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Romance in the Grocery Store
Once upon a time I was a young person and I used to go out on dates. I even (don’t tell my kids) used to go out on romantic outings with their father. Now, we […]
Articles by Lori Duff
Legalese
Legalese — What is Estate Property?
It can be really confusing to figure out what is and isn’t a part of someone’s estate when they die. It seems to make sense that whatever they owned when they died is a part […]
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Legalese
Legalese — Disbarment
Lawyers are members of bar associations. Some bar associations, like each individual State’s Bar Association, require mandatory membership if you want to legally practice law in that state. Other bar associations are voluntary. These can […]
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Mask Up for Kindness
If you’re going to have to wear a mask, make it a cute one with puppies on it In case you hadn’t noticed, we are in the middle of a pandemic. As I am writing […]
Legalese
Legalese — Shouting Fire in a Crowded Theatre
Don’t yell about this unless you really see it. Lately in the news, I have heard a great deal about “free speech” and along with that some variation on the phrase “falsely shouting fire in […]
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Legalese
Legalese — The Pledge of Allegiance
The pledge of allegiance is something that most of us learned in school. I remember it being a rote part of mornings, something we did with hand over heart, not really thinking about the words. […]
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Spoil the Puppy
We have been dog owners for over two years now. Having Lincoln in our house has revealed a divide that I feel like sociologists should study. The divide is along gender lines, which I don’t […]
Legalese
Legalese — Separation of Powers
Most of us are aware of the three branches of government – the Executive, the Legislative, and the Judicial. However, other than the basic awareness, it seems from many social media posts, often by people […]
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An Antedote to 2020
Well, well, well. We all thought that would never happen. The end of 2020. What a year. I suppose there’s someone out there who is thinking, “This was my best year ever!” but I can […]
Legalese
Legalese — Electoral College
Most Americans are under the impression that when they cast a vote for their choice for their candidate in the Presidential election that they are voting for that candidate directly. They aren’t. Our system is […]
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A Time to Yell
About a dozen or more years ago, on Christmas Eve, I found myself in the emergency room with blinding pain in my abdomen. I put up with the pain for a few days, pretending I […]
Legalese
Legalese — Strict Scrutiny
If you are a nerd like me and you follow not so much the news but the inner workings of the court battles that the news then reports on, in the past week you have […]
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Legalese
Legalese — Cottage Food Business
I know, I know. Your grandmother made the absolute best brownies. She cracked the code in brownie making, and everyone says that you should sell them using her recipe. You make a mean muffin, too, […]
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Wash Your Hands
It’s not like washing our hands is something we only figured out was a thing during this pandemic. We were always supposed to wash our hands regularly. After we went potty, for example, and before […]
Legalese
Legalese — Electronic Driver’s Licenses
Georgia House Bill 463, passed this year and effective June 30, 2020, allows you to ask the Department of Drivers Services to issue you a copy of your Driver’s License in Electronic Form. Everything else […]
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Yellow Camaro
I am 50 years old and I have owned a grand total of four cars in my life. The first was a 1985 Oldsmobile Delta 88 with a hood the size of a regulation basketball […]
Legalese
Legalese — Freedom of the Press
Back in the day, before America was America, America was a part of Great Britain. We weren’t all that excited about being a part of Great Britain and said so, loudly and often. We wrote […]