Monthly Archives: March 2008

Not really feeling well…so I might as well blog!

I was doing so well for a while…blogging that is, I guess life keeps getting in the way.  That and my office is in the basement, so if the wood stove isn’t going, it is pretty chilly down here.  Not … Continue reading

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A great day in history

March 19, 1474, Venice Italy passes the first known patent laws. I wonder what color beer we should celebrate with??? IHA

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Book review No. 3!

I should be working right now as I’m attending a CLE seminar later this week and will be out of the office for two days.  Alternatively, I should be cleaning. Ok, enough whining.  Why am I writing? Because earlier last … Continue reading

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$80k in discretionary cash…and a review of Gifts

Spincerely asked what would I do if I had $80,000 in discretionary cash….Would I spend like Elliott? Not a chance…the women in my life already cost me enough.  Here’s what $80k would have gotten me: $35,000    Retrofit basement into home … Continue reading

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“Don’t know much about Mythology”

My goal for this week is to provide reviews of the three audio books that I recently finished. We’ll do them in chronological order, first up is “Don’t know much about Mythology” by Kenneth Davis. The “Don’t know much” series of … Continue reading

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TJ quote

A great quote popped up on iGoogle today. “I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” Thomas Jefferson – First commissioner of the patent system in the US (also … Continue reading

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Parents on Facebook

Spincerely forwarded me an article from the Washington Post entitled “When Mom or Dad asks to be a Facebook Friend” An interesting article that discusses the confusion and dilemma that some teenagers are facing when their parents get Facebook accounts … Continue reading

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The river walk

Yesterday was the first “nice” day for walking.  If you have to work in the city, might as well take advantage and do some exploring. Here are some photos from yesterday’s walk. This is taken from the i84 bridge over … Continue reading

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Moblog test

This is a test using the blackjack II to post while waiting in the school parking lot. I’m currently using the native WP admin tool to see if it would work on the BJII. It seems to work,but a bit … Continue reading

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Cellular fish breeding

One of the interesting parts of being a patent attorney is finding unusual technologies that have been lost in time.  Sometimes, you run across the truly bizarre… Take a look at US Patent 7179171 entitled “Fish breeding toy for cellular … Continue reading

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