Holding My Breath My AC Keeps Working

At my condo building, my AC unit is the oldest. When you go outside and look at my rheem heat pump, you can tell it is the oldest. I have had some close calls in the last couple of years, but it has always gotten fixed. Thank goodness! I just can't afford to buy a new one right now. I don't know when I can, so I keep hoping it chugs along. And it does. I know I will have to shell out some money at some point for a new system, but why fix what isn't broken for long?

Going To Artisan Fairs

One of the things I love to do is go to artisan fairs. We have two in our town--one local one and one with artisans from all over the country. Not only do you get to peruse the fine arts and crafts, but sometimes you get to see the artists at work. Painters painting, potters creating pottery, and welders with their welding gloves, creating their masterpieces. It makes for a fun day, if the weather is not too hot. If I have out of town guests, I take them there for a nice day in the park. I have also gotten many nice gifts at these events. It makes me wish I were an artist. Looks like a nice lifestyle.

1000 Posts!

I have 1001 posts on my blog now. I passed 1000 and did not even notice. Woo hoo! Yay for me! Congrats! Pop the champagne and make a toast. To blogging!

I Love Basketball Season

I don't follow sports much, but I do like basketball. I mostly watch college BBall, and prefer women's games. I have seasons tickets to the womens games at my alma mater and go as often as I can. I haven't watched many pro games lately, but think I might start doing so.

A lot of my friends go to pro games and hear them talking about trying to find tickets and how to swap out tickets.

Ticketamerica.com has basketball tickets for the NBA teams like the oklahoma city thunder and the golden state warriors as well as the los angeles clippers. My brother-in-law is from Los Angeles, so he has been to his share of clippers games.

Basketball always makes for a fun time and peps up the winter months.
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I Won Another Social Security Disability Case!

I won my second social security disability case! Woo hoo! I am thrilled, and of course so is my client. I have not gotten my fee yet, so am anxiously awaiting it any day. I have two other cases in the pipeline, and maybe a third one signing on. Can't take too many since I am only doing it part time. But two or three at any given time would be just fine with me!

I have been dismayed by the news that social security disability may run out of money by 2017? I really want to make this my next "second" career going forward, and I want to do it much longer than 5 years! I am hoping this is just hype and more social security doomsday talking. I want to make a go of this!

Disability Law Being Scrutinzed

The Wall Street Journal has been running a series of articles about disability law and problems therein. I have not read all of them yet, but hope to do so soon. The articles have pointed out problems with law firms (they name Binder & Binder, one of the national law firms that run social security disability ads seemingly nonstop) not turning in adverse evidence for their clients. For example, they may not turn in medical records that show their client is not disabled enough to get benefits.

Another article pointed out the disparity in judgments in SSA cases. Some judges have very high approval rates, while other judges don't approve many cases at all. Can the numbers of disabled people really be that disproportionate across the country, or is a problem with the judges decisions? Is that on purpose? They also feature an article talking about a judge in West Virginia who approves almost all of the SSA cases that come before him. And a lawyer in town who has made millions of dollars in SSA fees who has worked with this judge. This sounds bad.

As a new disability lawyer, I am definitely paying attention to any news concerning disability law.

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Guest post written by my buddy Bernardo Graham

I know that I have gone on and on about how people are accessing their news these days and how much it has changed over the past ten years or so but I am going to write another post about it just for fun. I feel it is important to take note of how quickly technology has changed our world over the past decade or two. Think about the first time you saw an ipod. Did you know what it was? Did you have any idea that only a few years later everyone on Earth would be walking around with all of their music on a tiny device in their pockets? I like to access my national news stories via cnn.com. I find that they provide a ton of information about things happening in the U.S. as well as around the world. They are also usually one of the first news sites to bring the news to the front page of their site. If you are like me and don’t live in a metro area and have a hard time getting the internet you should check out Wild Blue Deals to find ways to access your news online like me.