{"id":4217,"date":"2005-11-16T18:00:41","date_gmt":"2005-11-16T22:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/11\/16\/the-plot-reserved-for-me\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:54:24","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:54:24","slug":"the-plot-reserved-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/11\/16\/the-plot-reserved-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"the plot reserved for me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a5307'><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Autumn cold; curtained window<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">of the fortuneteller<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">softly glowing<\/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><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<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Rainfall pelts the roof&#8211;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">smell of fresh pine chips<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">from the pinto&#8217;s empty stall<\/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><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media-cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/ekgchartG.jpg\" alt=\"ekgG\" \/><\/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><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">autumn evening &#8212;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">yellow leaves cover<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the plot reserved for me<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/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 size=\"1\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT size=\"2\"><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/07\/12#a1801\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" color=\"#ff0000\">Rebecca Lilly<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Arial\">&nbsp;<EM>&nbsp;<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"1\">&#8220;autumn cold&#8221; &amp; &#8220;autumn evening&#8221; &#8211; <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0913559792\/qid=1105816725\/sr=11-1\/ref=sr_11_1\/104-1569557-1267912\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"1\"><EM>Shadwell Hills<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT size=\"1\">&nbsp;<EM>(Birch Prees Press, 2002)<\/EM><\/FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"1\"><FONT face=\"Arial\">&nbsp;&#8220;Autumn evening&#8221; &#8212; <\/FONT><A href='http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/search-handle-url\/index=stripbooks&amp;field-keywords=\"A New Resonance 2\"\/102-4810311-4254502'><FONT color=\"#000000\"><FONT face=\"Arial\">A<EM> New Resonance <STRONG>2<\/STRONG><\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/A><FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\"> &amp;&nbsp;<EM>Modern Haiku<\/EM> XXX:2<\/FONT><FONT size=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"><\/FONT><\/EM>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><\/FONT><\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV align=\"left\"><FONT><FONT><FONT><EM><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"1\">from&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/EM><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$3281\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"1\"><STRONG><EM>dagosan<\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><EM><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"1\">:<\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><FONT><EM>&nbsp;<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\">Indian Summer &#8212;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\">a squirrel&nbsp;tips over&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\">the&nbsp;rock salt bag<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT size=\"1\"><EM>[Nov. 16, 2005]<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><EM><FONT size=\"1\"><\/FONT><\/EM>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><EM><FONT size=\"1\"><\/FONT><\/EM>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><EM><STRONG>&nbsp;<FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">potluck<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/EM><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/>&nbsp; We are <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/11\/15#a5294\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">again eschewing<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"> all A3G\/<EM>UTR<\/EM> Talk, but <\/FONT><\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.legalunderground.com\/2005\/11\/underneath_thei.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">Evan<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> and <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/legalaffairs.org\/howappealing\/111605.html#007965\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">Howard<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">both have it covered. <\/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\"><\/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\/quarterback.gif\" alt=\"quarterback\" \/>&nbsp; Methinks <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.overlawyered.com\/2005\/11\/ralph_nader_and_the_philadelph.html#comments\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Ted Frank<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> is over-reaching with his suggestion that Ralph <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Nader&#8217;s complaint over the Eagles cutting Terrell Owens is representative <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">of the state of consumer fraud jurisprudence.&nbsp;&nbsp;Ted&nbsp;alleges that Nader is <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&#8220;arguing that the Philadelphia Eagles&#8217; decision to suspend star wide receiver <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Terrell Owens . . . is consumer fraud because season-ticket holders had an <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">expectation that Owens would play for the team.&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp;In his <EM>Overlawyered.com<\/EM> <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"+0\"><A href=\"http:\/\/www.overlawyered.com\/2005\/11\/ralph_nader_and_the_philadelph.html#comments\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">post<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">, he continues:<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&#8220;(But what about all those New York Times subscribers who <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">expected to read Judy Miller?) The suggestion rises to self-<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">parody, though it exhibits the absurdity of modern consumer <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">fraud law in that it isn&#8217;t crazier than suits that actually succeed.&#8221; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><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\" \/> At <EM>Slate<\/EM>, Robert S. Boynton has a balanced article on whether junior <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">academics can&nbsp;afford to be opinionated webloggers.&nbsp; &#8220;Attack of the <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><A href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2130466\/\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Career-Killer Blogs<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">,&#8221; Nov. 16, 2005, via <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/legalaffairs.org\/howappealing\/111605.html#007960\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">Bashman<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">).&nbsp;&nbsp; I believe too many <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">law professors pull their punches on weblogs on any topic that might <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">interfere with appointment to academic chairs, political plum positions, <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">or prized judicial seats.<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">&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;&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;&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;&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;&nbsp;<EM>go out long<\/EM> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/quarterbackflip.gif\" alt=\"quarterback flip\" \/><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Autumn cold; 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