remind us of the list you finaly decided upon. There will be many here that would like to know what you took...
Posted: Jan 4 2012, 03:24 AM
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Thanks Snikpik ! It was a great tournament.
This is the list I played:
Savage Orc Warboss - General; Fencer's Blades; Glittering Scales
Savage Orc Great Shaman - Lvl 4 mage; Lucky Shrunken head
Black Orc Big Boss - BSB; Enchanted Shield; Talisman of Preservation
Night Goblin Shaman - Lvl 1 mage; Dispel scroll
27 Savage Big 'Uns - Dual Choppa; Standard; Musician
39 Night goblins - Netters; Standard; Musician; 1 fanatic
5 Goblin Wolf Riders; Spears
20 Black Orcs - Banner of the Eternal Flame; Shields
Orc Boar Chariot; Extra Crew
Wolf Chariot; Extra Wolf
Wolf Chariot
Doom diver
Rock Lobba
Mangler Squig
-- TOTAL COST: 1999 pts ---
Some thoughts after finishing the league:
I really think I'm going to have some "variety issues" in the future. Some options are SO GOOD that I'll have a difficult time trying something new in the 2012 tournament. Still, I'll let you know how it goes.
I'm about to be a father (for the second time) so I might be away for a while, but rest assured that if I find the time to participate in the 2012 league (2.5K / FULLY modifiable lists), I'll be posting my every move in Da-Warpath.
This is the BEST community on the Web ! Thanks again folks
Posted: Jan 4 2012, 09:38 AM
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Cheers for posting that. Sounds like I'm gonna have to convert up a suitable savage Orc warboss just to try that combo.
Posted: Jan 4 2012, 11:37 AM
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Congratz mate!
Posted: Jan 4 2012, 12:48 PM
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Nice to hear, but I think what you ought to do in the next game is drop the Savage Orc Big 'Uns and Shrunken Head
Posted: Jan 4 2012, 04:44 PM
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Your Lord sounds really scary with that equipment - no matter if you�re a puny git or a strong Lord you wont hit me better than on 6
edit: well 5+
This post has been edited by Wechselbalg on Jan 4 2012, 04:44 PM
Posted: Jan 10 2012, 02:50 AM
Da rekroota fer der big boss
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having such a high number of destructive units *had8 to be a good thing.
ps congrats on the new snotling.
Posted: Jan 10 2012, 01:44 PM
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where are the beers?
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Posted: Jan 10 2012, 02:14 PM
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Great to hear!
Wow...your General did that good? I would worry about such a low ward save. I assume you are putting him in with the SOBU. Is it too many points in one unit? Or is it just a hard mini-death star?
Maybe it's a different game at 2000 pts compared to the 2500 I play.
Where do you put the Black Orc BSB? In with the Savages? If so, that seems like a lot of points in one unit! You lose that unit and you lose the game.
I'd love to hear about your games. I'd like to hear more about how your general chewed through stuff. Did anyone try to challenge him? What was his toughest fight?
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Posted: Jan 10 2012, 06:44 PM
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Fantastic stuff! Congrats mate!
It seam like a brilliant list! Units look like they have the optimal size for their purposes.
I don't believe people become winners of tournament, solely on their army list though. So you must have made some very fine maneuvers with that army to win it all! Again, Congrats!
Posted: Jan 13 2012, 03:34 AM
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Thank you for your replies, I'm being "tortured" at work so I couldn't answer before I really appreciate them
I'm going to try and answer/comment on your previous posts:
@All of you guys, regarding the General:
The guy was great ! The combo of the blades with the armor worked really well in my match-ups. Only the damned VC managed to kill my guy by focusing A LOT of attacks on him, that was by far my hardest game in the league. Challenges were issued by the rats and the brets, BOTH challengers were quickly subdued by the mighty green warboss ! The WoC army I faced in the finals had Tzeentch Mage Generals so they were not a problem, but *maybe* a tooled up Chaos guy would have kicked my ass Hmmm... that dreaded combo of pope-mobile + Archlector + VH Speculum could also have caused some trouble
@Morten C:
Thank you for your words Sire ! Yeah, it was a GREAT army list (albeit a bit risky... see below ) and I got really comfortable with it. I had all kinds of match-ups: some were easy (2 HE and Skaven), some were very difficult (VC and Brets). I love our army book as it is SO full of viable options, and I love that our army is now at least competitive.
If you ever come to Ecuador, I'll buy you a paint, for sure ! Even though our stupid dumba$$ president is making our country the laughingstock of the international community, Ecuador is actually a beautiful place to visit, and *most* people are very nice. Should any one of you guys ever come here, you can drop me a message and I'll show you around.
Well, you got it right IT WAS a HUGE point-sink that unit. You could call it a deathstar as it was really deadly LOL. Nearly HALF my army cost was there so it really came down to charge the enemy and break them on ONE turn. The hardest match-up was against the vampire counts: I almost lose the unit there. In fact, only a couple of guys survived the encounter with the dreaded super-ghouls
Thank you for your good-wishes. I'll be sure to teach my new heir the hobby. In fact, I'll be EAGERLY awaiting him to grow up and play with me and his big sister (of course she'll be learning to play too !)
LOL, I will most definitely NOT drop the SOBU for the 2012 league tournament (which, by the way, starts in February)
As I'm going to be a bit "away" during my first months of dual-parenting () a friend of mine in our community is organizing the new 2012 league tournament, which I plan to play AND to defend my crown of course. The tournament is going to be REALLY open as a lot of new guys are coming into our community and want to play without restrictions.
For me, that means it'll be a GREAT opportunity to try some stuff that I never get to play (for example: my wyvern lord!), and also means I can have MORE insightful advice from you guys, every time I play !
Thanks again for all the good vibes guys. You are the best !


