{"id":3613,"date":"2005-02-14T16:03:12","date_gmt":"2005-02-14T20:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/02\/14\/fasten-your-seatbelt-dear\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:59","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:59","slug":"fasten-your-seatbelt-dear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/02\/14\/fasten-your-seatbelt-dear\/","title":{"rendered":"fasten your seatbelt, dear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a3258'><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Valentine&#8217;s Day<BR>she reminds me <BR>to fasten my seatbelt&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<DIV><BR><\/DIV><\/FONT><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">you squeeze my hand . . .<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">how still the sky<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">after fireworks<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/WelchFireworks.jpg\" alt=\"Welch fireworks\" \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT size=\"1\">[Click <\/FONT><FONT color=\"#42aac8\" size=\"1\"><STRONG><A href=\"http:\/\/www.brooksbookshaiku.com\/welch\/21.html\">here<\/A><\/STRONG><\/FONT><FONT size=\"1\"> for original photo-poem] <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"1\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/putruck1g.gif\" alt=\"pickup g\" \/>&nbsp; <A href=\"http:\/\/www.brooksbookshaiku.com\/welch\/about.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#ff0000\" size=\"2\">Michael Dylan Welch<\/FONT><\/A>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/putruck1g.gif\" alt=\"pickup g\" \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">&#8220;you squeeze my had&#8221; from <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.brooksbookshaiku.com\/welch\/\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">Open WIndow<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"> &#8211; haiku &amp; photographs <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">from <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/0965781887\/qid=1071240027\/sr=1-2\/ref=sr_1_2\/002-9728616-3404061?v=glance&amp;s=books\"><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">a glimpse of red<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">: <EM>The Red Moon Anthology 2000<\/EM> <\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/FONT><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT><SPAN><FONT><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">by <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$3053\"><STRONG><FONT color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">dagosan<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/A><FONT color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">:<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/EM><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><FONT><SPAN><FONT><FONT size=\"2\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><br \/>\n<DIV>give her a hand &#8212;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>a perfect<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>snow angel<\/DIV><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT color=\"#000000\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><EM>[Feb.14, 2005]<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"1\"><\/FONT><\/EM>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/boxerSignN.gif\" alt=\"boxerSignN\" \/>&nbsp; <A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/06\/27#a1700\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\"><EM><STRONG>one-breath&nbsp;pundit<\/STRONG><\/EM><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\"> <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/>&nbsp; So misunderstood.&nbsp; They&#8217;re ganging up on me at <EM><A href=\"http:\/\/www.myshingle.com\/my_shingle\/2005\/02\/free_divorces_f.html\">Carolyn&#8217;s place<\/A><\/EM><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">on lawyers, fees, fidicuaries &#8212; over <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/02\/12#a3243\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#000000\">the valentine-divorce lawyer<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;&#8212; and I haven&#8217;t <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">had a chance to reply yet on the <\/FONT><\/SPAN><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">merits.&nbsp; It does not help the Carolyn <EM>in<\/EM>correctly<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">asserts that I believe $375 is excessive for an uncontested divorce.<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT color=\"red\"><EM><STRONG>update<\/STRONG><\/EM><\/FONT> (7 PM, Feb. 14, 2005):&nbsp; I finally made a fuller reply at <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.myshingle.com\/my_shingle\/2005\/02\/free_divorces_f.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">My Shingle<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">. <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">Part of the discussion can be found <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$3259\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">here<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">, where Eugene Lee and I go back<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">and forth on lawyer-fiduciares and the obligation to disclose options.<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/> They&#8217;re ganging up&nbsp;on Mike <EM>the Idealist<\/EM> Cernovich, at <EM><A href=\"http:\/\/www.legalunderground.com\/2005\/02\/what_do_you_lik.html\">Evan&#8217;s place<\/A><\/EM>,<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">where he asks &#8220;what do you like best&nbsp;about being a lawyer?&#8221;<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/FONT><\/SPAN>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/>&nbsp; <A href=\"http:\/\/www.professorbainbridge.com\/2005\/02\/a_fair_question.html\">Prof. B offers<\/A> an economic rationale for &#8220;compassionate conservatism,&#8221;<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">but wonders what happend to smaller government from Repulblicans.&nbsp; Steve has<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">clearly been reading <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.antitrustinstitute.org\/recent2\/375.cfm\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#000000\">Bert Foer&#8217;s essay<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"> on Social Security and markets.<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/FONT><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valentine&#8217;s Dayshe reminds me to fasten my seatbelt&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; you squeeze my hand . . . how still the sky after fireworks &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [Click here for original photo-poem] &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Michael Dylan Welch&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8220;you squeeze my had&#8221; from Open WIndow &#8211; haiku &amp; photographs from a glimpse of red: The Red Moon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2926],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pre-06-2006"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-Wh","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3613"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13370,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3613\/revisions\/13370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}