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See, Trolls Cost Money

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Here at BDB’s we can’t even afford one troll. I have talked to BDB and wonder if we all pooled our resources we could pay for a part-time troll. I know this is a free site and we can’t have all the dohickeys but maybe a Go-Fund-Page would help. Any idea how much money we need to raise?

I think it would be good to have a job description so that we get our money’s worth. Would you help compiling the Daily Troll Tasks for our Little Man With An Attitude? (This is a generic “Man” we don’t care if it is a “Little Woman”. )

  • Needs to know the art of SeaLioning. (No I don’t have a citation for this. ;-))

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    I’m Being Watched

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    Psst, don’t look behind you. There is nothing there. It is not that type of watch. It is the kind that Brent has that has “a big hand and a little hand with gloves on it” type.

    See, they have watches that for a sideline they tell time. My watch checks to see if my heart is beating. (Pencil, yes some of us are not made of wood with a black core.) Also when I relax and use a couch for it’s intended purpose it has the audacity to tell me to MOVE. If I don’t move there is a bar to tell me what a lazy bum I am. (I don’t need to be told.) I don’t care so much that the watch knows but I am … Continue reading →

    My American Bar Association article is now live!

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    Hi all! I hope everyone is doing well. I thought you’d appreciate seeing my latest article. It appears on the American Bar Association (ABA) Journal website. It was a collaberative effort with Brenda Biaetto, a family law attorney in Florida. This project was several months in the making, so I am pretty excited to see it finally published! I hope you all like it.

    Diverse Family Structure: Reevaluating the Best-Interest-of-the-Child Standard

    I love this angle, since it encourages lawyers, judges, and those who serve as guardian ad litem to consider family structure as they work with children.

    Let me know what you think. Have a blessed day!

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    Town Hall Meeting in the Village of the Darned — 8:30 PM Eastern Wednesday

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    It’s that time of the week again, when we connect for another town hall meeting in the Village of the Darned.

    BDB will be away instructing destroyer crews on how not to collide with cargo ships, tankers, cruise ships, and school buses. I’ll be on around 8:30 PM EDT.  Jam a topic in the comments below and let people read up if you like.  Example: “Why do sailors not know the difference between the acronyms for standard time and daylight time?”

    If the software tells you that you’re the only caller, don’t you believe it! Press on with the access code and you’ll probably find us in there!

    US: 515-604-9908

    Access Code: [see chat in “BDB Chat” tab above]

    International Local Dial-in Numbers

    Albania +355 4 454 1702
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    Unable to Accept Responsibility

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    I see this in people who want to to be leaders and/or leadership positions. They think an excuse gets them off the hook. Or good intentions count for good actions.  They throw people under the bus. They think “rain in Seattle” is an unforeseen event. I don’t know whether to be angry at these people or truly feel sorry for them.

    The sad/ironic part to these people is they can be intelligent yet stupid. They can analyze the problems in others and fail to see the obvious about themselves. They are like the stars where the field of gravity is too strong and light can’t get out but for them it seems light can’t get in.

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    A Simple Question for the Tribe

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    I believe it was Oscar Wilde who said  “The world is divided into two kinds of people, those who divide the world into two types and those who do not.”

    Oscar always knew how to turn a phrase like a knife in the ribs.

    A lot of pixels and ink has been used to describe the two sides forming in these here United States, so I ask the readers and writers and assorted porch swing pundits over the crackerbarrel here at BDB to chime in and let us know how you see the split going.

    Let me offer my own unworthy variant:

    America is drifting with two tectonic plates that are moving apart. I call one the Deplorable Republic and the other the Coastal Degeneracy.

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    Meanwhile, In The Deplorable Republic, A Rising Sense Of Purpose Hums A Tune

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    My job has ups and downs, and this is one of the ups. After nursing this client through a lawsuit, a loan recall, a housing recession of cataclysmic proportions and a Chapter 11 restructure, here we are six years later , moving forward with the latest technology for computer controlled stone cutting. Marble, Quartz or granite, this Robosaw will slice it, dice it and write your name in it.

    We got a great financing package and a really good old style small town bank that survived the Federal attempt to kill small banks.

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