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“The Sea Was Angry, My Friend ….”
Continue reading . . .: “The Sea Was Angry, My Friend ….”I just returned from being on a boat for the past 5 days. I have been taking sailing lessons for the past 4 years with the goal of eventually getting my Captain’s license. This last trip was part of the training program that I needed to complete to get my international certification so that I can charter boats in the future. And it was an opportunity to escape for a few days and do something completely different. During the trip, I was sailing down and up the Chesapeake Bay. I was born on the Delmarva Peninsula, and I have known…
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Putting Yourself Out There
Continue reading . . .: Putting Yourself Out ThereSo many times after leaving an oral argument, or really any encounter with another person, I walk away thinking, “Oof! I wish I had made myself clearer. Gosh, I hope that came across the way I intended.” It comes with the territory, I’ve learned. You are going to say things that are possibly going to be taken the wrong way. That comes from putting yourself out there. There’s an easy way to avoid that concern — by not putting yourself out there at all. But that then leads to other misunderstandings. “Do you know that old hermit down the road?…
Ted Kittila, Attorney at Law 