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I often hear people wondering if they should lift heavy or lighter weights.

May 20, 2012
More law, disorder
If you thought last week’s assemblage of the bizarre and ridiculous from the legal system was as strange as it gets, then as Al Jolson would say “You ain’t seen nothing yet.” Here are some more of the weirdest happenings in our courts recently.

May 19, 2012
Looking at this weekend's movies
BATTLESHIP

Take a pinch of “Independence Day,” add water to “War of the Worlds” and blend in a heaping portion of “Transformers,” and you have director Peter Berg’s

May 18, 2012
Greetings may be in the cards for retirement days
As you can tell, I’m in the twilight of my work career.
To stress how anxious I am for retirement to arrive, I could say that I’m just dying to retire. But I’m not going to say that. I’m really not that anxious.

May 17, 2012
You can’t balance this budget
I recently saw an explanation, in the most simplistic form, of why our country continues to spiral deeper and deeper into debt.

May 14, 2012
Going green helps keep bodies fit
Over the summer it may seem that it’s a hard time to continue to eat healthy while you may be running kids to t-ball practice, going to meet your friends at the lake,

May 13, 2012
Law and Disorder
During any given week, the legal system gets more than its fair share of strange filings, odd litigants, or unusual results. For example, remember your mother’s threats to wash your mouth out with soap if you used dirty words?

May 12, 2012
Looking at this weekend's movies
DARK SHADOWS

Two centuries after witch and spurned lover Angelique Bouchar (Eve Green) used her powers to turn him into a vampire, Barnabus Collins (Johnny Depp) escapes from his grave and returns to the family mansion, Collinwood Manor.

May 11, 2012
New running focus — from hills to heroes
My nervous cough started on May 7.
Here’s the deal about the cough. It’s a gagging-type, sports-related cough that usually starts the morning of one of my 5ks or other competitive runs.

May 10, 2012
That which we call a company, by any other name
With all apologies to Shakespeare, just as a rose would smell as sweet if we called it by another name, one would think that it shouldn’t matter what business owners name their companies. However, as corporate lawyers will attest,

May 6, 2012
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