J.J. Goodman: Writings, Musings and More

I've been thinking again.   (Good grief, now what?)   Life is short, so why do we deprive ourselves of, you know, things and stuff and whatnot?   (Oh boy, it's going to be one of those posts…)   * glares * Yes, yes it is. I've written here several times over the years about how we deprive ourselves, work too hard, or generally spend far too little time enjoying ourselves. And yet here I am, writing about the topic, again , because apparently I cannot follow my own advice.   (They do say a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client….)   You have no idea how true a statement that is. I was reminded recently of an article that describes how lawyers fail to extricate themselves form their profession when they're not working. There are so many truths in that article, and it got me thinking. I… dammit.   I'm a stereotypical lawyer.   (You said it, not us….)   I know. But sadly, it's true. I am a crea...

I didn't sleep well last night, I've only had one cup of coffee, and I've been thinking. (Sweet bejeebus on a stick, here we go….) Okay, settle down. This isn't going to hurt. Most of you. Much. (Haha… wait, hurt?) Or offend. Or piss off. Take your pick. Point being, I've been thinking. About a lot of stuff. Mostly the fact that we live in an era of extremism. I wrote about this a year ago, and recently re-shared the notion that extremism in any form is irresponsible, and dangerous. And it rears its ugly, monstrous head time and again. A couple of recent examples: a group of "protestors" picketing a NAACP office with "white lives matter" signs, and more Black Lives Matter "protestors" rioting and looting. *smh* First point: Yes, black lives matter. That there continues to exist nation-wide systematic oppression of minorities, there is no doubt. There are better ways to combat that oppression than COMMIT...