Mar 17

The eagle eye of my brother Steven.

Posted By: joangarry

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My brother Steven is a detail guy. It is no doubt one of the many assets he brings to the legal profession. He is also a supportive sibling and as such, he is a regular reader of my blogs.

As both a regular reader and a detail guy, Steven can be counted on to review content carefully and offer his typically keen observations.

He called last week with two such observations. First, he pointed out an incorrect assumption. In “I am a flaming liberal swing voter,” I assumed that my brother made a mistake not once but twice in voting for George W. Bush. In the piece I wrote, I tried not to cast judgment (the way I just did in the last sentence). Well, it turns out that my assumption was incorrect. Steven told me that several days before the election of 2004, he was en route to his office and passed by a Ralph Nader rally. He stopped and listened. He found himself impressed. He said he seemed way smarter than the other two guys (not much of a contest there). And so he voted for Nader. I stand corrected.

His second observation required visual acumen. He read the post I wrote about my mom. I thought it was quite good. I figured my brother would rate it high on the schmaltz scale. But he made no comment about the content.

He just wanted to point out that he was a bit worried about my mom when he saw the picture.  It appeared that a plant was growing out of my her head.

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