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For The Ambitious Advocate BRIEF RECESS
JULY 2024
FROM THE LAW OFFICES OF J. PRICE MCNAMARA
IT’S A BOY! In the blink of an eye, my baby girl grew up, got married, and is now mom to our first amazing grandchild! He entered the world at about 3 a.m. on Saturday, June 15. The miracle of this new life was the best gift I could ever imagine for a June 16 Father’s Day!
Sure, for the months leading up to this moment, I felt an awesome high of anticipation from dawn till dusk. But staring into his eyes … euphoria! Flooding thoughts of past wonderful memories, a safe, healthy delivery, the “circle of life,” a new child of God, our great abundance of loving family and friends, our freedom in the U.S., exciting new lives unfolding, Susan’s and my new roles as Su-Su and Gramps. If you ever hear me complain, please hit me in the head really hard. God is good — live and love in the moment!
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WINNERS ARE BUS SILLY GAMES, The Story of Jim’s Battle Again Some of you may be familiar with business and marketing author Dan Kennedy. I’ve read a bunch of his books and find everything he publishes of great value. He’s a fascinating, unique, “old-school” guy. Check him out on YouTube. I subscribe to his monthly newsletter and highly recommend it. Aside from his newsletter, subscribers receive regular emails of his thoughts. I thought a recent message of his, titled “SILLY GAMES, SILLY PRIZES” was worth sharing. Here’s an excerpt. “If people my age had used our cameras to take pictures of the food on our tables at restaurants and of ourselves and others eating, getting the photos developed, and brought the 8x10s to show to people at the next party, a sensible adult would have called the men with nets from the asylum …. “Some time ago, the board game Trivial Pursuit was very popular. Quiz shows and games are popular and can even be useful, broadening your knowledge base, keeping your mind sharp. But if your whole game is pursuing trivia, you can only get trivial prizes, like the cheap stuffed bears or plastic toys won at a carnival. The trick is to avoid trivial pursuits ... let me just say that the big prizes come only from turning one’s back on trivial makers and doing important, difficult, high value things. Brady didn’t get seven Super Bowl rings playing backyard football with middle-school kids.
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Few things feel better than cashing your first paycheck. If you want your kids to enjoy the joys of payday while building connections and resumes, then recommend they try to break into some of the best gigs available to teens and students this summer! Tutor From juniors and seniors preparing for college placement tests to college students looking to build up credits over the summer semester, there is no shortage of young people looking for help with their studies. Tutoring can be fairly lucrative to start, with the average salary of a full-time tutor being about $39K per year; it’s an excellent way for young adults to break into a career in education — or just share their knowledge to help others struggling. Pool Cleaner Why not encourage your children to make money while enjoying the summer sun? The neighborhood pool cleaning circuit is abuzz with so many looking to escape the heat. The average pool cleaner salary is around $32,000, with hourly rates varying depending on location and experience. If the work is enjoyable and comes naturally, it may be a great preamble for starting a pool cleaning business. Golf Caddy Business often takes place on the green, and as a caddy, your child will be privy to all of it. In addition to carrying bags, finding loose balls, and giving advice on how to get the lowest score, golf caddies can also use their time to build valuable connections. The average pay for a golf caddy is around $18 per hour, but one of the best parts of being a caddy is that golfers make great tippers. Stand Behind THE PERFECT SUMMER JOBS FOR TEENS AND STUDENTS
“The less somebody is accomplishing or trying to accomplish, the more they try sucking you into games of trivial pursuit, the more they resist
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Regardless of their choice of a summer job, getting out in the sun and making extra cash is a great way to kickstart your kids’ careers or save for college. If your kids have the opportunity to earn work experience, now is the best time to start!
