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Judges and Judiciary

Feb. 8, 2005

In Law and Life, Strive For More Than 'Good Enough'

I recently had a birthday. It wasn't a good one. It came at the same time of the year as all the others. I guess it wasn't all that realistic to expect this year to be different. My age makes me eligible for curmudgeon status. But I was a precocious child and became a curmudgeon at four. Well, you would too, if your birthday comes, as mine does, smack dab in the middle of the holiday season, a few days before New Year's.

2nd Appellate District, Division 6

Arthur Gilbert

Presiding Justice 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 6

UC Berkeley School of Law, 1963

Arthur's previous columns are available on gilbertsubmits.blogspot.com.

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I recently had a birthday. It wasn't a good one. It came at the same time of the year as all the others. I guess it wasn't all that realistic to expect this year to be different. My age makes me eligible for curmudgeon status. But I was a precocious child and became a curmudgeon at four. Well, you would too, if your birthday comes, as mine does, smack dab in the middle of the holiday season, a few days before New Year's.

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