From Bob's Cluttered Desk

A new study released last week will likely cause major disruption to employers across the country, as they scramble to revise and implement dramatically new emergency plans in the event of a nuclear detonation. The research, conducted by people who obviously had nothing better to do with their time, determined that the best course of…

As a point of clarification, no lawyers will be bar hopping for children. There will be lawyers, and there will be bar hopping, but the purpose will be “for the children” rather than “for” the children. Anything else would be plain creepy. This March the American Bar Association is holding its mid-winter workers’ compensation conference…

It is widely known that New York has one of the most expensive, yet least efficient workers’ compensation systems in the nation. That it fails to provide adequate care for injured workers while simultaneously burdening employers with excessive costs is a commonly known reality. The administration of Governor Andrew Cuomo has been vocal about overhauling…

I’ll admit it. I have a good sense of humor. People tell me I am funny. I’ve always taken it as a compliment. Until now. Turns out it just means I am a crazy bastard. Science has proven that now. Some stupid study just published in the British Journal of Psychiatry has determined that comedians…

I am traveling this week to Louisiana, where I will be the Keynote Speaker Thursday at the 14th Annual Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference. While any conference that has both the word “Educational” in the title and me on the agenda seems to have conflicting objectives, it appears the organizers have done a good job…

There is an article out today that tells us “high flyers”, or corporate “overachievers”, are at a greater risk of isolation and depression from internet addiction than their slack-a-day couldn't give a rat's ass counterparts. New studies apparently have determined that “Over-achievers are at risk of becoming addicted to the internet because of the pressure…

First off, this is not an article celebrating the recent legalization of recreational marijuana in Colorado. That would be titled “Fire Up the Fatties”. Admittedly, calling people “Fatties” is offensive, even when the author using that term is a doughboy himself. However, that title was more likely to get your attention and draw you in…

I have appeared on several national “Bloggers Panels” in the last couple years with fellow blogger David Depaolo. I first met David over a decade ago as a friendly competitor, but in recent years, through our blogging activity, have come to know him better and think of him today as simply a friend. We have…

Sometimes I wonder why people even try. Years ago I was dealing with a vendor I was forced to use as part of a companywide contract. They were awful. They showed up late, did an inadequate job and weren’t friendly to me or my staff. Complaints to my superiors did not help, as the decision…

Resolutions are for pansies. Every New Year people seem to make their annual resolutions designed to improve their personal health and well being. Most of us are lucky to get just a few days out of them before their battered and broken remnants are hauled away in the first week of the New Year’s trash.…