{"id":10545,"date":"2009-02-01T09:58:39","date_gmt":"2009-02-01T14:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/?p=10545"},"modified":"2013-12-29T23:58:57","modified_gmt":"2013-12-30T04:58:57","slug":"out-on-the-town-with-ed-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2009\/02\/01\/out-on-the-town-with-ed-post\/","title":{"rendered":"out on the town with “Ed Post”"},"content":{"rendered":"

.. il<\/em>lusive Blawg Review<\/a><\/em> Editor returns to Schenectady . . \"\"<\/a> ..<\/p>\n

I<\/em><\/strong>t’s been 51 weeks since our famously anonymous friend “Ed Post” first arrived at the train station in Schenectady, New York, after attending LegalTech 2008 (see our prior post<\/a>).\u00a0 Yesterday, returning for a quick visit on his way to LegalTech 2009<\/a>, the Editor of Blawg Review<\/a><\/em> was speechless to discover he didn’t yet appear on a display of famous guys who’ve made railroad “whistle-stops” in Schenectady.\u00a0 The customarily self-effacing Editor was not mollified by my explanation that Lincoln, Edison, Roosevelt, etc., had arrived sans pseudonyms, and actually allowed their faces to be photographed (or sketched) for the press and public to see.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> I’m glad Ed<\/em> didn’t notice this nearby sign, proudly announcing Thomas Edison’s arrival in Schenectady in 1886, to found his machine works, which became General Electric Corp.\u00a0 My “we need a photo” argument would not have persuaded the canny Editor.<\/p>\n

After an enjoyable $20.09<\/a> Schenectady Bicentennial dinner at the Stockade Inn<\/a>, Ed<\/em> could not resist the temptation to let his tech-crazy followers know he had entered the den of the blawgisphere’s infamous techagnostic<\/a>. See his Tweet from Schenectady<\/a> (Jan. 31, 2009).\u00a0 Despite Ed<\/em>‘s eloquence and practical arguments, he couldn’t get Prof. Yabut to jump on the Twitter<\/a> bandwagon.\u00a0 He’ll surely try again over lunch today.<\/p>\n

Monday morning, Ed hops back on Amtrak, tooting and tweeting his way south to New York City, where he’ll be schmoozing with some of the luminaries of the world of legal weblogs.\u00a0 Schenectady will miss him, and we might even be working on a plaque to greet his next arrival in town.<\/p>\n

afterwords<\/em><\/strong> (Feb. 2, 2009): Speaking of LegalTech 2009, this week’s Blawg Review<\/a><\/em> is #197, and its theme is LegalTech.\u00a0 Legal Blog Watch<\/em> teamed up with “Ed” to produce and host Blawg Review<\/em> #197<\/a>.\u00a0 In fact, “Ed” labored away on it from his room in the Schenectady Holiday Inn, while watching Super Bowl XLIII.<\/p>\n

A<\/em>fter ingesting far too much food and one very large glass of Merlot, last night, the f\/k\/a<\/em> Gang seems unable this morning to sustain any new haiku moments.\u00a0 If you came for haiku today, here’s a reprise of poems from Kobayashi Issa, celebrating Chinese\/Japanese New Year:<\/p>\n

\n

on New Year’s day
\na cute little pilgrim
\nat the gate<\/p>\n

the kettle\u2019s lid
\nrattle, rattle\u2026
\nNew Year\u2019s herbs<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

bedtime sake\u2013
\nwhether the new year comes
\nor not<\/p>\n

the cat steals
\na New Year\u2019s nap\u2026
\nsitting room<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026. by Kobayashi Issa<\/a>, translated by David G. Lanoue<\/p>\n


\n<\/a>related<\/em><\/strong>: read about Ed’s first visit to Schenectady<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\" p.s.<\/strong><\/em> Click to see a post card of Schenectady’s Union Station<\/a>, which was demolished in the 1970’s prior to Prof. Yabut himself arriving in Schenectady. Its successor Amtrak Station<\/a> is not quite as classy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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