{"id":3682,"date":"2005-03-15T13:46:21","date_gmt":"2005-03-15T17:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/03\/15\/phone-numbers-exchanged\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:53","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:53","slug":"phone-numbers-exchanged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/03\/15\/phone-numbers-exchanged\/","title":{"rendered":"phone numbers exchanged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a3460'><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">cloudy valley<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the dog barks<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">at himself<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">judges and juries<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">pelicans<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">on posts<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">phone numbers exchanged<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">fluids<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">later <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><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;<FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">author of the <FONT color=\"black\">novels&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.haikuguy.com\/\"><STRONG><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"1\">Haiku Guy<\/FONT><\/EM><\/STRONG><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"1\">&nbsp;and <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.haikuguy.com\/\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"1\">Laughing Buddha<\/FONT><\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">see his&nbsp;<\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.worldhaiku.net\/poetry\/eng\/us\/d.lanoue.02.htm\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">world haiku assn bio<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"> for the above haiku in English &amp; Japanese<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<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\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">first warm day<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\">her pale<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\">gloveless hands<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">mid-March&nbsp;blues &#8212;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>et tu<\/EM>,<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">buddha?<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\">&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,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><EM>[March 15, 2005]<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><EM><STRONG><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">potluck<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/EM><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><EM>&#8220;tinyredcheck&#8221;&nbsp; Things I probably used to know but learned again today<\/EM>:<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">History tells us that Julius Caesar was killed 2049 years ago, on<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">the <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ides_of_March\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">ides of March<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">, 44 B.C.&nbsp; Despite Ceasar&#8217;s fate, <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ides_of_March\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">Wikipedia<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> says<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">that <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ides#Months\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">the ides<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> (which fell on either the 13 or 15th of the month) were <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">considered auspicious, and traditionally corresponded with the<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">full moon (a favorite of haiku lovers and other romantics).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><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\" \/> Thanks largely to Shakespeare&#8217;s line, in <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.bartleby.com\/59\/6\/juliuscaesar.html\"><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Julius Caesar<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">,&nbsp;&nbsp; <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/rookhoriz.gif\" alt=\"rook horiz\" \/>&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;&#8220;<\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.bartleby.com\/59\/6\/ettubrute.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">et tu, Brute?<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">,&#8221; the Ides of March is now associated with <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">treachery by a friend.&nbsp; So, this might be a good day to practice <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">and express your loyalty to those who merit it.&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><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\" \/> I learned a couple interesting things about the Roman calendar and <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">the notion of <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fasti\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">fasti<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">, clicking around <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ides#Character_of_the_Day\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">Wikipedia<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> today. It appears that legal<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">activities could only take place on certain days (<EM>dies fasti<\/EM>), while <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&#8220;<EM>dies nefasti<\/EM>&#8221; were days, designated <EM>N<\/EM> on the calendar,&nbsp;on which<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">the courts could not sit, for various religious reasons, and<EM> dies<\/EM> <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><EM>endotercissus<\/EM>, designated <EM>EN<\/EM>,&nbsp;were days&nbsp;when legal actions were <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">permitted on half of the day only.&nbsp; Does this give <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.overlawyered.com\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">Walter Olson<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;any<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">possible reform strategies?<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/pawnhoriz.gif\" alt=\"pawn horiz\" \/>&nbsp; As only he can, Evan <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.legalunderground.com\/2005\/03\/the_battle_of_l.html#more\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Schaeffer takes a look<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> today at the epic war<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">between law firms and legal recruiters over firm associates.&nbsp; (prior <A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/03\/11#a3435\"><FONT color=\"black\">post<\/FONT><\/A>)<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>cloudy valley the dog barks at himself &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; judges and juries pelicans on posts &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; phone numbers exchanged fluids later &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; David G. 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