Minor Wisdom
Minor Wisdom includes the lawyer-author's "off-the-cuff opinions" on topics that include current affairs, depression, legal research and books.
Author: Author Raymond P. Ward is an appellate lawyer with Adams and Reese in New Orleans. He also writes another blawg called The (New) Legal Writer and contributes to Appellate Law & Practice.
Blawg Related Categories: Natural Disasters • Insurance Law • Law Libraries • Work/Life Balance • Legal Information
Recent Posts from Minor Wisdom
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4th of July edition of SEB
When the 4th of July coincides with Saturday-Evening Blues, this song must be posted. See also WAC?, where you’ll find Robert Johnson’s Crossroads performed by John Mayer and Eric Clapton.
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Congratulations to a fellow law blogger
Apparently this blogging thing can enhance one’s legal career. Steve Dillard, chief instigator of my favorite conservative blog, Southern Appeal, has made the short list for nomination to the Georgia Supreme Court. Congratulations, Steve. (And…
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The Black Keys will do Voodoo
Today I learned that my favorite band from Akron, Ohio, the Black Keys, will be in New Orleans to perform at the Voodoo Experience on Halloween weekend (Oct. 30, to be precise). In case you’re…
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Separated at birth
So let’s say that New Orleans Council Member Stacy Head bleaches her hair, has some cervical orthopedic problems, and gets caught (without makeup) committing some petty offense. Her mug shot might look like this.
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Bad stuff in 3s
I know that “bad stuff happens in threes” is B.S.—three of anything will happen if you wait long enough. But Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett (the ultimate 70s poster girl—see left), and Michael Jackson in 3…
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Lost and found
My friend Dan Hull is plugging The Lost and Found Family, which he describes as “a poignant, uplifting, instructive and remarkably powerful family film set in the American South.” Personally, I think Dan just has…
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Who knew?
Professor John Guillebaud (University College, London) claims that the main cause of population growth is sex. (Hat tip to Improbable Research.)
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Ain’t no cure
Happy Summer Solstice, everyone. Here in New Orleans, it’s hot as hell, and we have about three months more of the same to, uh, look forward to. So today is as good a day as…
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How to love
Today’s daily mediation from HenriNouwen.org is worth sharing: Often we speak about love as if it is a feeling. But if we wait for a feeling of love before loving, we may never learn to…
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Because I care about you, the reader
This edition of Saturday Evening Blues was inspired by an experience I had during the last Easter Triduum. I was practicing with the choir in the church sacristy, and I noticed the super-cool keyboard that…