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14 JanThe Poker Bonus – Adding to your Bankroll
The fierce competition in the online poker industry induces online poker room operators to offer bonuses and promotions to attract new clients and retain existing members. A poker bonus is of great help in building your bankroll. However, there is always a "catch" – it is never free money that you could directly utilize. A poker bonus almost always has certain wagering conditions attached.
First, check the poker bonus conditions
Every online poker site will have terms and conditions, but for the most part these are legal requirements and it is essential to read these terms of use before you sign up at the site. As far as the poker bonus is concerned, there will be separate terms and conditions which you must read and understand completely before you even accept it. Expert online players will advise you to "read the fine print" so you know what the catch is. More often than not, you will need to play a certain number of raked hands to earn loyalty points. Once you have collected the requisite number of loyalty points, your bonus will be released into your poker account.
To clear your poker bonus, you will be given a time limit, which differs from one poker site to another. The time frame can range from anything between 15 days to 90 days. Obviously, the longer the time frame, the better it is for you to clear the bonus. Since you would be playing poker anyway, it is not a big issue to collect the points for raked hands.
Many factors affect your poker bonus clearance rate
As you might have guessed, there are a few factors that will affect how quickly you clear your bonus when you play poker online, depending on the conditions placed by the poker site. At BestPoker.com for example, new players are welcomed with 100% first deposit bonus. There are six different bonuses for different levels of players, so you can choose from a poker bonus of $50, $100, $300, $600, $1200 and $2000 to suit your level of play.
Every poker room has its own rules regarding the collection of points and what constitutes a raked hand. Wagering requirements for the BestPoker bonus in our example is eight times player points. If you consider the $50 bonus, you have ninety days to collect 400 player points to clear that bonus. The bonus is released in 5 installments of $10 each so you have to collect 80 points to receive one installment of $10.
The second factor to affect your poker bonus clearing rate is the stakes at which you play. Higher stakes will generate a bigger rake helping you to clear your bonus faster. However, a word of caution for beginners – although new players may be tempted to play for higher stakes, they must ensure that they have a sufficient bankroll.
Finally, the number of tables you play also has an impact on the bonus clearance. The stakes you play at determine the hourly bonus clearing rate while the number of tables you play will determine how fast you clear the bonus. The more tables you play at a time, the faster your generation of rake and thus faster clearance of your poker bonus.
Types of poker bonuses
We have explained only the Sign up or welcome bonus meant for new members till now. But a poker room offers a number of other bonuses for its existing players as well. Some poker rooms offer a poker bonus when you top up your account. This is known as the reload bonus. Some poker rooms also offer a no deposit bonus to new members. Here, the members are not required to make a cash deposit, but the site credits a poker bonus into their account. No deposit bonus is generally a very small amount up to a maximum of $20. Still, it is free cash to play poker.
The Poker Rakeback
By now you must have understood how the poker room makes its revenues. The rake is a small percentage of the pot that the poker room charges for hosting poker ring games. Players also pay entry fees to participate in poker tournaments. These are the two main factors that constitute the rake. Poker rooms now have rakeback deals for the members wherein they return a small percentage of the rake into the player's account. A rakeback improves the players bankroll; it could therefore be considered as a kind of poker bonus.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64087999107560424682016-08-14T02:30:01.844-07:00LegalMistI be a lawyer, you be the judge....LegalMisthttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408799910756042468.post-19822806112076409092016-05-02T01:42:00.001-07:002016-05-02T01:45:16.457-07:00I'm going to file for divorceSo many reasons. The main one, I think, is that he is a narcissist. Everything else flows from that. The constant need to blame me for everything that ever goes "wrong." The accusation that I "don't do anything" towards cleaning the house. (For the record, yes, the house is a wreck. Neither of us does much to fix that. But his overblown idea that he does "everything" is right in line with the narcissistic personality disorder.) His complete refusal to listen. His rude, condescending, mocking attitude and words whenever I try to talk to him about our marital issues. His repeating things over and over and over unless/until you concede that the thought was brilliant just so you don't have to listen to it again. His constant bragging about how great he is at his job (teaching sixth grade) mixed in with occasional disturbing stories about how he said something mean to some kid, "but I told him they'd never believe him because I'm the teacher so they'll believe me." Ugh. What did I ever see in this guy?

God help me. Divorce is hell. Divorcing a narcissist is hell on steroids.LegalMisthttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408799910756042468.post-76494927288382969392015-07-23T07:58:00.001-07:002015-07-23T07:59:49.106-07:00Goodbye, Grandmother. I Miss You Already.I just learned this morning that my other grandmother (my Dad's mom), died last night. She was my last living grandparent.

I had just learned yesterday morning that she had gone to the hospital. It all happened so quickly. She died peacefully.

I want to write more, but I can't think very well right now.LegalMisthttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408799910756042468.post-41638430133529395382015-06-27T23:20:00.000-07:002015-06-27T23:20:26.031-07:00I think he just proved her point.Daughter, Son, and I were talking to my Mom. I don't remember how this came up, but my daughter was telling my Mom about how she felt about her brother:

LegalMist's Daughter: He's 85% fun, and 25% bad at math.

LegalMist's Son: (long pause as he does the math on that one)... But wait... Where's the other 5%?

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((Sigh))LegalMisthttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408799910756042468.post-46516808027740692992015-06-27T00:55:00.002-07:002015-08-21T12:01:43.097-07:00A week to remember.

Love this.

Please see the explanation here about the copyright issues. Proper credit for the original three panels should be given to Bob Englehart at the Hartford Courant. It is unknown at this time who modified the original three panels and added the last two, but I love it.LegalMisthttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408799910756042468.post-70484737332535229892014-12-15T01:31:00.000-07:002014-12-15T01:31:00.119-07:00I don't deal well with stupid people, part 3So LM's daughter (LMD) got her driver's permit recently.

I took LMD out to begin teaching her the basics of driving. We found a nice empty parking lot next to a pretty-much-abandoned strip mall in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. There are lots of pretty-much-abandoned lots here lately, given the economic downturn, which (although it is finally starting to improve) has left many businesses bankrupt.

This pretty-much-abandoned strip mall had one tenant remaining: [Unnamed Midwestern State] University. Why that University has a branch here, I have no idea. Perhaps it is trying to compete with "University of Phoenix," which seems to have opened branches in pretty much every state. Anyway, there were no cars in a whole huge section of the lot, and about 8 cars in another section of it.

We started in the section with no cars. After quite a while of driving around, practicing turning, stopping, turning the other way, stopping with the tires on exactly this line or that pothole or that crack in the road, accelerating gently, accelerating gently, turning sharply, stopping quickly, trying to run over that piece of paper, turning gradually, stopping slowly and smoothly, etc... I was running out of fun ideas... I thought it would be fun to try driving around real cars and perhaps try parking

So we did.

And LMD parked next to a car on her left. Then parked next to a car on her right. She did a great job both times -- right between the lines, no problem. So I had her park between two cars. Then, as she was about to back out of the space, she got a shocked look on her face as she looked past me through the passenger side window: "Mom! Mom! Look!

There was a security guard standing next to the car. I rolled down the window.

Security Guard ("SG"): What are you doing?

[Seriously? It isn't obvious?!? Whatever...]

LM: Practicing driving.

SG: Well, you can't do that here.

LM: Why not? It's a public parking lot.

SG: Well, I can't have you driving around my students' cars. If you crash into one of them, that would not be good.

LM: First of all, she's not going to hit a car. Second of all, I'm insured, so if she does hit one, we'll fix it. I promise. It won't be a problem.

SG: No. You can drive over there (pointing to totally empty lot) if you want, but not here.

[Thinking: "Says you and what army? Who made you emperor of all you survey?"]

LM: We did that already. She's got the hang of driving around nothing. She needs to practice around things now.

SG: Well, you can set up some traffic cones over there if you like.

LM (sarcastically-enthusiastically): Oh, that would be cool! Do you have some of those?

SG: No.

LM: Oh... well, that makes two of us. (Rolls window up.)

LMD (in a shouted-whisper tone of voice): (MOM! STOP! YOU SOUND JUST LIKE GRANDPA!!)

... I guess I come by it honestly. At least I didn't ask if he had the authority to call someone with authority, as grandpa would have done.

Again, I felt a little bad afterwards. He was just doing what he perceived as being his job, even if he was overstepping his bounds a bit. I didn't feel as bad as I did after my unfortunately snarky encounter with the clueless lady at the church that I wrote about last week. But not as justified as I felt after being a little mean to the clueless and overeager Adobe sales rep. Sort of somewhere in-between.

