Peter Myers' Blog

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

One of God's great blessings in my recent life is our 6 year-old son, conceived about a week after 9-11-01, around the day we brought our dog Rex from the pound, when we were least expecting (at age 41) to be expecting.  A love child in our 40's.  Tangible evidence that the Almighty has a sense of humor. 

Johann reminded me this Summer that there is nothing wrong with being completely covered in sand.  There are times when I feel like I'm under a mountain of it.  And whether that is a burden or a blessing is simply a matter of perspective. 

We did get a couple of trips to Santa Cruz this Summer - to the beach Boardwalk.  We even talked our 16 year-old daughter into joining us!  Of course, she "just had to" bring a friend (God forbid she be seen having fun with her parents). 

Driving Lake Tahoe Video & North Tahoe in General

One of my clients sent me a link to the North Tahoe Bonanza's article about his new video, "Driving Lake Tahoe."  If you are a Lake Tahoe buff, then you will want to read the article, located on opage B1 in the Living Section of the paper. 

As many of you know, the reason I have a newfound interest in Lake Tahoe is because we recently opened an office in Incline Village, Nevada.  Why?  I passed the Nevada Bar and am now cross-licensed in both California and Nevada!  As a consequence, I needed an office in Nevada, and longtime colleague Jim Burau offered me use of his.  Now, "Why do I need a Nevada license?"

10 Tips to Being a Better Husband

My sister sent me a note recently about being a better husband.  Apparently she thought my comments about being scolded for leaving an unwashed coffee cup on the counter were over the top.  So she gave me an article by Hugh O'Neill, self-proclaimed "perfect husband," which is entitled "10 Tips to Being a Better Husband: Simple Secrets to Keeping Her Happy."  It turns out O'Neill's rule #8 involves just that: an unwashed coffee cup!  His was in the sink; mine on the counter.

This is me in my perfect-husband costume.  I wear it on Halloween to scare the other husbands in the neighborhood.

I tried to find O'Neill's article on the internet - no luck.  So I posted it below, and I link here to O'Neill's other gems, A Man Called Daddy or Daddy Cool, his books.  If you like O'Neill as I do, buy the books.  Enough Myers, let's hear from O'Neill:

Marital Honesty

This post comes from Global Consultants and Services Limited, a group of international tax planners with whom we share some mutual clients.  The story concerns Bill and Kathie Monroe, a City Council candidate and his wife. 

Myers Holiday Party Debrief

This is the debrief from the Holiday Party.  There's lots of good news: (1) no telephone calls from revelers in compromising situations two hours after the party was over; (2) no loud arguments between staff and their boyfriends/girlfirends, at least during the party (to my knowledge); (3) lots of old friends showing up prepared to relax and kick it around with us; and (4) we didn't run out of anything except time.

The bad news: (1) we missed some of you old-timers - I know, we picked a tough night; (2) I had to drive home, so I stayed sober (not really bad news there); (3) Eileen had a Judicial Evaluation Committee Meeting, so we all missed her; and (4) I didn't get to talk to everyone who came by.

MLF's Float for Habitat for Humanity a Success

The Myers Law Firm spent last weekend riding on a toy soldier float in the Oakland Tribune Holiday Parade in honor of the East Bay Habitat for Humanity. Like all such holiday activites, it was a lot more fun than any of us anticipated, especially those who have never done the parade thing before.

Never having been a politician, there's nothing so affirming as having 10,000 complete strangers wave and smile at you.  And all you need to do is wave and smile back. 

And here's what it looked like from the float:

Boss's Day for The Myers Law Firm

Boss’s Day

Its one of those obscure “Hallmark Holidays,” but did you know that Sunday, October 16 was “Boss’s Day”?   Started in 1958 by Patricia Bays Haroski, a State Farm employee, in honor of her boss and father, “Boss’s Day” celebrates your Boss – whoever they are.

The boss on Boss's Day

I had never heard of it.  Until Friday, October 14, 2005 at about 9:30 a.m., that is.  At that moment, the last ten years of team training came to signature.  To understand that moment, you have to have a little background . . .