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You might enjoy this “What’s in a Name?” blog post on Ezekiel the Banker as much as I did:

Excerpt: “.... The bank manager’s name is Ezekiel.  He is the first Ezekiel I have ever known.  I am a big believer that people try to live up to the promise of their name.  Ezekiel, of course, was an Old Testament prophet who had wondrous visions, and he was a prophet, whose prophecies turned out to be quite accurate. So that’s another reason why I signed up with this bank.  The fact that an Ezekiel would be guiding me through the process of financing my new house project really appealed to me.  He has not disappointed me.  He indeed been very prophetic in telling me when to dip into the well for more money at the most advantageous lending rate available….” [Link to full blog post, by Will Manley, retired librarian and city manager.]

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It has been said that most lawyers are frustrated writers, but, as has also been said, so are most writers.

Frustrated writers will know about Anne Lamont’s “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life,” which is a title more metaphorically-melodious than the prosaic “Blog-post by Blog-post: instructions on writing …” (which isn’t really metaphorical at all), but … whatever works for you. Blog-post by Blog-post(ing) may do the trick and here are some tips:

How to Blog a Book.

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Leave it to a retired librarian / city manager to find a good deal:

“Highway Robbery”

Excerpt: ‘…Yesterday I picked up a virtually new set of Cobra Irons at a thrift store.  There are 9 clubs in a set of irons.  Had I ordered this set new last year on the internet it would have cost me 900 dollars.  Here at the Thrifty Thrift, I was expecting a charge of 50 bucks.  I was wrong.

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1) There are many kinds of willful blindness, personal, financial, criminal, etc. A recent story about the Sandusky trial mentioned the following book. I started reading it over the weekend and it’s hard to put down:

“Willful Blindness,” by Margaret Heffernan

2) If you need another good summer read, try this one:

“People before profit: the inspiring story of the founder of Bob’s Red Mill,” by Ken Koopman

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Robert Ambrogi’s LawSites: “Shared a Dropbox folder? Don’t forget!” posted June 13, 2012.

Excerpt: “Surprisingly, I have seen this happen several times. Someone and I share a Dropbox folder as we work on a joint project. Six months or a year later, that someone starts loading documents into the shared folder that clearly are not intended for me. Has the person forgotten that the folder is shared? Has the person forgotten with whom the folder is shared?

Inadvertent sharing is a real danger for lawyers as more and more of us use services such as Dropbox ….”  [Link to full blog post.]

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This position opens on June 2 and closes on June 15, 2012:

Washington County Law Library (apply through the Washington County Human Resources website)

The Washington County Law Library, located in Hillsboro, Oregon, is seeking a part-time (25 hours/week) Law Library Assistant. Under the supervision of the county’s Law Librarian, the Law Library Assistant will have administrative support and financial record keeping duties, document digitization tasks, and provide circulation and basic library reference assistance to library patrons.

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