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Federal Disability Retirement: The regularity of life

Posted onNovember 14, 2017December 31, 2020AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

Metaphors abound, of course; of the stream of life, its cadence, likened to a steady march and the cyclical nature wrapped in the repetition of the growing dawn followed by the setting sun. The regularity of life represents a rhythm and monotony that provides a blanket of comfort (there goes the metaphor, again) that can be extracted from the lack of chaos. Most of us thrive best within the regularity of life’s monotony; it is the very few who seek and relish the chaos of life. […] Read More …

FERS & CSRS Disability Retirement: The pleasantry of paper’s caress

Posted onJune 21, 2016AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

Will the electronic tablet ever replace paper’s longstanding sovereignty? The invention, dissemination and widespread availability of paper was a notable mark in human progression — if only for what it allowed in establishing communication, transfusion of knowledge and conveyance of data. Like Gutenberg’s movable type printing press, the cotton gin, the Model T Ford and the computer chip of modernity, such inventions became, in retrospect, tumultuous benchmarks of human advancement. If advertising images reflect a hope of an industry, it is clear that paper’s replacement is a target of that sector. […] Read More …

FERS & CSRS Disability Retirement: Hoarding Hordes

Posted onNovember 23, 2015AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

As homophones, they are often words confused and confusing, both in usage as well as in application; but it is the perspective by which they are utilized which refines the proper insertion into a grammatically correct context. Thus, the former pertains to volume of items in vast storage supplies, collected for purposes often beyond want or need; while the latter is attributable to the invasion of foreign forces in greater numbers, in overwhelming tides of armies by invasion. History is replete with instances of both, and the present day migration and waves of immigrants world-wide is a testament to that. […] Read More …

FERS Medical Retirement Claims: Noh & Other Masks

Posted onNovember 17, 2015August 23, 2022AuthorFederal Disability Retirement Attorney1 Comment

Every culture has some element of representative theatre of art, and Nogaku is the classical Japanese form which tells the narrative of human suffering, trials and challenges encompassing masks, elaborate costumes, and traditional music reflective of the times and periods of tragic and comic proportions throughout history. […] Read More …

FERS Medical Disability Retirement: Whispers of Time

Posted onOctober 26, 2015October 19, 2022AuthorFederal Disability Retirement Attorney1 Comment

Sometimes, in the deadened silence of night, thoughts beyond our daily routine creep into the shadows of the subconscious; or, in the quietude of rustling leaves, a harkening which is lost but for the whispers of time. Is it true that there are signs, voices, foreboding elements around which warn of impending events beyond the pragmatism of our technologically-driven society? Did epochs of yore possess knowledge beyond what we discover on Google? […] Read More …