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I was at the new Santa Monica mall, upstairs at the open-air patio. They have everything there…sunshine, smoke-free air, good food, reasonably priced coffee (thank you Nordstrom's Café), free public Wi-Fi and streaming music that fills the background without swallowing it whole. It's nice to look up and see the mountains off in the distance and the cool blue ocean blending into the sky.The varied

writersblocnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36276989.post-26583262035984032022010-11-28T10:38:00.000-08:002010-11-29T11:56:43.331-08:00

Four years ago this Thanksgiving, a careless, speeding and inattentive driver, Tricia Ann Ortega, smashed into our car on an Orange County freeway. She was cruising along at about 80 mph and impacted us at about 70-75 mph. Our car was at less than half that speed in the process of slowing to a stop. I sustained life altering injuries.Tricia's auto insurance company, Infinity Insurance, has in its

writersblocnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36276989.post-37263392254778879432009-06-14T21:41:00.000-07:002010-11-29T11:53:59.093-08:00

You can't just pick up where you lifed off. The world has moved on, especially in timed events. And in no timed events, you can pick up at any point and begin to live yourself forward. Just be sure to have your expectations in check. Some timed events are faster than others and some are slower. Cycling is a fast timed event. Once you get knocked down from that, it takes tremendous amount of

writersblocnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36276989.post-23316548600284224862009-04-10T11:53:00.000-07:002009-04-28T12:00:16.218-07:00

The clerkish error that cost me $40 bucks. By Eileen Carry Pacific Palisades, CA April 9, 2009 In January 2009 I received an envelope at my mailing place at the Post Office. Inside was a legal document written and filed in court by Attorney Sara Young (state bar license 136681). Sara Young is the attorney hired or sub contracted by Infinity Insurance, the auto insurance provider of

writersblocnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36276989.post-35750156380131405562009-04-08T17:33:00.000-07:002009-05-27T11:58:33.573-07:00

I was in civil court this morning in Beverly Hills, CA in Department We-X. The presiding judge is a woman named Lisa Hart Cole. She is about 5'9", 190 pounds with less than shoulder length brown hair, that is kept in a full hair dryer blown style. She wears some makeup, but most notable is her scant application of lipstick. She wears glasses and a black robe. She is pleasant in appearance and

writersblocnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36276989.post-8994462246966770612009-03-13T08:46:00.000-07:002009-03-13T10:24:26.634-07:00

My relative passed away last week from complications due to radiation treatment. At least that is the medically pleasing, less offensive and less realistic way to state the cause. In the mess of all of this, there are plans that need to be made. A funeral perhaps, an obituary printed, condolences to the chosen family and the birth family.I wrote an obituary for my relative. It is just my

writersblocnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36276989.post-23858183911228040982008-07-16T18:04:00.000-07:002008-07-16T18:19:33.498-07:00

The following text is an excerpt from the Oxford Guide to American Law edited by Kermit Hall, 2002 p 542"Constitutional protection for the right to marry dates from the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Loving v Virginia (1974) called marriage a "fundamental right," the rational of the case is unclear because the statute also involved an explicit race based rule. Zablocki v Redhail (1978)

writersblocnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36276989.post-16055786349674103002008-07-16T09:29:00.000-07:002008-10-13T18:47:32.835-07:00

I have just been censored by Apple Computer.I started a new folio of artwork in 2005 that was bluntly interrupted when I was bodily injured by a Brinks truck. Now, in 2008 I am just now able to complete and bring this work to market. There are 25 works in all. They are single, double, and triple nude male figures in various poses and compositions. While I understand this work is not meant for

writersblocnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36276989.post-45142070001582500612008-05-16T10:52:00.000-07:002010-03-09T14:37:23.985-08:00

I read the entire brief (173 pages) which surgically filleted the arguments against and carefully supported those arguments for with concise logic, reasoning and law.The language and reasoning used will make it easier for other like minded justices in other states to support gay marriage when it is their turn.Additionally, this decision gives an indication and precedent (along with Massachusetts)

writersblocnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36276989.post-75298365108420787012007-06-21T15:36:00.000-07:002007-08-04T20:40:59.763-07:00

Same-sex marriage is not an issue that can be decided by the court, state or federal, because it already IS decided and allowed by the US Constitution, specifically, the 14th amendments due process clause which allows for persons of and in the United States to enter into private contracts.In deciding any matter before the court, the justices have often looked to the history of a subject to help

writersblocnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36276989.post-86001077401841855262007-06-18T22:33:00.000-07:002007-06-19T13:38:35.802-07:00

There is some feeling circulating. It is about deserving.De-servingNot servingDo I de-serve it?I did not de-serve that.I de-served that.When we ask the question or make those statements, what do we really mean? What are we really asking? Meaning must be agreed upon before negotiations begin.How do we know what we de-serve and don't de-serve? It can be based on situation, circumstance, but most

writersblocnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36276989.post-1161235911546585992006-10-18T22:29:00.000-07:002006-10-18T22:31:51.563-07:00

Sometimes we need to take a step back and take a look the place we are in our lives and in our world. Even if that step is only for a brief pause. This morning gave me one such moment and reason to do so. I was driving down Ocean Blvd on my way to Venice Beach running an errand. When I passed the intersection at Barnard Way, I saw on the corner lawn an empty wheelchair with a large crumpled pile

writersblocnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36276989.post-61525627865451816822006-08-15T17:48:00.000-07:002007-07-27T17:47:16.835-07:00

August 15 2006I am not sure how the American People as a whole tolerate the submission of their rights to the American Government when it comes to air travel. I only know that for me, a non-sheep, that I cannot tolerate it at all. Going through airport security now is a humiliating experience that I feel every time I travel. I flew in October right after September 11, 2001, and I can honestly say

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