Because yes, he was overstepping his bounds. It's not like there were any spaces marked "reserved for __ University students"--so presumably any drunk or otherwise piss-poor driver could come park anywhere in the lot, next to "his" student's cars, so why pick on us?!? (At least this particular novice driver was being supervised by a very-experienced driver who previously has taught others to drive buses!) Answer: because he thought he had the power to do so and he was bored sitting around doing nothing. And he had that air of "I've think I've got power and I'm going to use it even though I really don't have the right to do so" that just irritates the crud out of me.

So there you have it. Judge me if you must. The short story is, "I don't deal well with stupid people."

LegalMisthttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408799910756042468.post-56049449294501313612014-12-08T01:14:00.000-07:002014-12-08T01:14:00.351-07:00I don't deal well with stupid people, part 2So this one slipped out unintentionally. And I felt bad about it. I don't really intend to be mean to people. I try really hard to be nice. But sometimes I just don't deal well with stupid people.

I was in Sedona, Arizona, with a friend. We were visiting the famous "Chapel of the Holy Cross." Here is a photo (from Wikipedia):

There were a lot of tourists who had the same idea we had, at the same time, to visit the chapel, so there was a line of cars slowly making its way up the curvy road to the parking lot at the top of the hill. It was moving very slowly. Basically, when one car left, they'd let another in.

We parked at the bottom of the hill and began walking up the steep, curvy road. Since there were so many cars on the uphill side, we walked on the shoulder of the downhill side--there was more room there.

A car came zooming up the road in the oncoming (downhill) lane of traffic, passing all the other cars in the uphill lane. We were just approaching a sharp left curve. I was thinking what a rude, insensitive jerk the driver was. The car stopped next to us and the driver lowered her window.

Driver: Um, that's a big curve up there. Do you think another car might come down the road and run headfirst into me?

LM: Well, yeah, that could happen...

Driver (sounding alarmed): What should I do?!?!

LM: Well, you could wait in line like everyone else.

Driver: What...? Oh, no! You mean those cars aren't parked? I thought they were parked! Oh, they must think I'm such a twit!

*************

OK, so she was clueless, not soulless. I forgave her instantly and immediately felt bad about thinking horrible thoughts about her--at a church, no less! I even reassured her that, now that I thought about it, she was right, the windows of so many of the cars are tinted, you can't even see if someone is inside them.

In other words, I tried not to act like a self-righteous prig. But the fact remains that I don't deal well with stupid people, and so it just sort of slipped out... and I was kind of mean to a person who was probably really nice, even if she wasn't all that bright.

She backed down the road and got in line, "like everyone else."

We walked on up to the chapel, where I prayed for forgiveness.

LegalMisthttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408799910756042468.post-78157973624164825202014-12-01T00:59:00.000-07:002014-12-01T10:56:33.925-07:00I don't deal well with stupid people, part 1Here is the ridiculous discussion I had with the Adobe Sales Representative last year, when I needed to have .pdf editing software.* I had tried calling the 800 number but could not get through the answering-machine "tree" to find a live person. So I tried the live-chat function on the Adobe website. The chat is edited to make it shorter and eliminate some unnecessary "filler," but is otherwise an accurate transcript that I copied and pasted when I finished chatting with the Adobe rep, because of its sheer absurdity. I wanted to be able to look back and laugh. And often, I do.

*Note that I subsequently purchased "Cute PDF" software, which was only $49 and works great (much better for my uses than the far-more-expensive Adobe software, which we have at my new job).

Chat Transcript (I tried not to be snarky. I think I was mostly successful.):

Thank you for contacting Adobe Sales. My name is Priscilla. How may I help you today?
Priscilla: May I have your first name please?

LM: LegalMist

Priscilla: Hi LegalMist.

LM: I am interested in buying Adobe Acrobat. However, I looked it up online and it does not list compatibility with MS Vista operating system. Will it work with Vista?

Priscilla: Acrobat XI Pro is not compatible with Windows Vista.

LM: Acrobat X was compatible with it. Is that one still available and supported?

Priscilla: I am sorry, Acrobat X is the older version software, hence it is not available for purchase.

LM: The computer is only 5 years old. Can you let me download Acrobat X for free? Or is there some "fix" for Acrobat XI to make it compatible with Vista?

Priscilla: I am sorry, since Acrobat X is an older version software, it is not available for download. You need to upgrade your operating system.

LM: But my operating system is fine and works great for everything else I do. So why would I pay a bunch of money to "upgrade" it when it doesn't need to be upgraded, other than for your program? Why is Acrobat not compatible with Vista? What problems or issues will arise if I just download it?

Priscilla: I am sorry, since Vista is an older version OS it is not compatible with all the new software.

LM: But Acrobat XI is compatible with XP, which is even older than Vista.

Priscilla: I am sorry for that.

LM: Will you give a discount on Acrobat XI equivalent to the amount I have to pay to "upgrade" my OS so I can buy it? Also, do you know what problems or issues will arise if I just try to download it anyway?

Priscilla: Just to confirm, do you have any older version of Acrobat?

LM: No, all I have is the Adobe reader. But I find myself needing some of the capabilities of Acrobat.

Priscilla: Could you tell me the tasks that you wish to accomplish using this software so we can get you the right product?

LM: I want to be able to scan documents into my computer and assemble them along with other computer-created documents and then make the whole thing into a PDF/A file so it can be filed with the Court. Also, I'd like to be able to use the redaction feature and the "bates-stamp" / page numbering feature.

Priscilla: Are you interested in working with images or creating flyers or logos?

LM: No. I have no interest in creating logos or designs or flyers. Just legal documents. I'd also like to be able to edit .pdf's

Priscilla: Based on the tasks performed by you, I recommend that you purchase Creative Cloud subscription, as you will get all the Adobe software and also you will get Acrobat XI Pro.

LM: Is Creative Cloud compatible with Vista?

Priscilla: I understand your concern, however I can get you Creative Cloud single App for $19.99 per month only. You can install the application on 2 systems. Either both Mac's or Windows or 1 on Mac and the other one on Windows.

LM: Does it work with Vista, though?

Priscilla: With single App, you will get Acroabat XI pro with all the upgrades and updates for free.

LM: But does it work with Vista?

Priscilla: I am sorry, it is not compatible with Vista.

LM: Well, then it does me no good. I have Vista, remember?

LM: Let's go back to my prior question: Can I buy Acrobat XI with a discount in the price to reflect the cost of "upgrading" my OS (even though I don't need to upgrade other than to use your program).

Priscilla: I am sorry,we do not have any discounts available.

LM: So there is nothing you can do to help me, then?

Priscilla: With single App, you will get the software at a low monthly cost of $19.99 per month only. This is the best option available to purchase the software.

LM: But you told me that single App is not compatible with Vista, so I don't care about it being the "best option" for purchasing the software; it won't work with my computer. Ok, well can you at least answer my other prior unanswered question, which is, what problems or issues will arise if I try to install it even though it is incompatible with Vista.

Priscilla: I am sorry, Acrrobat XI Pro as individual product or with Cloud, it is not compatible with Vista.

LM: You said that already, but you still have not answered my question, which is: What problems or issues will it cause if I attempt to install it?

Priscilla: You will not be able to install the software on Vista.

LM: So it simply won't install?

Priscilla: Yes, you are correct.

