Not Forking Around

When I was in high school, rapscallions would sometimes partake in throwing eggs or tomatoes at cars after the homecoming football game. Because of the inherent danger of this activity and the very expensive damage it could cause, the authorities came down hard on any perpetrators they would find. To avoid severe punishment, these miscreants […]

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Gone Fission

Growing up in the 1980s at the tail-end of the Cold War, the threat of a nuclear conflict with the U.S.S.R. was always lingering. As a coping mechanism, popular culture created positive things from the prospect. For example, the band The Firm released the hit single “Radioactive.” Comics, movies and TV shows depicted ordinary people […]

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Our Kids Getting a New Lease on Life

My son just started his sophomore year of college at Oshkosh.  I took a day of vacation to help move him into his dorm suite, which is way bigger and nice than any dorm I ever lived in. About two weeks into the semester, he called me in the middle of the afternoon.  Unfortunately, I […]

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Can Christmas Come Too Early?

When I was a kid, we would go to Fond du Lac to celebrate Thanksgiving with my cousins. We’d play a game of football in the yard or basketball in the driveway, then go inside to share a delicious meal (even though my sister and I got stuck at the kids’ table). The following weekend, […]

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Get to Know Us: Attorney Jon Fischer

Where do you live? Appleton, WI Where are you from? Appleton, WI My legal practice… I represent families in elder law and estate planning matters. I also represent buyers and sellers in real estate transactions and with business formations. My family…. I live in Appleton with my wife Jennifer and yellow lab Emmy. What is […]

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