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SY WITH WINNING , SILLY PRIZES ROI accountability, the more they are about “social” — family, co-worker, peer, neighbor — drama. Or “woke” concerns — like proper pronouns, walk-on-eggshells language, taking offense at a stiff breeze. All the people who lit themselves on fire on social media about the Kansas City Chiefs’ kicker’s commencement speech at a Catholic university, daring to suggest that many women find their fulfillment from wife and mother roles, all share one thing in common: they aren’t doing anything of any importance themselves, or they wouldn’t have time for such trivial pursuit. I’m offended a lot but pursue very little because I’m busy with major matters. “Let me be (uncharacteristically) blunt. Losers in business and in life like confusing and conflating activity with accomplishment. It’s a psycho- emotional game they play with themselves, but unfortunately, need to drag others into, to play with them. It doesn’t matter to them what they are busy with so long as they are busy, so they are most often busy playing trivial pursuit because it is much easier than setting goals, creating plans, enforcing boundaries, focus, determination, discipline, resilience, persuasion. Being busy with palace intrigue or interpersonal conflict (over trivia) or taking umbrage or spreading toxicity is just as satisfying to them as is actual achievement of worthwhile purposes. To them, it’s all the same. And if you let your guard down, they’ll pull you into it. Being busy looking busy with “busy work” that can’t be scored on a scoreboard is preferable to them vs. challenge and measurement. You have to be very watchful. Very resistant. Winners are busy — with winning.” nst Unjust Benefit Termination
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Louisiana is unique among the 50 states because it was an established territory of France before it was sold to us at a discount. It brings with it a century-long legacy of French cultural and linguistic influence that still resonates today. Let’s dive into the past to explore some interesting historical facts about the great state of Louisiana. Bargain Per Acre Years before Louisiana successfully lobbied to become a state in 1810, it was a small part of a large swathe of French territory in the middle of North America. The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 saw the U.S. buy 828,000 square miles of land for just three cents per acre! Oddly enough, we bought the land from Napoleon Bonaparte, an American ally, and he used that money to fund his military campaigns in Europe. The Louisiana Purchase effectively doubled the size of our country, greatly increasing our nation’s power, influence, and access to strategic resources. Where Bourbon Street Got Its Name Many Americans associate the word “bourbon” with a type of Kentucky- brewed whiskey, but the famous Bourbon Street in New Orleans got its name from a more regal and slightly less alcoholic source. Originally called Rue Bourbon , the 15-block-long street in downtown New Orleans is named after the former royal family of France: Bourbon. The Beginning of Mardi Gras? While New Orleans is now known for its colorful Mardi Gras celebrations, the festival was actually started back in France. The term Mardi Gras translates to “fat Tuesday” (admittedly, it doesn’t have quite the same ring to it in English), and has been celebrated by the French since at least the 1200s. However, Mardi Gras has been celebrated in New Orleans ever since the city was founded by French settlers in 1718. In the 1740s, the governor of New Orleans, Marquis de Vaudreuil, began celebrating the holiday with extravagant society balls, which became the model going forward. 3 FACTS SHOWCASING OUR STATE’S RICH PAST
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
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Great Bundle of Joy for Father’s Day
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Top Jobs for Teens and Students
Don’t Fall for Trivial Pursuits
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3 Eye-Opening Facts About Louisiana
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How a Cat Saved an Army Veteran in Need
Fluffy’s Heroic Deed Saves a Veteran
Fluffy to the Rescue One fateful day, at around 8 a.m., Ron slipped and fell on his way out of the shower. He landed on his arm, which became pinned under him. His Life Alert, which he had relied upon for situations like this, was charging in the other room. His cellphone, his only other means of calling for help, was on the bathroom counter, out of reach. The hours ticked away, and Ron lay in agonizing pain on the bathroom floor. At just past midnight the next day, Ron had an idea. Fluffy had wandered into the bathroom to check on his friend. “Ring-a-ding,” Ron told him, and Fluffy knew to retrieve his phone and bring it to him. Ron was able to call for help in time to save his life. Fluffy’s quick thinking prevented tragedy. This heroic act is a great reminder that our pets care — and listen — more than we may ever give them credit for.
In 2020, Ron Williams, a Korean War veteran in his mid-80s, lived alone. His only lifeline was his Life Alert, a small device designed to alert health care officials if an
emergency occurred. That was until he was gifted a black-and-white spotted cat named Fluffy. From the moment they met, it was clear the two would make a perfect pair. But what Ron didn’t know was that he had been given more than a companion — he had been given a savior. Feline Friend While Ron did not have many people to talk to, he did have Fluffy. The two shared mostly one-sided conversations, likely interspersed with the occasional meow. Whenever Ron received a call on his cellphone, he got in the habit of saying, “Ring-a-ding.” While the two shared a deep bond, Ron never considered that Fluffy was actually listening. “I just fell in love with him,” Ron said of Fluffy in an interview with FOX17 in Michigan. As it turned out, Fluffy loved him back.
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