{"id":4434,"date":"2006-03-16T23:46:57","date_gmt":"2006-03-17T03:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2006\/03\/16\/dis-n-dat-n-da-big-dance\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:54:05","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:54:05","slug":"dis-n-dat-n-da-big-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/03\/16\/dis-n-dat-n-da-big-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"dis-n-dat-n-da-big-dance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s “March Madness<\/span><\/a>” time. That means I have to feign much more <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

interest in collegiate basketball than I’ve ever actually had. (Even when <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

my <\/span><\/span><\/span>alma mater Georgetown<\/span><\/a> was big-time, I never really watched until <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

the second half.) So, I’ll go along with some of the hoopla, but I’ve <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

got<\/em> to say this: “I am already totally sick of the phrase “‘<\/em>The Big Dance<\/em><\/a>‘.”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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It’s over-used every year by our small-city, cliche-mongering tv sports-<\/span><\/p>\n

casters, but — to my <\/span>dismay — the Big-Dancers are in hyperdrive this <\/span><\/p>\n

week in the NY Capital <\/span>Region, which is not<\/em> a mecca for big-college <\/span><\/p>\n

basketball teams. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\"bballGuys\"<\/span><\/p>\n

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However, for the <\/span>first time ever, the University of Albany<\/a> has received an <\/span><\/p>\n

invitation to the <\/span>NCAA men’s basketball, Division I, tournament — and, it <\/span><\/p>\n

is playing <\/span>the University of Connecticut<\/span><\/a> tomorrow in the first round. Nat-<\/span><\/p>\n

urally, since the 16th seed is playing the #1 seed, we are also being <\/span><\/p>\n

pounded with David vs. Goliath metaphors. (Lord, help me!) See Capital <\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

New 9<\/em><\/a>, “Great <\/span>Danes make history,” March 11, 2006; Danbury Times, <\/span><\/p>\n

“<\/span>Great Danes Set for the Big Dance<\/span><\/a>, March 14, 2006; WNYT.com-13<\/em>,<\/span><\/p>\n

“Great Danes depart for Big Dance<\/a>, March 15, 2006.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Things have gotten so bad, that I’d even rather see<\/span> <\/span><\/span>this<\/a> Big Dance. [update<\/em><\/strong>: The OnSports<\/em> weblog echoes our sentiments in the posting “Journalists are ready for the Big Cliche<\/a>,” March 20, 2008]<\/p>\n

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update<\/span>-too-late<\/strong><\/em> (March 17, 2006): Sports Economist<\/em><\/a> Skip <\/span><\/p>\n

Sauer offered “Economic Angles to the NCAA Bracket Pool<\/span><\/a>“<\/span><\/p>\n

yesterday. It may be too late to use the angles for your own <\/span><\/p>\n

picks, but you might want to compare your techniques with <\/span><\/p>\n

some of the suggested ones. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Danes at The Dance update<\/span><\/strong><\/em> (March 17, 2006, 11 PM): Ahead <\/span><\/p>\n

by 12 points with eleven minutes remaining, the UAlbany Great <\/span><\/p>\n

Danes found out why UConn was the #1 seed, losing 72 – 59<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

(No, I’m not going to make believe my heart is broken or I’m <\/span><\/p>\n

waiting until next year to get back to da Dance.) <\/span><\/p>\n

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\"BBallGuysN\"<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nManhattan<\/span>
\nthe shadow of a skyscraper falls across <\/span>
\nthe basketball court <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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calligraphy class <\/span>
\nthe point guard <\/span>
\npens a nike swoosh<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

<\/em>
\ned markowski<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\"checked One of the things I like the best about our local altnerative <\/span><\/p>\n

weekly newspaper, Metroland<\/em><\/a>, is the custom of planting authentic-looking <\/span><\/p>\n

ads of the humorous variety. (remember <\/span>MuzzleMate<\/span><\/a>?) Well, today’s new <\/span><\/p>\n

edition included a special treat for St. Patrick’s Day. .<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/em>\"\"
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Irish Setter Stew<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

– made from tender young Irish Setter puppies!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

– Perfect for St. Patrick’s Day!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

– see the ad enlarged <\/em><\/span>here<\/a><\/em><\/span> –<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"tiny The more intellectual or law-oriented reader might want to <\/span><\/p>\n

check out the column on The Broadcast Flag<\/a> by entertain-<\/span><\/p>\n

ment and I\/P lawyer-lecturer (and drummer) <\/span>Paul Rapp<\/span><\/a>.<\/span> He <\/span><\/p>\n

says the Republicans are carrying the industry’s water up <\/span><\/p>\n

the Hill on this one. (“Metroland, “Flag Burning<\/a>,” March 16, <\/span><\/p>\n

2006)<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a> The f\/k\/a<\/em> Came From<\/em> & Keyword<\/em> statistics pages also made <\/span><\/p>\n

me <\/span>smile today. It seems that someone was interested in the Early <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Bather<\/em> <\/span>lawsuit and Googled Sheldon Smith, esq<\/em><\/span>>. Wouldn’t you <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

know it, our <\/span><\/span>post<\/a> on the topic was the #1 result out of 212,000 hits. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span><\/span>query “Sheldon Smith” lawyer<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>> also brought up our post first. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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So, is “Mommy made me do it?” a good defense for a frivolous lawsuit?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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“tinyredcheck” Enough of lawyers and basketball and sick puppies. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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Today, I came into possession of a copy of the very <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/p>\n

first edition (1974) of The Haiku Anthology<\/em><\/a>, edited by <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/p>\n

cor van den heuvel. As I had hoped, the poems selec-<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/p>\n

ted are different than those in the 3rd edition<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here are a few poems by gary hotham<\/span><\/a> from the original <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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Haiku Anthology<\/em>:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/p>\n

stalled car,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/p>\n

foot tracks being filled<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/p>\n

with snow.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\"shamrocksSN\"<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/p>\n

crows gather<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/p>\n

on a distant grove<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/p>\n

of bare cherry trees<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Deserted tennis court<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/p>\n

wind through the net <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n


\n<\/span><\/p>\n

sunset dying <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/p>\n

on the end of a rusty<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/p>\n

beer can <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n


\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

gary hotham<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Haiku Anthology<\/span><\/em><\/a> (C. Van den Heuvel, ed, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1st ed. 1974)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"shamPipe\"<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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