{"id":3842,"date":"2005-05-14T19:26:04","date_gmt":"2005-05-14T23:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/05\/14\/may-is-flowering\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:43","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:43","slug":"may-is-flowering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/05\/14\/may-is-flowering\/","title":{"rendered":"may is flowering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a3823'><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\">ice flecks<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\">on azalea buds<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\">the koi go deep<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\"><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\"><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\"><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\"><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\"><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\"><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\">good morning kiss<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\">wing beats<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\">of the hummingbird<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\"><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\"><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\"><A href=\"http:\/\/www.millikin.edu\/haiku\/writerprofiles\/PeggyLyles.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#ff0000\" size=\"2\">Peggy Lyles<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"> from <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/1929820038\/qid=1106161035\/sr=1-1\/ref=sr_1_1\/104-1569557-1267912?v=glance&amp;s=books\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\"><EM>To Hear the Rain<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"> <SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/LylesRainN.gif\" alt=\"LylesRainN\" \/> <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\">(Brooks Books, 2002)<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\"><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\"><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\"><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\"><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\"><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\">flowering peach tree &#8212;<BR>eighteen thousand haiku<BR>slowly savored<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\"><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\"><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\"><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\"><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\"><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\"><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\">an avalanche roars<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\">down Thunder Mountain&#8211;<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\">first crocus<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\"><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\"><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\"><br \/>\n<DIV><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/10\/08#a2461\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"red\" size=\"2\"><STRONG>Billie Wilson<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"+0\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">&#8220;flowering peach tree &#8211;&#8221; &#8211; <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.worldhaikureview.org\/1-1\/haikunews1.shtml \"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">WHC Shiki<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"> Haiku Poems Contest<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"+0\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">&#8220;an avalanche roars&#8221; &#8211; <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/haikuguy.com\/nr3.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"1\"><EM>A New Resonance 3<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">; <EM>Haiku Headlines<\/EM> (April, 2002)<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/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\"><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"1\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><FONT size=\"1\"><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">by&nbsp;<\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$3281\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\"><STRONG>dagosan<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT size=\"2\">&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>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>telephone wires sway &#8212; <\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><EM><FONT size=\"2\">pigeons stay put<\/FONT><\/EM><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><EM><FONT size=\"2\">while a squirrel _______________&nbsp;scoots<\/FONT><\/EM><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT size=\"1\"><EM><\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT size=\"1\"><EM>[May 14<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT size=\"1\"><EM>, 2005]<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P>&nbsp;<\/P><br \/>\n<P>&nbsp;<\/P><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><STRONG><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;potluck<\/FONT><\/EM><\/STRONG><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><EM><A href=\"http:\/\/davesgarden.com\/terms\/go\/1844\/\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Blackberry Winter<\/FONT><\/A><\/EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">:&nbsp; No, it&#8217;s not the&nbsp;anticipated holiday gift-gizmo <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">sensation for Christmas 2005.&nbsp; The term is new to me, although probably <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">familiar to my Southern friends.&nbsp;&nbsp;It&#8217;s &#8220;<EM>the opposite of Indian Summer<\/EM>,&#8221; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">which I Googled today, after experiencing two nights of frost.&nbsp; I had <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">expected something like &#8220;Whiteman&#8217;s Winter,&#8221; but Blackberry is better, <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">as is the alternate <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/davesgarden.com\/terms\/go\/1845\/\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">dogwood winter<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">.&nbsp; As they explain at <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/davesgarden.com\/terms\/go\/1845\/\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">Dave&#8217;s Garden<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">:<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&#8220;Similar to blackberry&nbsp;winter, a dogwood winter&nbsp;is a term <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">used by Southerners to describe a period of cold weather <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">that coincides with the blooming of the local dogwoods.<BR><BR>&#8220;Typically the trees<\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/davesgarden.com\/terms\/go\/96\/\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> bloom <\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">sometime between mid-April <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">and mid-May (depending on the weather variations of the <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">season) and such a cold spell is often the last winter-like <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">weather of the season.&#8221;<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">I&#8217;m not complaining about the coldsnap.&nbsp; Blackberry Winter has yielded <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">gorgeous afternoons and put off the inevitable heat and humidity of <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">summer in Schenectady.&nbsp;&nbsp; Since <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/declarationsandexclusions.typepad.com\/foolblog\/\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">George M. Wallace<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> has certainly read <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><A href=\"http:\/\/www.enotes.com\/blackberry-winter\/\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">Robert Penn Warren&#8217;s novelette<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> <EM>Blackberry Winter<\/EM>, perhaps he could <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">give us a literary footnote or two on the topic.