THE LOYALTY OF MAN’S BEST FRIEND

THE LOYALTY OF MAN’S BEST FRIEND

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In March I published a report about a famous Japanese dog Hachiko. He is famous for having continued to go to the train station to meet his master every day for years after his master died at work of a heart attack. He was so famous a statute was erected at the train station in his honor.  https://paulluverajournalonline.com/weblog/2011/03/hachiko-the-words-most-loyal-dog.html Now we have a report of an unnamed dog in China whose owner died earlier this month and who refuses to leave…

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BILLIONS WASTED ON BILLING

BILLIONS WASTED ON BILLING

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Ezekiel J. Emanuel wrote an article in the New York Times Sunday, November 13 2011 he called “Billions Wasted on Billing. His article certainly identified with me. Over the past five months with my knee problem I have gone to countless doctors and labs plus been admitted to the hospital three times since June of this year. Like Emanuel I found that every time I went in for an appointment or treatment I had to fill out a form requiring…

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OBSERVATIONS ABOUT LIFE

OBSERVATIONS ABOUT LIFE

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From Robert Service The Cremation of Sam McGee "A promise made is a debt unpaid" Never be intimidated: "Always remember …..Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David." Shug Jordan / football coach Auburn View from age 76 years: William Holden's character says in the movie Network "It's all suddenly closer to the end than to the begining and death is suddenly a perceptible thing to me with definable features " Will Rogers "Everything is funny as long as it…

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FR. MICHAEL J. SCHMITT 11/10/87

FR. MICHAEL J. SCHMITT 11/10/87

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On November 11th each year the Catholic church celebrates the feast day of St Martin de Tours who died in the year 397. Martin was the son of a calvary officer and when old enough became a soldier himself. A story that has been handed down over the centuries was that when he was at the gates of a city with other soldiers he saw a beggar who lacked warm clothing. Martin cut his military cloak in half and gave…

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BRENT LUNDSFORD’S Croation Fishing Families of Anacortes.

BRENT LUNDSFORD’S Croation Fishing Families of Anacortes.

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I was blown away by Brent Lundsford's book Croation Fishing Families of Anacortes. As someone who worked every summer on the purse boats from high school through college this wonderful book with pictures captured the experience and brought back many fond memoriess. I've written before about purse seine fishing.https://paulluverajournalonline.com/weblog/2011/04/purse-seineing-.html and https://paulluverajournalonline.com/weblog/2008/05/purse-seine-fis.html In this book Lundsford covers a hundred years of fishing in Anacortes with vintage photographs and histories of Croation families including my mother's family. If you want to know anything about…

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DR. JOSEPH W.VOEGTLIN M.D. 1926 – 2011

DR. JOSEPH W.VOEGTLIN M.D. 1926 – 2011

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Dr. Joseph Voegtlin was born in Seattle in 1926. He died on November 5, 2011. Joe was my long time friend and family physician until his retirement in 1992. He lived in Mount Vernon with his wife Gerine and had three children. He was my medical witness  in countless trials because he had so many patients they often were my clients in auto and other injury cases. No one could explain complex medical issues than Joe. He had a gift for drawing…

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HAPPY HOLLOWEEN

HAPPY HOLLOWEEN

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My good friend in New Jersey, Dennis Donnelly sent me this poem which I share with you Haunted Houses by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow All houses wherein men have lived and died Are haunted houses. Through the open doors The harmless phantoms on their errands glide, With feet that make no sound upon the floors. We meet them at the door-way, on the stair, Along the passages they come and go, Impalpable impressions on the air, A sense of something moving…

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FAVORITE QUOTATIONS OF MINE

FAVORITE QUOTATIONS OF MINE

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In the 1933 movie In their Own League Tom Hanks as the manager to Gleena Davis star catcher who’s going to quit the team because it’s so hard. He says to her: "It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard everyone would be doing it. It's the hard that's makes it great.” Mike James when leaving King TV in 1993 to run for office, gave advice to newscasters:  "don't waste the viewer's time. Make sense. Speak English. Use half…

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SHERIFF JOE APAIO & QUEEN CAROLINE

SHERIFF JOE APAIO & QUEEN CAROLINE

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I am grateful for the excellent article about cross examination from the Baltimore DailyRecord http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4183/is_20030620/ai_n10056158/entitled“Cross Examining the Mendacious Witness” because of the testimony in a ethics hearing in Scottsdale. Miracopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio testified in a hearing by the Bar Association to discipline the County Prosecuting Attorney and his deputy for their conduct in charging a number of people in authority,including a sitting Superior Court Judge with various crimes as a means of olitical pay back. The good sheriff…

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UCLA COCH JOHN WOODEN

UCLA COCH JOHN WOODEN

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There is a nonprofit organization, Ted Talks, that posts videos of talks by people in different fields. http://www.ted.com/talks One of them is by John Wooden, fomer UCLA basketball coach. Here's an excerpt from his talk. You know a number of years ago, there was a Major League Baseball umpire by the name of George Moriarty. He spelled Moriarty with only one "i". I'd never seen that before, but he did. Big league baseball players –they're very perceptive about those things, and…

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