Forgiveness Doesn’t Seem to be an Option in 2017.

No. 1,374 The Time Magazine selection for Persons of the Year is dead on. As trends go, this one is a monsoon and it doesn’t look like the wind is going to play itself out any time soon. The anger that drives it has been held back too long to be spent in a few […]

Sober Driver Incarcerated for Months on DUI Charge without Evidence. Can this story be true?

No. 1,373 This story about a DUI arrest in Lehigh County, PA was reprinted on the Solo Practioners Blog on Linked In. He must have had a public defender at the preliminary who should have demurred to the evidence. I have seen them make the motion routinely in case after case. According to the story, […]

The English Blog Explains Our Language and Culture to Students.

No. 1,372 I borrowed the graphic below from the English Blog, so I thought I’d look at it. I was expecting a tourist publication or maybe a historical journal. Its neither or maybe both, plus a good deal more. The English Blog teaches English language and culture (together with idioms and expressions) written by an […]

JULY 2018 WILL MARK TEN YEARS OF PITTSBURGH LEGAL BACK TALK.

In the coming year, I intend to post more and make most of them shorter. To celebrate the anniversary, I am beginning to put together an ebook containing a selection of posts I like the best. It won’t be too long and like the blog itself, it will be free.

Three “Passive Houses” to be built in Highland Park — homes of the future.

Architect Laura Nettleton of Thoughtful Balance has designed three homes to be built soon in the Highland Park neighborhood which will be constructed by Ecocraft Homes.

The Apple App of the Year: CALM

No. 1,369 The Description says: “Calm is the #1 app for mindfulness and meditation to bring more clarity, joy and peace to your daily life.” Sleep Stories Help You Fall Asleep. Check it out. Goodnight.

Computers Won’t Replace Lawyers, But They Are Making Us Better and More Productive.

People have been constantly predicting that automation would cause mass unemployment for at least a century. In one sense, it does. But temporarily.

Tips on Getting a Good Night’s Sleep and Productivity

Here are some really good tips from business blogger Aaron Hoos on how to get a good night’s sleep and be more productive the next day.

Use “Clearboard”, not Plywood to Board Up a Vacant House.

There is a growing trend among mortgage loan servicers who own vacant residential real estate through foreclosure to use a relatively new product called “Clearboard.”

CIVIL PRACTICE UPDATE: DROP OFF CONSENT ORDERS FROM JUDGE COLVILLE AVAILABLE IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY

No. 1,365 At a recent Civil Practice seminar, it was announced that Special Motions Judge Robert Colville will experimentally accept consent orders signed off by all counsel or certified by counsel as consented by all, by mail or drop off any day of the week. Eligible proposed orders must be true consent orders, not ones […]

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