LM: Priscilla, you have finally answered all my questions. I have to say I am not impressed, though. You tried several times to sell me the "single App" despite knowing that I have Vista, and only later told me that it was incompatible with Vista. What good would it do me to buy it? I can't use it, apparently! I guess I simply cannot purchase your products and will have to look elsewhere.

Priscilla: I am sorry, however Acroabat XI Pro is not compatible with Vista.
Priscilla: I wish I could help you with that.

********

Seriously, I cannot believe how hard she tried to sell me a product that she knew full well I cannot use.

My advice? Buy "Cute PDF." It works great, is less expensive than acrobat, and as far as I can tell, it is compatible with just about every OS (although I don't use Apple computers, so I can't vouch for that one). And avoid Adobe chat. They are useless. Worse than useless, a total waste of time.LegalMisthttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408799910756042468.post-44761730828171453362014-11-27T12:07:00.000-07:002014-12-01T10:55:05.822-07:00Coolest. Trees. Ever.At the University of Virginia, LegalMist's alma mater, stand the coolest trees in the world. They are called "Pratt Ginkgo Trees," and they are lovely. They are found elsewhere, too, of course. But I remember, very clearly, exactly one day at the end of autumn, just as winter was beginning at the University, watching these beautiful trees shed their leaves.

They do not lose leaves gradually, like other trees. Instead, they drop them all at once, in about one day. I sat for about three hours one afternoon near the Lawn at U.Va., watching one gorgeous tree drop leaves. It looked like snow.

I found a video for you on YouTube of a ginkgo tree at someone's house, that looks about like that tree at U.Va. looked, on that gorgeous fall day, dropping leaves so fast that it almost looked like a snowstorm. Here it is:

I hope you enjoy it.

Happy Thanksgiving!LegalMisthttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408799910756042468.post-18759606561976957752014-04-18T04:00:00.000-07:002014-12-01T11:02:31.402-07:00CamporeeI took my son to the Boy Scouts' "Camporee" last weekend.

It was so much fun! And so hard, too... I am *not* a natural camper. This was a real effort for me. I love my warm soft bed, flush toilet, and daily shower. Camping involves none of these things and so I don't do it often. I love the outdoors, but usually only if I know I can sleep in my own bed at night.

We left Friday after my son got out of school. Arrived in Pine, AZ, at Camp Geronimo, around 6 p.m. Selected our campsite and hauled our stuff up from the car. Set up the tent in the dark (not fun! Thank goodness the troop leader and his wife helped out!). Drove the car back down to the parking lot and hiked the mile back up to the campsite. Had some fried chicken we'd brought along for dinner. Went to the scout ceremony/ meeting and sat in the increasing chilly-ness. Slept on the rather uncomfortable camping pads and woke up cold at 4 a.m., added extra blankets and woke up at 5:30 a.m. with the sun...

And then the actual fun started. Breakfast in the cold-but-warming beautiful morning with birds singing, scout flag ceremony, dressed in the "Class A" uniforms for the "inspection," and then more scout ceremonies... all done by probably 8 a.m. Then some scout activities/challenges for the kids -- involving problem-solving, teamwork, and fun. The theme was "Zombies," so several of the events required completing them within a time limit before the "Zombies" were released. There was a fellow applying Zombie make-up to anyone who wanted it... although most of us adults looked like zombies even without the makeup, after a night spent setting up a campsite and sleeping, very little, in the cold!

Then we had lunch, and then there was hiking, crawfish-catching, and lots of unstructured, kid-led games like Zombie tag, "infected," capture-the-flag, pinecone wars, something resembling lord of the flies and pinecone-throwing, and random explorations of the gorgeous, huge wooded camping area. Meanwhile, the adults supervised some and hung out a lot, getting to know each other and enjoying the birds and the blue sky with pretty little clouds and the trees and the lack of biting insects and the sound of the wind in the trees. It was awesome.

Later that evening, after dinner, there was another flag ceremony at sunset, and then a camp-wide meeting at which my scout's Webelos den and my scout's host-boy-scout troop tied for first place for the campsite cleanliness and uniform inspection prize -- both groups scored a perfect 100%! Each group won large portable grill, to be used for future campouts! Very exciting!

I met a fellow who is the grandfather of one of the Webelos. I had met the Webelo's mom before, and she is really nice, too. He lives down the street and around the corner from us, and works in a building two blocks from where I work. Such a small world we live in... He loaned me a jacket, because I forgot to bring my warm toasty one. He is a soft-spoken, kind-hearted, handsome, smart, sweet man about 15 years older than me. I have to admit to having a small crush on him. If I weren't married, I'd have been flirting with him... As it was, we enjoyed looking at all the stars that can't be seen from the Valley of the Sun because of the light pollution and talking about our jobs and kids/grandkids.

Then we had a great big campfire and roasted marshmallows and made s'mores (yes, the boy scouts love them as much as the girl scouts who invented them), cleaned up a bit, put out the fire, and then slept in our tents in the cold again on the hard ground softened only somewhat by thin camping sleep-pads and bags, woke up at 5:00 a.m. with the sun listening to the birds sing, had another flag ceremony, broke down the camp, and headed back to civilization with a new appreciation for our warm comfortable homes, soft beds, heated bathrooms, and showers.

Life is good.LegalMisthttp://firstname.lastname@example.com America21.430160062696036 -121.9921875-4.1741379373039642 -163.3007815 47.034458062696032 -80.6835935tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408799910756042468.post-27129849998871616732014-04-16T01:46:00.003-07:002014-04-16T01:46:38.476-07:00I Got A New Job...... And I am so very happy!

For the past few years, I had been applying for jobs whenever I found something I thought I would enjoy doing. I did not apply for jobs that did not pay well. I did not apply for jobs that I thought I would hate once I started. I already had a job (running my own law firm) that I wasn't thrilled with (well, the boss was nice...) and that didn't pay well enough (mostly because I am a much better lawyer than business-person, and did not focus enough on billing and collections) and that featured a never-ending parade of obnoxious opposing attorneys and occasional difficult and/or deadbeat clients and that often resulted in me sitting alone in my office for hours at a time working, with no human interaction at all. No, I did not apply for anything similar to what I already had...

I applied only for interesting, well-paying jobs in law firms or agencies where I would work regular hours for regular pay and have nice people to talk to each day.

I am now handling appeals in child welfare cases, and I couldn't be happier. My research and writing skills are put to good use. I rarely have to interact with obnoxious persons. The cases are a little sad, but I feel like I am doing some good in this all-too-difficult world, helping kids move on to better lives. I don't have to deal with billing and collections. The hours are fairly regular, 40 to maybe 50 per week.

My co-workers are helpful and kind and fun, but not too chatty or intrusive. We all have work to do so we spend most of the day doing it, which is good. But there is a sense of camaraderie and fun, too. We had an NCAA pool. Two to four of us go for fifteen minute walks almost every day to chat and enjoy the day (that will end soon, though, once it gets hot here in the Valley of the Sun...). We go to lunch once a month or so.

And one of my co-workers is a secretary! And she is so smart and knows so much about this area of the law, and she pays attention to details and is enthusiastic and nice, and I enjoy talking with her, and she is always doing things--without being asked--that really help to make my job easier and more pleasant! And someone else pays her salary! For those of you out there who are the excellent secretaries and paralegals, thank you for all that you do! You are wonderful. For those of you who haven't thanked your secretary or paralegal this week, go do it *now*! You just don't know how lucky you are to have a good assistant, until you don't have one.

