{"id":3633,"date":"2005-02-22T12:16:50","date_gmt":"2005-02-22T16:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/02\/22\/breaking-through-the-ice\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:57","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:57","slug":"breaking-through-the-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/02\/22\/breaking-through-the-ice\/","title":{"rendered":"breaking through the ice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a3310'><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&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\">Heaven&#8217;s River<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;of stars<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp; in my soup<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&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\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the old woman&#8217;s mouth<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; painted on<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;crooked<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&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\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">breaking though ice<\/FONT><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;crack!<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; in the outhouse<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&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\"><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><IMG height=\"75\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/HaikuGuyCovergray.gif\" width=\"50\" border=\"0\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/FONT>&nbsp;<A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/06\/03#a1610\"><STRONG><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#ff0000\" size=\"2\">David G. Lanoue<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;from his <FONT color=\"black\">novel <\/FONT><\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.haikuguy.com\/\"><STRONG><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\">Haiku Guy<\/FONT><\/EM><\/STRONG><\/A><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV align=\"left\"><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">by <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$3281\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">dagosan<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">:&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/FONT><FONT>&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><\/DIV><br \/>\n<P><\/P><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">madly flipping <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">pages &#8212;<\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">today&#8217;s haiku!<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><SPAN><EM><STRONG><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">potluck<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/EM><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=\"+0\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"+0\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&#8220;tinyredcheck&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp;In an <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2005\/02\/22\/opinion\/22tues1.html?ex=1266814800&amp;en=94cae85a2f7ede21&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">editorial today<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> that summarizes the&nbsp;proposal, the NYT has&nbsp;it right: &#8220;The <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"+0\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Democratic Senate bill, introduced last week by Senators Hillary Clinton, Barbara Boxer, <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"+0\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">John Kerry and Frank Lautenberg, is now the gold standard for election reform.&#8221;&nbsp; Rick Hasen <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"+0\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">covers the Democratic <FONT color=\"black\">proposal <\/FONT><\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/electionlawblog.org\/archives\/002964.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\">here<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\">, and a Republican alternative <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.votelaw.com\/blog\/archives\/002978.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\">here<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\">.<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"+0\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"+0\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/pennyover.gif\" alt=\"penny over\" \/>&nbsp; A lot of people are <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.bespacific.com\/mt\/archives\/007547.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">getting worried<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;about the dangers of too-much personal information <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"+0\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">available on the web. <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/swvalaw.blogspot.com\/2005_02_20_swvalaw_archive.html#110889935419573612\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\">Steve Minor points<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\"> to the somewhat obnoxious &#8212; but telling &#8211;tactics <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"+0\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\">of one woman in Virginia, <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.opcva.com\/watchdog\/\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\">Betty &#8220;BJ&#8221; Ostergren<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\">), who is trying to prevent the publication <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"+0\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\">online of all circuit court records. It&#8217;s a <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/home.hamptonroads.com\/stories\/story.cfm?story=82427&amp;ran=59066\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\">thought-provoking tale<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><FONT color=\"black\">.<\/FONT> <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/>&nbsp; Many Baby Boomers seem to consider&nbsp;audiobooks&nbsp;to be tacky, or a less significant way to enjoy <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">fiction or non-fiction.&nbsp; So, I was happy to see <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/althouse.blogspot.com\/2005\/02\/smarties-tube-escaped-lion-and.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Prof. Althouse admitting<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> that she listens to&nbsp;books (even <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">though it&#8217;s in the context of helping her fall to sleep).&nbsp; Humans sure do get into ruts.&nbsp; When my friends <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">are reluctant to try an audiobook, I&#8217;ve been known to say something like:&nbsp;&nbsp;You know, when the first story <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">was written down, and later when the printing press came along, some old-fogey surely complained, <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&#8220;Phooey,<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">stories were <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">meant to be spoken and heard!&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><FONT size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">I discovered audiobooks at a time when eye problems and overall fatigue made it almost <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">impossible for me to read more than a few pages a day.&nbsp; Books on tape are now a very <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">important part of my daily life, and I certainly &#8220;read&#8221; [consume, enjoy, become acquainted <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">with] at least fives times more books by listening than I ever could by eyeballing them.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><\/FONT><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">A tip: Get the unabridged version, whenever possible.&nbsp; The abridged versions are often less <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">than 20% of the original text.<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">Speaking of Prof. Althouse: Her excellent <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/althouse.blogspot.com\/2005\/02\/snow-walk.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">photo of a snow man<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> reminded&nbsp;&nbsp; <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/AASnowMan.gif\" alt=\"AASnowMan\" \/>&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\">me to look at <\/FONT><FONT size=\"2\">my <A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/12\/31#a3033\"><FONT color=\"black\">Snow Buddha collection<\/FONT><\/A><FONT color=\"black\"> for<\/FONT> Dec. 31st.