Hey there readers! Did you miss me?

Well, not unlike Gandalf in The Two Towers, your humble blogger returns to you to be of humble service once more.  Now, you might ask, “HB [which is what the cool kids use to say humble blogger], where have you been these past few weeks?”  Well, I’ll tell you but it’s going to be a “choose your own adventure” sort of explanation, including any of the following scenarios:

1. Jail;
2. Conference circuit;
3. Defending the world against Killer Klowns from outer space;
4. Just really busy;
5. On a 6-week Caribbean cruise lecturing powerful CEOs about California Workers’ Compensation.

Whatever you choose, guess what? You’re absolutely and 100% right!

Anywho, today isn’t just any other day, but it’s actually Columbus day, or, in some cases, sometimes also referred to as Indigenous Peoples Day!  A lot of schools are closed today, and we might be juggling work and childcare since many offices remain open.  However, as my beloved and well-informed readers may recall from prior posts, Columbus Day is not a holiday for purposes of extending deadlines for filing. 

So, if you have anything due today, do NOT rely on it being Columbus Day to extend the deadline until tomorrow. 

If you have the day off, your humble blogger wishes you rest and  recuperation on this day off.  If you’re down in the trenches like your humble blogger, huzzah!

Until next time, dear readers…

We made it dear readers! Another holiday and another day off from our noble and proud pursuits of delivering justice and avoiding the miscarriage of the same. We few, we happy few, we band of workers’ compensation defenders.

So, enjoy the BBQ, have fun with your family, and please, please, please – enough with the fireworks!

Now, in case you’re wondering, today absolutely is a holiday, dear readers, so if there is a deadline to do something today, it is extended one more day until tomorrow, Tuesday, July 5, 2022. Don’t believe me? Well whether you consult the California Rules of Court or Government Code 6700, the result is the same.

In other words, celebrate living in one greatest countries in the world!

Until Wednesday, dear readers!

Happy Monday, dear readers!

And, more to the point, happy Memorial Day 2022.  As we all know, memorial day is a national holiday to commemorate and honor those veterans that lost their lives in the service of their country.  See past, if you will, dear readers, the auto sales and shopping advertisements.  Look instead to the cub scouts planting small American flags at national cemeteries and the families of the lost coming to honor their graves. 

Please remember also, dear readers, that today is not the day to thank veterans or congratulate them with memorial day – unlike Veterans’ day, today is specifically to honor the lost and deceased.

Now, if your mind turns unwittingly back towards workers’ comp, allow your humble blogger to also remind you that both under California Government Code 6700(a)(7) and under the California Rules of Court today counts as a holiday and any deadlines to take any action on this day is extended to the next business day, or Tuesday, May 31, 2022.

In any case, dear readers, your humble blogger hopes you have a meaningful and reflective Memorial Day and will be there to pollute your in-box and frustrate your positive outlook on the world on Wednesday with another blog post!  

Happy Monday, dear readers, and happy Presidents’ Day!

What originally started out as a day to honor the birthday of the American Cincinnatus eventually evolved into Presidents’ day.  In California, Presidents’ Day is a holiday according to the Rules of Court as well as Government Code 6700, which, for some reason, doesn’t refer to it as “Presidents’ Day” or even “George Washington’s Birthday” but only as “The third Monday in February.”

I imagine that one day children will ask their parents why the third Monday of February is such a special day, to which parents will answer “no one knows, sweetie, it’s a mystery lost to time…”

Anywho, any deadlines that would fall on today are extended to Tuesday, February 22, 2022.  Your humble blogger hopes that today is a day of rest for his beloved readers, and that instead of catching up on work, you are afforded an opportunity to celebrate, spend time with friends and family, and reflect on the rich heritage and history of the United States and the public-spirited nobility of its first President.

Till Wednesday, dear readers!