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Do you know what Librarians do all day?  Heck, do most Librarians know what they're going to do day by day?   Like most days, I plan to do a whole bunch of things and then actually only get to a couple things.   Like today.  I was going to write a few letters, call a few people, finish up a report, get ready for a presentation - and then the tow truck guy showed up. See, our Library owns the lot next to our law library and it is a private lot for which we sell monthly and daily parking passes.  Each parking spot can be rented for $60 per month (or $8 per day).   That sounds like a lot but in downtown Riverside (where we are located), but that's pretty competitive.   Anyway, if you happen to park in our lot and you don't have a permit hanging on your rear-view mirror (or a daily parking pass on your dash), you can, and will, be towed and I'm probably the guy that's going to have to effectuate that tow.  I really don't like doing it but you do what y

Once upon a time I was in the market for some hiking boots. At the time, I didn't have a clue about what to buy (or not buy), what boots were made of, or that there are different boots for different occasions.  So, to a hiking boutique I went.  I picked this particular boutique because it held itself out as having particular knowledge on the subject of hiking apparel. After trying on a few pairs, the salesguy suggested I try/buy one particular pair.  They were all leather (in that they were all one piece of leather - no stitching at all).  Just one huge piece of leather molded around a bottom sole and each boot was little over 2.5 pounds each.  The salesguy (who was much more knowledgeable about hiking boot than I was) said these would last forever.  All I had to to was "break them in." Do you know what it takes to "break-in" a pair of new hiking boots?  It takes a lot of hiking.  LOTS and lots of it.  Well, on my very first hike up Mount Baldy, I got fou

Do you find satisfaction at work?   Do you like what you do? Have you ever thought, while sitting in your cubicle that you had found the perfect job? As a law Librarian, those thoughts have crossed my mind.  I mean, dig my gig, I do.  I really get into helping people find answers to funky legal questions.  Problem is that sometimes the answer to the question is not what is wanted.  When that happens, hell hath no fury. Take, for instance the lady who came in the other day.  Seems lady had sued for a sum of money in small claims court a while back - and she won! Drunk with success, lady waited a few years and decided to roll the dice again and file the same lawsuit against the same parties in a higher court (so she could get more money).  Imagine lady's chagrin when the defendant's serve her with a motion for demurrer  declaring that she can't sue them again for the same thing. She is floored and wants to know how to get around the demurrer.  Shaking my head

Have you ever had the experience that you really, REALLY wanted to get away from someone? Maybe it was an ex spouse or boy/girlfriend. Maybe it is/was a former employer. Maybe it was a family member that just really rubbed you wrong and you're now just sick of dealing with him/her. As it turns out, today's story is just like that.  Seems this guy came into my library a while back.  Seems he was getting married in a short while.   The persoalan was that while Guy was infatuated with his soon-to-be wife, his dad was not.  In fact, dad had been bad-mouthing his soon-to-be wife so much that Guy was just sick of dad and wanted to be free of him. This brings us to our word of the month: Ex Continenti .  According to Black's Law Dictionary, Ex Continenti  means: [Latin] Civil law.  Immediately; without any interval or delay. I like it - short and to the point - which is what Guy was looking to do (be rid of dad without delay).  I mean guy was fed up with all of dad&