&nbsp; Always makes me smile.&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><BR><BR><BR><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">naughty child&#8211;<BR>instead of his chores<BR>a snow Buddha<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <A href=\"http:\/\/webusers.xula.edu\/dlanoue\/issa\/index.html\"><STRONG><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#ff0000\" size=\"2\"><EM>Kobayashi Issa<\/EM><\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/A>&nbsp;&#8211; <FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\">translated by <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/06\/03#a1610\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"1\"><STRONG>David G. Lanoue<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\">&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT size=\"1\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT size=\"1\"><FONT><FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT size=\"1\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">just&nbsp;enough snow<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">for a Buddha &#8212;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">too much snow<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT size=\"1\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><EM>&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; <\/EM><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT><EM>[<\/EM><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$3281\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#000000\">dagosan<\/FONT><\/A><EM>, Dec. 31, 2004]<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/>&nbsp; Speaking of audiobooks, I am greatly enjoying Wally Lamb&#8217;s<EM>&nbsp;<\/EM><\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/0060987561\/qid=1109090666\/sr=1-1\/ref=sr_1_1\/104-1569557-1267912?v=glance&amp;s=books\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><EM>I Know This Much Is True<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">.&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">I heard a few years ago that the two main characters were identical twin brothers, but I picked up <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">the cassette case at the Library and&nbsp;I discovered that the fictional brothers were born three weeks <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">after my twin brother and I (in the week we were expected to arrive), and that their mother&#8217;s name is <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Concettina &#8212; ours was christened &#8220;Concetta&#8221;).&nbsp; One of the novel&#8217;s brothers is paranoid schizophrenic.&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">When my brother Arthur visited me for a day this weekend, we were wondering which of the twins <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">was our own counterpart.&nbsp; Neither of the novel twins is a lawyer.&nbsp; Guess they lucked out.<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/medbag.gif\" alt=\"medbag\" \/>&nbsp; <EM>Did you say Visiting Twin?<\/EM>:&nbsp; My mid-50ish friends find it somewhat amusing<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;that we <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">sound like old-timers comparing maladies whenever we run into eachother.&nbsp; Well, <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">it&#8217;s ten times <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">worse when your former wombmate shows up and you discover <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">that&nbsp;you&#8217;re&nbsp;each&nbsp;experiencing <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">the same bodily breakdowns and annoyances a few hundred <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">miles apart.&nbsp;(I shall spare you <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">the details) &nbsp;Proof of our aging is <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$2086\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">here<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">.<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><EM><STRONG><FONT color=\"red\">update<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/EM>:&nbsp; Old guys breaking down, is a good lead into today&#8217;s <EM>NYT article<\/EM> &#8220;Companies <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Fight to <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Ensure <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><A href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2005\/02\/22\/politics\/22medicare.html?ei=5090&amp;en=a6acfc6193828d46&amp;ex=1266728400&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;pagewanted=print&amp;position=\">Coverage of Erectile Drugs<\/A>&#8221; (Feb. 22, 2005).&#8221;&nbsp; As <A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/02\/15#a3263\">we suggested<\/A> a week <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">ago, <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">deciding whether <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">(or when) to cover &#8220;lifestyle&#8221; drugs is sure to cause big headaches.&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<EM>E.g.<\/EM>, One challenge:&nbsp;trying <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">to decide when a reduction in the ability to perform a bodily <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">function well is merely a sign of <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">old-age, that we should just learn to live with, and when<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">it is a&nbsp;medical problem <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">worthy of insurance coverage.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Both the Grabbiest Generation and<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">their Boomer children seem to want every malady covered.&nbsp; Who shall pay?&nbsp;&nbsp; This would be<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">a wonderful challenge for a mediator.&nbsp; Too bad my health has left me retired.<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Which Member of Congress will be deciding how many ED pills a<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">month is reasonable?&nbsp; DeLay?&nbsp; Kennedy?&nbsp; Clinton?&nbsp; Hatch?<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Isn&#8217;t sexual intimacy often very important to the Family Value of <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">keeping a couple together?<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/FONT><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><EM>comparing aches&nbsp;<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><EM><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\">before the show&nbsp;&#8212;<\/FONT><\/EM><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><EM><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\">senior organ recital<\/FONT><\/EM><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><EM>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/EM><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><EM>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/EM>dagosan&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">&nbsp;<\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/dinosSG.gif\" alt=\"dinosSG\" \/>&nbsp; If the study cited by <A href=\"http:\/\/debfrisch.com\/archives\/000099.html\">south(west)paw<\/A> is correct about household dust leading to&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\">learning disabilities,&nbsp;those <EM>dust dinosaurs <\/EM>that have been under my beds, ever since<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\">leaving Mama G.&#8217;s place four decades ago, may explain a whole lot about my foggy brain.<\/DIV><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Heaven&#8217;s River &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;of stars &nbsp;&nbsp; in my soup &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the old woman&#8217;s mouth &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; painted on &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;crooked &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; breaking though ice &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;crack! &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; in the outhouse &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;David G. Lanoue&nbsp;from his novel Haiku Guy &nbsp; by dagosan:&nbsp;&nbsp; madly flipping pages &#8212;&nbsp; today&#8217;s haiku! &nbsp; &nbsp; [&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-3633","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-WB","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3633","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=3633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13356,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3633\/revisions\/13356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}