And I get a regular paycheck, directly deposited into my checking account every two weeks! And I never have to spend my weekend sending out bills, or spend a Monday morning making calls to clients to ask when they are planning to pay their bills, or make several trips to the bank each week to deposit checks. And I am making more than I was making before (although probably not as much as I could make if I were better at running a business, or more dedicated to working 80+ hours a week as a lawyer).

And, perhaps best of all, there is an IT department, so when I have computer problems (rarely, now that folks who know what they are doing are in charge of the computers...), someone besides me is in charge of fixing them! My goodness, people, if you haven't thanked your IT guy this week, go do it *now*!! They are a godsend!

Our computer system at work crashed last week, and I got to go take a walk and then do some reading while I waited for it to be fixed. Everyone else was complaining about the "wasted" time. I was relishing the fact that I didn't have to stress out about how to fix it, and *then* stress out about how to get my work done. I could relax and just wait for the computer to work, and *then* stress out--but only if needed!--to meet my deadline. It was such a relief!! For those of you out there who are the IT guys at work, thank you for doing such a wonderful job. People should appreciate you more than they do.

My former work computer, which is now the home computer, is dying a slow and painful death right now, and I am just so very happy that my income and professional well-being do not depend on my fixing or replacing it by tomorrow. Instead, I can wait until this weekend or next weekend or the weekend after that and shop the sales to get a good deal on a new one. And I can use the laptop to surf the 'net while I wait for a new desktop computer, without worrying about the fact that the laptop doesn't have all the software I need to enter my time, do my billing, etc.

And, I get paid vacations!

And paid sick leave!

And paid holidays!

And a retirement account!

Work just doesn't get much better than this!

I am glad I was patient and waited for the right job for me. I have not been happier at work since I was a bus-driver in college. :)

*****

Next on the list.... a better marital relationship. I am not sure whether that means fixing the existing one, or getting a new one, but something has got to give...
LegalMisthttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408799910756042468.post-22560982834800018232013-07-23T08:00:00.000-07:002013-07-23T08:00:02.601-07:00"Free Smells"I don't know if you can see what I need you to see in the photo below. I took it from a distance while stopped at a red light, and using my cell phone's camera. When I tried to enlarge it ... let's just say the photo quality isn't too great.

This is a "Jimmy John's" restaurant in Tempe, Arizona. Can you see the little red neon sign in the window? The one that says "Free Smells"?

Can you tell what the sign is exactly next to?

It is directly next to the restrooms.

Mmmm, tempting..... but let's just say I've never stopped in to enjoy those particular "Free Smells."LegalMisthttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408799910756042468.post-15025764739176266762013-07-17T08:00:00.000-07:002013-07-17T08:00:08.898-07:00AB, rest in peaceOn Sunday, three fire trucks and an ambulance pulled up to the house across the street. Firemen and paramedics entered the house, and a few minutes later, carried our neighbor Angelo to the ambulance on a stretcher, still pumping at his chest.

It did not look promising.

I learned later that evening that Angelo had died, of a heart attack.

Angelo and his wife, Jean, bought their house when it was first built, in the 1950s. They have been our neighbors since we moved in across the street from them, over 20 years ago. They are old enough to be my, or my husband's, parents.

They are wonderful neighbors, kind, friendly, not nosy or intrusive, yet they keep an eye on the house when we are not here. They share oranges from their trees with us each year and back when they used to go out to farmers markets more frequently, they would sometimes bring us peaches or apricots. They wave when we walk by and they are sitting on their porch. They smile when we are watering our lawn or getting into our car and they are bringing out the recycle bin. They buy girl scout cookies and Scout-O-Rama tickets when the neighbor kids sell them. They chat with us when we have time, and smile and wave when we don't.

They have many adult children. The ones who live close by have, for years, come for Sunday dinner, often bringing the grandkids.

Angelo and Jean kept their yard looking beautiful for many years until they could no longer physically handle it. They loved the flowers they planted each spring. They loved planting, watering, watching things grow. They cried when their big beautiful old tree in the front yard died and had to be cut down.

Over the past couple of years, both Angelo and Jean have had some health issues. Their wonderful grown kids have taken turns taking care of mom and dad. It is obvious they love their parents very much. They take care of the yard, although they do not plant as many flowers as their parents did. They take their parents shopping, help them cook, hang out with them on the front porch. They bring the grandkids to visit. Some of the kids come from very far away. One lives in Hawaii. She comes and stays for weeks at a time.

The kids are good neighbors, too. Friendly, but not nosy or intrusive. They wave and smile, and chat with us when we have time, just like their parents.

Angelo was a good man. He loved his wife and his many kids and grandkids. He was smart and funny. He was a good neighbor. The world was a better place with him in it.

Goodbye, Angelo. May your soul find peace and contentment.LegalMisthttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408799910756042468.post-26135734893635637122013-07-16T08:00:00.000-07:002013-07-16T08:00:02.746-07:00RKT, 1972-2013, rest in peaceMy friend killed himself.

I just learned yesterday afternoon that he killed himself a few weeks ago.

I didn't see it coming, even though I was probably one of the last persons to talk to him.

His daughter is friends with my daughter. We've known them 6 years. He was divorced from his kids' mom. She had been ... Away, for a while. But she recently came back into the kids' lives.

He had sole custody and had been the kids' only parent for years. But he worked a lot. His boss demanded long hours and Saturdays. And so at first he was happy to have her back in the kids' lives, giving them another adult to turn to. But then after a while, she seemed to be working hard to turn the kids against him. Even though she had been gone for years, she had the kids convinced that she was the better parent, the one who loved them more, the one they should stay with. They spent less and less time with their dad.

She let the kids run wild. He set limits. You can guess which parent they preferred... And which parent they were increasingly angry with...

He talked to me one day, about his legal rights, obligations, options. I can't say, here, specifically what we talked about. Client confidentiality and all that. Looking back, he was more agitated than I'd ever seen him, but it was understandable, under the circumstances he described.

We also talked the next day, as friends. He called to let me know how things were going. He talked about how frustrated he was, to have sacrificed so much to be the good dad, always putting the kids' needs first, working overtime to buy them Christmas gifts, while the ex just disappeared for 10 years. And then to have her reappear and have the kids preferring to be with her. He was understandably hurt and angry. He loved his kids, but felt like they were turning against him. He felt rejected, hurt, angry, sad... He wondered if he was handling things properly, if he was doing all that he could do.

I listened a long while, and commiserated with him, told him his feelings were completely understandable. I told him that I was sure the kids would come to understand much more as they matured, that they are teenagers - notorious for being insensitive and self-centered and ungrateful - that the excitement of having a mom again would wear off as they started to see how often she "forgot" to buy groceries or pay the electric bill, that as they grew older they would realize what a great dad he is and that they never went without food or shelter or cool toys for Christmas, or love, when they were with him. I also told him I thought he was handling things well, doing a good job of taking care of his kids, that he was a good dad...

When we hung up, he seemed.... determined ... and ok, if not happy. Determined to do the best he could for the kids even if they seemed to resent him for it. Less agitated, though still frustrated.

The next day, he killed himself.

