Tag Archives: lawyers

Sharks!

Quote of the Day: “The sea is the sea. The old man is the old man. The boy is the boy and the fish is a fish. The shark are all sharks, no better or no worse.” –Ernest Hemingway TB’s … Continue reading

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Champion Dies, Quest Begins?

Quote of the Day: “Facts are the enemy of truth.” Cervantes, Don Quixote TB’s first law professor, Bill Champion died a few days ago. I had him for first year Property at Ole Miss, like a lot of other future … Continue reading

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TB’s L.A. Law Days

Quote of the Day: “I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.” –Clarence Darrow TB had the subject of thick southern accents come up the other … Continue reading

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Another Customer Service Conversation (GTHAT&T edition)

Quote of the Day:     “Discontent is the first necessity of progress.”     —Thomas Edison Before TB shares a laugh with you inspired by the absurdity of a customer service call involving a ten-year customer of a certain … Continue reading

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Commonwealth of Massachussetts vs Roy Smith vs The Boston Strangler

Quote of the Day     “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of  facts and evidence.”     —John Adams, from his Argument in … Continue reading

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Guantanamo Terror

Quote of the Day     “We can only trust that the next subjects … will include cooks, tailors, and cobblers without whose support terrorist leaders would be left unfed, unclothed, and unshod, and therefore rendered incapable of planning or executing … Continue reading

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The Value of a Life

Quote of the Day     “Price is what you pay.  Value is what you get.”     –Warren Buffett For three days last week and this, TB was involved in settlement negotiations over the death of a 93 year old lady … Continue reading

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Goes to Show You Never Can Tell

Quote of the Day       “No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected.”   –Julius Caesar Through the years there have often been times TB has found himself in a strange place doing something off … Continue reading

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4th of July

Quote of the Day:     “And don’t forget what we’re celebrating….that a bunch of rich white guys didn’t want to pay their taxes.”     — approximate quote actually.  I’m too tired to look up the actual, but a … Continue reading

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