You’ve heard this: the hurrier I go the behinder I get. I really need to use my time more efficiently. This is something technology was going to do for us. But, as I often lament, technology (computers, in particular) seems to rob me of more time than it saves me. Which is why I particularly [ …read the rest… ]

On January 13 I was one of four speakers at an oil and gas seminar in Overland Park, Kansas, put on by Half Moon Seminars. It had been nearly 30 years since I was a seminar speaker. With 40+ attendees it was considered a “sellout”, which surprised me. I didn’t think there could be enough [ …read the rest… ]

Back in the 80′s and 90′s (and earlier but that was before my time) we had oil and gas leases that contained mostly “boilerplate” clauses. People often referred to a standard “Producer’s 88″ lease. There were, actually, dozens of variations on the so-called “Producer’s 88″, but the variations were mostly a matter of which boilerplate [ …read the rest… ]

I noticed a wave of local attorneys signing up on LinkedIn a couple months ago. Recently I noticed some organizations Twittering like mad. Prior to these, I was getting a lot of Facebook friend requests. Before all of those I had to actually set spam filters specifically for MySpace, thanks to all the babes wanting to make contact with [ …read the rest… ]

It seems to me April Fool’s Day was coming up, but according to the calendar we’ve just had May Day. Was there really an April this year? Yes, I know, it’s a rhetorical question. I’ve observed that time has really accelerated the older I’ve become, but this is getting ridiculous! If entire months are going to zing by like [ …read the rest… ]