I will never know whether there were other burdens he hadn't shared, whether something else happened during that day that sent him too far down the path of despair, or whether I just missed the signs of his total despair and desperation. He certainly never said anything about feeling suicidal or about the kids being better off without him. As far as I can remember, there was no sign or feeling that he was giving up... but maybe I missed it....

Should I have tried harder, helped more? Was there anything at all I could have said or done that might have helped things go differently...? Should I have been giving him the number for a suicide hotline? Were the signs there and I just didn't see? I just don't know.

A couple of times over the past couple of weeks, I'd thought about calling him, but it wasn't unusual to go weeks or sometimes months without talking to him - we were both busy, and our main connection was our kids, and my daughter was out of town the past couple of weeks. It wouldn't have mattered, I guess. By the time I was thinking about calling him, a few days later, "just to check in," he was already dead.

Maybe if I'd been the kind of friend to call daily? But that would have felt like interfering, prying, being nosy, in the context of our parent-to-parent friendship. We were close enough to share our kid problems and dilmemmas, to ask each other for favors now and then, to hang out and share pizza occasionally while our kids hung out and played video games or went biking, but not the sort of buddies who call each other daily. Maybe I should have tried harder to be that kind of friend for him.

He was a good man. He worked hard. He was honest and kind and handsome. He was creative, inventive ... building things, photography, music... He loved his kids more than anything. He was kind to the people at his workplace; the customers loved him, thought of him as a friend or almost as family. He was a good Dad.

His passing has left a hole in my heart.

I hope the kids will be ok. I hope their mom will step up and be a good mom. The kids are going to need her.

----

Goodbye, Robert. May your soul find contentment, peace, and love.

LegalMisthttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408799910756042468.post-8027881564103030412013-07-15T08:00:00.000-07:002013-07-15T08:00:00.667-07:00"Adventure Camp"My son has been visiting my Dad in Virginia for a few weeks this summer. He attended a basketball camp the first week he was there. His report: "It was fun!" He learned a bit about basketball, had a good time with his cousins who were also attending the camp, and yes, he'd like to do it again next year.

This past week, he attended the accurately-named "Adventure Camp." At this camp, the kids went caving, mud-pit jumping, hiking, swimming, zip-lining, and more. My son's report: "It was so awesome!!! It was so fun!!! I loved it!!! I want to do it again next week!!!"

I pressed for details. What made it so great?

Disclaimer: I may have some of the details not-quite-right. I got part of the story from my son, and part from my Dad, and my son was so excited and talking so fast that it was hard to understand half of what he said, but this is what I got out of what they both told me:

For starters, he learned that he is, as he put it, "slightly claustrophobic," meaning that when they went caving, he "freaked out" because the walls seemed like they were closing in, and he had to go back outside. But the camp counselors were awesome (and patient) and knew some shortcuts, so after a short while, he agreed to go back in, and they took a couple of the shortcuts and caught up to the rest of the group. He was so proud and happy that he overcame his fear and finished the caving expedition.

They also got to a place where there was a ledge and they had to jump down about three feet, but they made it, and it was "awesome!" (My son is 10. He is only about four feet tall, and he is generally scared of heights, so this was a huge big deal to him!)

And then ("the best part!"), coming out the other side, the kids unintentionally re-created a scene from Winnie the Pooh.

As in, a rather large child got literally stuck in the cave entrance (exit?).

Some kids were still inside the cave, behind him. Others had already emerged from the cave. So the kids outside pulled and the kids inside pushed and they pulled and pushed and pushed and pulled and ... nothing. Someone eventually called 911. The emergency crews came, and it took them 2 hours to remove the kid from the cave entrance. When he was successfully removed from the cave entrance, there was applause and cheering all 'round.

This was, according to my son, "awesome!"

At first I was a little taken aback, but my son reassured me that the kid was laughing, not crying, and no one was teasing him or making fun of him. They all just thought it was a great adventure, and a great story to tell.

On a different day, they did some sort of zip-lining.

A child got stuck at one of the poles when the pulley jammed. He was dangling from the wire many feet above the ground while one of the camp counselors poked at the pulley with a stick. No luck. So another camp counselor had to climb the pole and work him loose. Again, the kid was stuck for about an hour, dangling from a wire, while they got it figured out.

My son's report: "Awesome!!"

Again, the kid was laughing about it, and no one was traumatized, apparently...

Then on another day, they were swinging on a rope over a giant deep mud pit and doing cannonballs into the mud. My son apparently had a hard time getting out. It was thick and hard to move and.... well, the other kids had to all grab him and pull.

My son's report: "Awesome!!"

As a parent in our "safety first" society, I feel like I should be cringing and swearing I'll never send him to that camp again and/or trying to get it shut down. Too dangerous or something. But I don't feel that way at all.

Instead, as a parent of a kid who is generally somewhat bookish a little timid, but came away from these scary events laughing and saying "Awesome!!" I feel like I ought to be writing the camp directors a big thank you letter.

Because in the end, no one was seriously injured, everyone came out of things ok, and what the kids learned (whether they realize it or not) was that there IS risk in great adventures. (As my husband would say, it's that "air of danger" that makes it fun!) And if you're going to have a great adventure, you need to be willing to accept the risk that something might go wrong. But also, when things do go wrong, you don't panic, you stick together, you figure out a way to solve the problem, and you laugh about it afterwards because crying about it is just no fun at all.

So, he had fun, he overcame some fears, and he learned a bit about handling "sticky" situations. Sounds like an "awesome" week to me!LegalMisthttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408799910756042468.post-8399992441431289732013-07-13T12:23:00.001-07:002013-07-13T12:23:21.731-07:00Customer "Service"Here is what I felt like saying to the idiot on the other end of the 1-800 number:

"I can't decide whether you are being intentionally obtuse because you don't want to tell me what is going on with the check I deposited, or whether you simply don't know and you think I am so stupid that if you just keep repeating over and over again that "we are processing it," I will say, 'oh, ok' and go away."

Here is what I said instead (I thought it was much kinder. Perhaps it was too kind...):

"You have repeated the phrase 'we are processing it' four times now. What, specifically, does that mean? What specific actions are you taking to 'process' the check?"

Here is the response I got:

"Well, we are processing it. The funds will be available on July 22."

*****

Decision made. Intentionally obtuse AND doesn't know jack shit.

*****

Thank God for the wonderfully responsive, smart, and kind individuals working at my actual bank branch. I will have the funds available by Monday, which is when I need them!LegalMisthttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408799910756042468.post-91284654722493779062013-07-09T08:00:00.000-07:002013-07-09T08:00:05.278-07:00What Should I Do?Help! Which sign should I obey?

I swear, driving in New Orleans can be so very confusing!
LegalMisthttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408799910756042468.post-12421718565629856032013-07-04T11:52:00.002-07:002013-07-04T11:57:02.950-07:00Happy Independence Day!Happy Independence Day!

LegalMisthttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408799910756042468.post-83954974096164014222013-07-02T08:00:00.000-07:002013-07-02T08:00:00.550-07:00WasabeHave you ever had wasabe? It's the green spicy stuff often served with sushi.

I snapped a picture of this license plate a while back, using my cell phone. It was dark out, so it was hard to get a good picture.

Indeed, the vehicle was the color of wasabe.

