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On the Corner at 8th: IMMIGRATION
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On the Corner at 8th. Monday, July 29, 2013. Last week was a tough one for me as a lawyer, but moreso for my client. Immigration and the Department of Homeland Security is incredibly bureaucratic with more rules to follow than an Orthodox religion. Tons of them are written down, but even more are not. Or there’s a “local exception” that they only tell you about when you’ve either showed up to do something or have just committed a major faux pax. There’s a “Medical Waiver” exception if y...Other lawyers a...
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On the Corner at 8th: Dawg Days of Summer
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On the Corner at 8th. Friday, July 6, 2012. Dawg Days of Summer. July 5. Vacation’s over, and it’s time to return to the real world. Well, almost. Jet lag is still kickin’ in a bit so there’s a need to keep moving in the evening because the minute we sit down we tend to fall asleep. Like about 7:00 in the evening. And that wouldn’t be such a big deal, except that it leads to waking up even earlier than we normally do. Like about 11:30 in the evening. Too hot to either cook OR light the grill. We didnR...
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On the Corner at 8th: May 2011
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On the Corner at 8th. Wednesday, May 25, 2011. We were at dinner yesterday evening – all men “of a certain age” (somewhere between college and death) and the subject of the AARP came up. Some had already qualified for membership (i.e. over age 50) and others of us are fast approaching the benchmark. Without a doubt, though, the stupidest one was the “AARP Flip Flops”. The same feet protectors that almost everyone has caught either in the sand or on the steps or somewhere and been caused to fall. Tennesse...
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On the Corner at 8th: July 2013
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On the Corner at 8th. Monday, July 29, 2013. Last week was a tough one for me as a lawyer, but moreso for my client. Immigration and the Department of Homeland Security is incredibly bureaucratic with more rules to follow than an Orthodox religion. Tons of them are written down, but even more are not. Or there’s a “local exception” that they only tell you about when you’ve either showed up to do something or have just committed a major faux pax. There’s a “Medical Waiver” exception if y...Other lawyers a...
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On the Corner at 8th: January 2012
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On the Corner at 8th. Tuesday, January 31, 2012. For some of us, the sun shone a little less brightly yesterday. I got an email telling me that my dear friend, Annette Briley, had finally lost her battle to Lupus and Cancer. I can’t say that it was a real surprise, as I hadn’t heard from her in weeks and happened to think over the weekend that I needed to call and rag her about it. Annette and I seemed prone to adventure. We would start out on a day trip to Wichita Falls, TX, a mere 50 miles away, an...
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On the Corner at 8th: November 2011
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On the Corner at 8th. Friday, November 11, 2011. Veteran's Day, 2011. Today is Veteran’s Day, when we thank all those people who have fought for our freedoms in the past. There’s lots of room to talk about how those freedoms are being eroded by politicians, especially with a Congress and State legislators that are as dysfunctional as ours is right now. That’s irrelevant, though, for purposes of today's topic. Other wounds weren't quite as visible but were just as traumatic. They’ll still get cookie...
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On the Corner at 8th: April 2012
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On the Corner at 8th. Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Having been an attorney for over 25 years now, I have a great deal of sympathy for what George Zimmerman’s attorneys are going through. Zimmerman, you may recall, is the self-appointed neighborhood watch captain involved in the shooting of 17 year old Treyvon Martin in Sanford, Florida. I appreciate attorneys who take on unpopular cases because it’s the “right” thing to do, like Atticus Finch in “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Wh...8220;But that happened a long t...
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On the Corner at 8th: August 2011
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On the Corner at 8th. Monday, August 22, 2011. A Tribute to Jennifer. A week ago Tuesday, I got a telephone call. “Do you know of a way to find out about deaths in the state? 8221; The short answer is I didn’t. State vital records lag significantly behind the actual event, so they don’t show up there for weeks sometimes. Several phone calls and texts later, the story started to fill in. To continue her education and become a Nurse Anesthetist and he ended up in. But the friendship endured. Julie eventual...
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On the Corner at 8th: December 2011
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On the Corner at 8th. Saturday, December 31, 2011. Macaroons are the New Cupcake. One of the things we do enjoy when exploring the City, though, is trying to find places (usually food-related) that we’ve seen on television. It also seems like there are always new trends that are popular - last year cupcakes were the celebrity food. For 2011, it's Macaroons. This led us to the discovery that La Maison du Macaron was just around the corner at. When these little cookies are $2.50 a throw, that’s a...So we t...
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On the Corner at 8th: Absence
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On the Corner at 8th. Monday, July 8, 2013. It’s amazing sometimes how you go along and life just takes over, so when you look up you realize that you forgot – or just didn’t make time – and something got left behind. So it is with this Blog. A year ago today I did my last entry – and, incidentally, thanks to those of you who asked – I did not succumb to shellfish allergies. For those of you who didn’t ask – well, I’ll remember that! Overall, I’d rather turn an average event sideways and laugh at i...
