The story on Whittier in the NYT is here.As I said in 2012, “[t]he world doesn’t need as many ABA-accredited law schools as it has already, just as the world has figured out that it doesn’t need as many U.S.-based BigLaw firms as it once did, and I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if…

Here’s why:I was at the Burbank airport earlier this week, returning my rental car, and I heard a running sound.  The next thing I knew, a man (whose weight I’ve estimated at over 200 lbs–he was a big guy) had tripped, fallen into me, and caused me to drop my phone.Let’s just say that I…

We used a friend of ours, Mike Cenatiempo, to update our wills.  Mike used to work at Shannon Gracey, which is now defunct.  We paid our bill in December 2016.  We got a “past due” notice from the defunct Shannon Gracey law firm yesterday.  So….Dear Shannon Gracey Collections Office:The best way to ask a client…

After I got hacked, I tried to change my administrative login credentials to my new email address, but Blogger doesn’t believe me.  Let’s just say it’s hard to survive a hacking.

Of course I’m angered and saddened about the increase in hateful speech across campuses (see today’s latest story here).  I don’t respect the people who say such awful things.  But I respect their right to say them.  Such speech reveals their darkest instincts, and acts as an early warning sign for me (“don’t get…

In October, a B of A ATM ate a check that I was depositing.  I called Customer Service, and B of A  gave me a credit for the check while it was investigating what had happened.  (That was the last good part of this story.)  The representative explained that the bank would crack open the…