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Every sniffle, every sneeze, every congested night and drowsy day, and you keep asking yourself, “Is it Covid?” Because the symptoms of Covid seem to be: If you have the sniffles, it’s Covid. If you don’t have the sniffles, it’s Covid. If you have a headache, it’s Covid. If you don’t have a headache, it’sContinue reading “It’s Not Covid”

This little cartoon, Non Sequitur (courtesy of GoComics,) tells it all. Nobody loves lawyers. Why? Some would say that lawsuits ruin our society. But that’s not true. Most lawsuits actually create better protections for the common man. The famous McDonald’s lawsuit about the woman burned with coffee? That woman actually suffered serious burns when theContinue reading “Lord Love a Lawyer”

Why we make ourselves crazy during December is anyone’s guess. January is the traditional time to take a deep breath and figure out what to do for the next 11 months. Here at the Law Emporium of Mark Bruce, we are hoping to catch up on some cases, confound our enemies and delight our friends.Continue reading “You May Now Breathe”

This is the time of year for blogs to carry titles like “Christmas memories” or “Christmas as a kid” or “What I want for Christmas” etc etc etc. Ich. I, for one, am pretty happy that I no longer have to rush around buying a ton of toys for my lovely and brilliant son. WrappingContinue reading “Yule B. Sorry”

After my last post I was contacted by one of the three people who read this blog (the other two subscribed by mistake and can’t figure out how to fix it). She told me that I should be happy to write entertaining mysteries and not worry about the transgressive thing. Uh, yeah. I am notContinue reading “What I Meant to Say Was…”

Here’s what I’m jealous of: Writers who don’t give a flying F**k. One of my women friends (not pictured above, but if you have this woman’s telephone number, don’t be stingy with it) is considered a “transgressive” writer. She chronicles the adventures of the demimonde. Her characters are addicts, thieves, ex-cons, drug dealers, down-and-outers, trailerContinue reading “Transgressive”

Every year for Thanksgiving, I travel all the way up to Humboldt County (700 miles) to have Turkey Dinner with my son’s mother. She and I have been good friends over the years since the birth of the Golden Child, even though we were not living together when raising him. Turns out, having two veryContinue reading “Half a Man”

I have already mentioned in this blog my brother, the writer. If you don’t want to go back and find that entry, the story is that my brother worked for 30 years for CalTrans and rarely picked up a book that wasn’t a technical manual. Now that he’s retired, he’s decided he wants to writeContinue reading “For the Fun of It”

Hurray and hurrah! Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine has accepted the short story “Minerva James and the Gods of Sleep and Death.” This is the 8th Minerva Short story to be published since her first appearance in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine in August 2019. Now, eight short stories in two years might not sound very impressiveContinue reading “Celebration”

Another journal rejected your story. Let it go. Another agent said “no thanks.” Let it go. Another potential girlfriend won’t answer your calls. Let it go. Another writer published a novel on the same idea you’ve been kicking around for years. Let it go. Another potential client decided to go with another attorney. Let itContinue reading “Let It Go”