Rick Georges

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While I served in the Army, I was in college and law school during VietNam’s war years. Here is a shout out and a thank you to Robert J. Sisson and Larry McCarthy, both of whom are VietNam vets. I was in law school for three years at the end of the war, and never

Savannah has been gone a couple of years now; but Facebook and my computers keep reminding me that she was beautiful, and loved only me. While it isn’t rare for a parrot to bond to one human, she was unique, in that she loved me; but hated every other human on the planet. No one

I spend a lot of time trying to live my life as a Stoic. I try to have purpose, and be rational, and seriously live by making choices that show an understanding that my reactions to the world are the only things I can control. I read Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and all of the

As I float in the pool,
I shield my eyes from the afternoon sun,
which brightly heats my skin
to tanning temperature.
 
I think about you.
 
As the water
laps at my toes,
cooling them briefly,
before the sun retreats behind a cloud,
 
I think about you.
 
As I lazily contemplate,

Taking effect tomorrow is a new tort liability statute that makes substantial changes in Florida’s legal system dealing with negligence. Previously, a claim for negligence carried a four year statute of limitations. Florida now provides that negligence claims be brought within two years. For decades, Florida has been a comparative negligence state, in which

I don’t work all the time when I am on the road. In fact, I love thinking up cool ways to use my gadgets for entertainment. Watching TV in the coach is a nice way to relax; and with the Starlink and Roku, I can watch Rays baseball, Bucs Football, Lightning games, and Diane can

Poems are often inspired by simple comments or remarks. My good friend, Shawne Park, inspired this one this morning, with a comment he made to my post about the implications of a sign marking the end of a sidewalk the other day. In his words “the road goes on forever, and the story never ends”.

I have a dream, that, despite the odds, I will be one of those old lawyers who practices law for over 75 years. I have 25 years to go, at which time I would be 100. Of course, I will need a nurse to tell me how good I look doing it. Old lawyers never