Suddenly, I felt the urge to find a good sushi bar...LegalMisthttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408799910756042468.post-44794463748075390922013-06-28T07:00:00.000-07:002013-06-28T07:00:08.860-07:00Friday Funnies (from Facebook)A few punny puns for you, courtesy of Facebook. Apologies to those who already read them there (or elsewhere... they are pretty old)!

I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.

She was only a whisky-maker, but he loved her still.

Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said: "Keep off the Grass!"

LegalMisthttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408799910756042468.post-34515381589151352222013-06-20T17:36:00.000-07:002013-06-20T17:36:35.931-07:00A Call for Common Sense and an Ability to See Shades of GrayI am adamantly opposed to people sexually abusing children. The idea of some creepy 45 year old having sex with my 10 or 14 year old kid just gives me the willies.

That said, there are varying degrees of sexual "abuse," different types of abusers, and some people convicted of sexual offenses who, in my opinion, should not have been convicted at all.

For example, a 45 year old woman who engages in sexual conduct with a 10 year old child obviously deserves a big punishment. By contrast, a 20 year old woman who on one occasion kisses and fondles a 15 year old teen who is sexually promiscuous, appears to be older, told her he was 18, and was "coming on to her," deserves less punishment, if any at all. In many states, both types of "offenders" would be punished.

As another example, if teens have sex with their teen boyfriends / girlfriends, it seems to me that neither one should be convicted of a sexual offense. But in many states they can be, and are, convicted.

Granted we may not like the idea of our teens having sex, but in some cultures, teens routinely marry and become parents -- it's not exactly unnatural, and absent some evidence of coercion by one or the other, it seems really unfair to convict one and deem the other a "victim" (and based on what, exactly? A year or two age difference between them? Whichever one's parents called the cops first?) when it is most likely that they both were happy to engage in the act!

And in other circumstances, the alleged "abuser" may be the victim of other abuse, such as when a child who is sexually abused by his parent then sexually abuses a younger sibling. Perhaps treatment instead of incarceration might be a better idea.

The collateral consequences of a conviction follow a person for life, in many cases. People are required to register on those "sex offender lists" for the rest of their lives.

Registering causes all sorts of nightmares for the registrants. They can't live within certain distances of schools, day care centers, and other places where kids congregate, which severely limits their options for where to live. In many states, they are not even allowed to walk within a certain distance of these places, which severely limits their movements, affecting everything from how they get to work or the grocery store -- is there even a public bus stop they are allowed to wait at? Is there a route to that bus stop from their home that doesn't take them past the school? Can they even take a job at that place if it is too close to a school? -- to whether they can even attend church (do kids attend? Probably can't go, then).

Many landlords won't even rent to known sex offenders, again severely limiting their ability to find a place to live.

Many employers can't or won't hire known sex offenders, severely limiting their ability to find a job.

Moreover, the registries are public, which means anyone who wants to target a sex offender list registrant can easily find their photo and address online. Registrants are often subjected to harassment, thefts, vandalism, assaults, or worse - up to and including murder.

All of this might -- I said MIGHT, not would -- be acceptable if this were their only punishment. But it's not. This all occurs *after* the offender has been released from prison. In other words, they have supposedly served their time, and should be allowed to get on with their lives, but they can't.

All of this also might -- I said might, not would -- be acceptable if the list were reserved only for the worst offenders -- those who had actual sexual intercourse with young children, those who forcibly raped their victims, or who were substantially older than their victims and should have known better, or some other way of determining the relative "evil" of their crime.

But is this lifetime of punishment really merited for a 20 year old who touches a 16 year old's breast, after she told him she was 18? Or what about the 13 year old who is sexually abused by his mother or father and acts out by sexually abusing his 11 year old sister? Should he really be subjected to a lifetime of punishment? Or should we maybe, just maybe, try some sort of counseling and give him a second chance?

And should someone who is now 70 and has been married to his wife for 30 years and hasn't so much as looked askance at a teenager still be suffering the consequences of a conviction for having sex with his 16 year old girlfriend when he was 20? Isn't there some point at which we say, enough's enough, he's so totally not likely to reoffend, let's let him off the list?

In most states, though, once you're on the list, there is no way off the list. And that seems fundamentally awful to me, especially for those whose offenses might be considered relatively "minor." (Again, for the truly heinous offenses, I have no problem with the equivalent of a lifetime of punishment, and for really minor "non-offense" offenses, I think they shouldn't have to register at all... but for the offenses in between, it seems to me that a lifetime on the sex offender registry is often out of proportion to the crime alleged and to the likelihood of recidivism, and that there ought to be a way off the list.) Shades of gray, people.

Even worse, the lists are so overcrowded that they don't even help. They are supposed to allow people to be aware of the sex offenders in their neighborhood, town, or city, so that they can make sure their kids avoid them.

As a parent, I have looked at these lists. One problem with them is that the very limited description of the offense of conviction does not allow you to even determine whether the person was a 20 year old convicted of having sex with his 17 year old, very willing girlfriend (and thus probably not actually dangerous) or a 45 year old creep who forcibly raped a 12 year old. Another problem is that the sheer number of registrants makes it impossible to actually protect your kids from them. It would be impossible to memorize all of their names, photos, and addresses and would be ridiculous (and likely would cause more psychological harm than it would prevent) to try to make your kids memorize them all and avoid them... Especially when so many of the registrants are, in fact, extremely unlikely to reoffend and/or were convicted of offenses that should not, in my opinion, have been labeled criminal acts. If the lists were shorter, they MIGHT be more useful.

Here is an article that says it better than I could, because it comes from a first-hand perspective, rather than my more theoretical view as a lawyer.

Check it out. Then let me know what you think.LegalMisthttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408799910756042468.post-39549959665294229142013-06-16T23:37:00.003-07:002013-06-17T10:59:57.512-07:00Happy Father's Day!To all the great Dads, Step-Dads, in loco parentis individuals who act like Dads even though you're not biologically or by-marriage related to a particular child, and anyone else who is simply a fantastic male role model or otherwise a good male presence in a kid's life out there in blogger-land:

I hope you had a wonderful Father's Day!

And here, I want to give a shout-out to four bloggers who I think, from reading their blogs over the past several years, are shining examples of good fatherhood:

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Johnny Yen
Kim Ayres (the Bearded One)

If you have time, check out their blogs!

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And please forgive me if you're in the "great dad" category and I didn't mention you specifically. This somewhat belated Happy Father's Day wish IS DEFINITELY for you, too. :)

LegalMisthttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408799910756042468.post-59327141689338652792013-06-13T12:03:00.002-07:002013-07-01T14:43:03.905-07:00MKNMONEYWhile driving my daughter to swim team practice last night, we stopped at a light behind a car with a license plate that said, simply:

MKNMONEY

I said to my daughter: "Seems to me that license plate ought to be on a Mercedes or a Lexus, not a Honda Civic."

Said she: "Well, it only says she's 'Making' money, not that she actually has any."

Good point, that.LegalMisthttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408799910756042468.post-12070552991743286252013-06-05T16:27:00.003-07:002013-06-05T16:27:54.036-07:00State Farm Is AwesomeUsually people complain about their insurance companies. I love mine.

I have had State Farm auto insurance since at least 1988. Possibly longer. When we bought our home, I insured our home through State Farm as well.