<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/trashmansmall.gif\" alt=\"trashman small\" \/>&nbsp; Disbarment has been recommended for three Boston lawyers <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">who are accused of using deceptive, unseemly&nbsp;tactics to obtain evidence of <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">a judge&#8217;s purported bias against their clients.&nbsp; Read details in the Boston <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><A href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local\/massachusetts\/articles\/2005\/05\/13\/disbarment_urged_for_3_in_scheme\/\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Globe<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> (May 13, 2005).&nbsp; Over <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/legalethicsforum.typepad.com\/blog\/2005\/05\/severe_sanction.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\">at <EM>Legal <\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/A><A href=\"http:\/\/legalethicsforum.typepad.com\/blog\/2005\/05\/severe_sanction.html\"><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Ethics Forum<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">,<\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">&nbsp;Prof. Brad Wendel <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">is trying too hard to give the lawyers an excuse, saying (without <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">having read<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">the 229-page opinion) that &#8220;the lawyers probably thought they <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">were just being <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">creative.&#8221;&nbsp; Brad also suggests it&#8217;s&#8221;ironic&#8221; that the lawyers <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">involved were &#8220;prominent&#8221; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">and two have held legal positions focusing on ethics.&nbsp;&nbsp; In my experience, n<\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">either of <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">those characteristics seems to have much to do with avoiding the <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">hubris or other <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">defective attitudes&nbsp;that lead to unethical lawyer conduct.&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&#8220;tinyredcheck&#8221;&nbsp; &#8220;<EM>Santo Subito!<\/EM>&#8221;&nbsp; Pardon my brashness, but it is difficult to take <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\">a religion seriously that is&nbsp;as heavily into the <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/article\/0,,20709-1560659,00.html\"><FONT size=\"2\">cult of personality<\/FONT><\/A><FONT size=\"2\">&nbsp;as the Catholic <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Church has been over super-star John Paul II.&nbsp; <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2005\/WORLD\/europe\/05\/14\/pope.sainthood.ap\/\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Fast-tracking <FONT color=\"black\">canoni<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/A><A href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2005\/WORLD\/europe\/05\/14\/pope.sainthood.ap\/\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\">zation<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> (the <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">official declaration that someone is a saint and residing in Heaven) has, to be <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">diplomatic, very little to do with making the world a better place or individuals <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">more saintly or ethical.&nbsp; Who says these guys won&#8217;t change their rules?&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">The Mircle Police will now be investigating claims that John Paul <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">interceded to procure a miracle.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve never quite understood the <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">notion of asking a dead person to ask&nbsp;God to do you a favor (nor <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">of asking God to give a dead person a break).&nbsp; I believe we&#8217;re all <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">loved by the Creator and can talk to her\/him\/it directly.&nbsp; Also, if we <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">are judged for the way we live our lives, having lots of friends <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">praying for us should be irrelevant.&nbsp; It&#8217;s what you do, not who <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">you know.&nbsp;&nbsp; Just my humble opinion.<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><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\" \/> Many thanks to haijin Ed Markowski for pointing me to the reprint <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/atbatneg.gif\" alt=\"at bat neg\" \/>&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">of &#8220;<\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.poetrylives.com\/SimplyHaiku\/SHv2n5\/features\/CorVDH_baseball\/index.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Play Ball!<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&#8221; that is available at the e-journal <EM><A href=\"http:\/\/www.poetrylives.com\/SimplyHaiku\/SHv2n5\/features\/CorVDH_baseball\/index.html\"><FONT color=\"#000000\">Simply Haiku<\/FONT><\/A><\/EM>&nbsp;(Sept.\/Oct. 2003).&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">It is a collection of thirty baseball-related haiku written by the venerable poet and <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">editor <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/0393321185\/ref=pd_sim_books_2\/002-9728616-3404061?v=glance&amp;s=books\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Cor <\/FONT><\/A><A href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/0393321185\/ref=pd_sim_books_2\/002-9728616-3404061?v=glance&amp;s=books\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">van den Heuvel<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">.&nbsp; Spread over ten pages, each page features a grainy,<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">oldtime black-and-white photograph&nbsp;with a baseball theme.&nbsp; (The book, published&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">by Red Moon Press, 1999, is reviewed <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/my.execpc.com\/~ohaus\/bookrvws.htm\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\">here<\/FONT><\/A><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">.) &nbsp;Even<\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">&nbsp;non-fanatics like myself will be <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">delighted.&nbsp; Or your money back.<\/FONT> <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><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\" \/> <EM><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/05\/09#a3807\">Gearhart e-shaming<\/A> update<\/EM>:&nbsp; I continue to hope that the prospect of being <A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$3401\">e-shamed<\/A> <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">(having your conduct described on the internet) will help deter unseemly lawyer <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">conduct.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Five days&nbsp;after Eric Muller quoted &nbsp;his offensive and juvenile email <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">at <A href=\"http:\/\/www.isthatlegal.org\/archive\/2005\/05\/the_malkin_goon.html\"><FONT color=\"black\"><EM>IsThatLegal?,<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A> I <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Googled <\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">conduct (with links to&nbsp;<A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/05\/09#a3807\">this weblog<\/A>, Muller&#8217;s and <EM><A href=\"http:\/\/legalethicsforum.typepad.com\/blog\/2005\/05\/discipline_for_.html#comments\">LEF<\/A><\/EM>).&nbsp; 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