Today’s Word
Concatenate Link (things) together in a chain or series.
A Road Dog Quote, If I Ever Saw One
After a week of crisscrossing Florida over city highways and country roads (something I hadn’t done much during the pandemic), I ran across this old favorite. If trouble comes when you least expect it then maybe the thing to do is to always expect it. Cormack McCarthy, The Road
Happy President’s Day!
The best way to predict the future is to create it. Abraham Lincoln, #16
Today’s Word
Notabilia Things worthy of notice.
Today’s Quote
Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong. Ella Fitzgerald
The Dark Origins of Valentines Day
The Roman romantics “were drunk. They were naked,” Noel Lenski, now a religious studies professor at Yale University, told NPR in 2011. Young women would line up for the men to hit them, Lenski said. They believed this would make them fertile. NPR: The Dark Origins of Valentines Day
Happy Day, Thomas Paine!
“He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression.” Thomas Paine was an England-born political philosopher and writer who supported revolutionary causes in America and Europe. Published in 1776 to international acclaim, “Common Sense” was the first pamphlet to advocate American independence.
Today’s Quote
Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answers. William Burroughs
Temporary Like Achilles
Yield not to misfortunes, but advance all the more boldly against them. Virgil Like all else, misfortunes are temporary but not fleeting. They are often not necessary or destined. Many are preventable. Those that could have been prevented are often caused by negligence. Rather than submit passively to them like a victim, fight them boldly. […]
‘Kindness’ Isn’t a Priority in Trial Lawyering and It Should Be
When I was coming up as a trial lawyer, I stayed hyper-focused on maintaining a variety of skills during discovery to get at the truth. My Dad used to say, “You need more than one arrow in your quiver.” More often than not, whether in depositions or hearings, combat was the rule of the day. […]