Yes, I am a lawyer, and I have read the "bad faith" insurance cases with State Farm as the defendant. But either they have learned their lesson, or they reserve their alleged "bad faith" for people other than me. State Farm has always treated me well. They have never denied a claim, and I have had my fair share of claims -- windshields that needed replacing, fender benders, vandalism, theft, lost a part of our roof in a storm once... State Farm always just pays the claim, quickly and generally without any hassle.

Recently I was in a fender-bender in my 1998 Lincoln Town Car, which I basically inherited when my grandmother died. It is a beautiful car, silver gray, with only about 45,000 miles on it (35,000 when I got it last year). It is truly a luxury vehicle, with all the "bells & whistles" including heated front seats and a sun roof; it is soooo comfortable with its smooth, cool, thick and soft leather seats; it is in near mint condition; and it handles very well, too. I love it.

(I got rid of my beloved Chrysler - my first new car ever! - last year when I got the (practically antique) Lincoln, because even though I loved the Chrysler, it seemed foolish to keep making car payments when I could drive the even-more-luxurious-if-somewhat-older Lincoln for free).

The fender-bender caused an estimated $3500 worth of damage to my beautiful car (estimates at three shops that I went to ranged from $2700 to $4000, with an average of $3500). It doesn't take much damage to total $3500.... a broken headlamp, dented hood, dented bumper, and dented front grille did the job....

The bluebook value on the car is somewhere around $4000. State Farm initially said they intended to "total out" the car because the cost to repair it was higher than the book value would justify. They explained that this meant they would give me the money for it and I could still keep the car (and repair it or not, my choice), but that I would then have a "salvage" title. So I could continue to drive the car, but likely would have trouble selling it if I ever wanted to, and they would provide liability insurance if I wanted them to, but no more collision or comprehensive coverage. Ick. I did not want a "salvage" title. I was starting to fear my first ever hassle and/or denied claim with State Farm. (I looked it up later, though, and this is pretty standard operating procedure for insurance companies, so they weren't doing anything unusual.)

I explained the car's sentimental value and the fact that it had only 45,000 miles on it -- years of usability! -- and the fact that it is a beautiful car with all the luxuries and I love it.

They said, "OK, take it to the repair shop of your choice, and let's see how much it actually takes to repair it. If it goes over about $2800 (70% of the value), the presumption is that we are supposed to total it out, but before we make that decision, we'll look at it more closely to determine value, and if the cost to repair is only a few hundred over the value we determine, we will consider your desires and the sentimental value of the car, instead of just setting an arbitrary "kill" number."

Well, the $3500 estimate was pretty accurate. It was $3600 to repair. But State Farm paid it and did not "total out" my car.

But wait! There's more!

While the car was being repaired, I was scheduled to go on vacation, so I took advantage of the rental car coverage I maintain on my policy, and took the rental car on vacation.

The car was ready on Monday.

I was not scheduled to return from vacation until late last night (Tuesday) / early this morning (Wednesday). In fact, I arrived home around 2 a.m.

State Farm initially had covered the rental car through Monday, which meant I would have had to pay for yesterday and today.

I called and asked if they would cover the extra two days for the rental car since I had been in California and unable to pick it up on Monday, and they said yes. Just like that. Not even a moment's hesitation.

I love State Farm. If you do not have State Farm insurance, you should!

LegalMisthttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408799910756042468.post-58593528020879296792013-05-08T08:00:00.000-07:002013-05-08T08:00:08.614-07:00Best. Friend. Ever!The other day, I posted about my "bestest friend in the whole world" who sent me the wonderful Contigo travel mugs for Christmas. I have known her for over 40 years (yes, since preschool!), and she truly is an amazing woman. She has raised / is raising three wonderful boys, while running a successful bankruptcy law practice in South Carolina. She is smart and beautiful and kind and really just the BEST friend.

Today, I want to tell you that, in addition to my "bestest friend in the whole world," I also have a "best friend ever," whom I have known for over 30 years (since middle school) and who, on a whim and because we haven't seen each other for like 6 years, invited me to come visit her in Birmingham, Alabama, to see the band "Little House" (the musicians are friends of ours) play.

We are planning the trip to coincide with Do Dah Day, which is a fun annual music festival in Birmingham that has been around for 34 years (click the link above to check it out - it's awesome! - and click here for more information about the origins / history of this quirky and fun local event). It has the usual festival things -- music, food, art, kid activities, a parade (I love a parade!), and lots of fun. Little House is playing at the festival.

My best friend ever used to be heavily involved in organizing and promoting Do Dah Day. I think she has reduced her involvement in it more recently, but still attends every year. It is a great festival and raises money every year for deserving local charities that benefit homeless animals.

My friend even offered me free plane tickets (using frequent flier miles) and a bedroom in her house so that I would have no excuse to say "no"!

But here's the clincher, for me: The trip offers the opportunity for me to see my friend's older child, who was a newborn the last time I was there, and to meet her younger child, whose photos I have seen on Facebook but have never met, and who is totally adorable.

Needless to say, it is an offer that cannot be refused! So I am going to Alabama for Do Dah Day! I can't wait!

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And I have to confess that I have at least four other "best friends" who I totally love for various reasons, not all of them having to do with receiving awesome travel mugs or free plane tickets to Do Dah Day in Birmingham.

I am truly blessed to have so many wonderful friends. :)LegalMisthttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408799910756042468.post-82688511558369568332013-05-07T08:00:00.000-07:002013-05-07T08:00:03.335-07:00And The "Best Customer Service" Award Goes To....
...Wells Fargo Bank!

Friday afternoon, I was on my way to the bank. I stopped at the intersection in the double-left-turn lane behind several other cars, waiting to turn left.

The light changed and the cars in the other left-turn lane got to go, but my lane did not move. Ugh. A broken down car was two cars ahead of me. The turn arrow changed to red again. Ugh.

Some people were waiting to cross the street. They crossed to the middle of the intersection by the broken down car and began getting ready to push the broken down car through the intersection when the light changed.

And then I noticed who the people were: An elderly woman, who was getting into the car to steer it, and two younger gentlemen, probably mid-20's, wearing long-sleeve dress shirts, ties, and Wells Fargo name tags.

The Wells Fargo bank tellers had volunteered to help their customer move her car out of the busy intersection and into their parking lot.

I swear, this bank is soooo much nicer than Chase Bank!LegalMisthttp://email@example.com


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Once again Texas is slow to enact needed legislation all in the name of what I guess is "individual rights."
As of this month, 37 states have banned texting and driving by all drivers. Like some perverse version of the 13 original colonies, 13 states are holding out on passing the life-saving traffic law. Texas is one of them.
Texas has laws against texting and driving, but they are minimal. Only bus drivers are not allowed to text and drive, and if a city so chooses, they can ban texting and driving in school zones by all drivers.
Decatur and Wise County know better than most the tragedy of texting and driving. Just over three years ago sophomore Chelsea Lunt was killed while texting and driving to school early in the morning for track practice.
It's simple for law enforcement to prove due to the time stamp sent on every text, so that's not an issue. We should probably go a step further and ban all use of cell phones while driving. They are handheld computers. Some people look at Facebook and watch YouTube videos while driving. None of it is worth it.
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