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Finger Indicator

January 13, 2009 Joey Cope 0

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have discovered that I am a better financial trader than others. The fact that I’m not a financial trader notwithstanding, I am quite pleased with these results. No kidding! In a recent study, these scientists have compared the ratio of length of a person’s [read more]

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Double Nickel

December 30, 2008 Joey Cope 0

The long-awaited day has arrived. Indeed, this is the precise moment in time I have talked about and leaned toward for a couple of years. Today I am officially a senior citizen at Peet’s Coffee. Ever since Peet’s opened in the corner of our neighborhood supermarket, I have been answering [read more]

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A Moment of Christmas

December 29, 2008 Joey Cope 0

We were expecting things to be different this year. Changes in the family have made us wary of almost every occasion. So it was with no small amount of dread that I awaited the traditional opening of gifts. Certainly, I thought, things just won’t be the same. For one thing, [read more]

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Positively Notorious

June 12, 2008 Joey Cope 0

In a recent continuing legal education conference, I sat listening to a lecture that would impact my area of practice very little. I no longer work in the court room on a regular basis and the topic of cross-examination really held little interest for me. Yet, I sat dutifully and [read more]

Standing Room Only

March 25, 2008 Joey Cope 4

Growing up in West Texas, I had a pretty well-developed system for knowing who my friends were. Friends were the guys — and occasionally the girls — you spent time with. Looking back, I’m not sure that the great majority of that time was very productive. But, even today, it [read more]