{"id":5088,"date":"2004-10-26T12:29:55","date_gmt":"2004-10-26T16:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/10\/26\/avoiding-a-certain-letterlead"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:19","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:19","slug":"avoiding-a-certain-letterleader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/10\/26\/avoiding-a-certain-letterleader\/","title":{"rendered":"avoiding a certain letter\/leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a2583'><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\">Although shunning overt politics today, I&#8217;m going to try to pen an entire posting <EM>sans<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">the letter of the alphabet that follows &#8220;v&#8221; (and then look ahead to a similar Inauguration<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Day come January &#8217;05).&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" 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;&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/atbatneg.gif\" alt=\"at bat neg\" \/><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">My baseball-loving, parent-poet-teacher friend from Rochester, NY, <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/05\/17#a1494\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#ff0000\" size=\"2\">Tom Painting<\/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\">has a pair of haiku that fit&nbsp;this artifice:<\/FONT>&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; <\/FONT><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">bases loaded<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">a full moon clears <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">the right field fence<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">the toddler<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">runs to third base<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">first<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/pianostool.gif\" alt=\"piano stool\" \/> from the haiku chapbook <A href=\"http:\/\/www.geocities.com\/bottlerockets_99\/piano.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><EM>piano practice<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><FONT size=\"1\">(Bottle Rocket Press, 2004)<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><FONT><FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT><FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT>by&nbsp;<EM><STRONG><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$2584\"><FONT color=\"red\">dagosan<\/FONT><\/A><\/STRONG><\/EM><\/FONT>:<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><FONT>&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><\/FONT><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">first night&nbsp;at her place&nbsp;&#8211;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">three-dog gal<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">no-dog&nbsp;guy<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" 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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"><EM>[Oct. 26, 2004]<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><EM><FONT size=\"1\"><\/FONT><\/EM>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><EM><FONT size=\"1\"><\/FONT><\/EM>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"><\/FONT><\/EM>&nbsp;<\/DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><FONT size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><FONT size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><SPAN><SPAN><FONT><STRONG><EM><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/06\/27#a1700\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\">one-breath&nbsp;pundit<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<UL><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">Be very glad that your city is not hosting <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><EM>this<\/EM> <FONT color=\"black\"><A href=\"http:\/\/www.timesunion.com\/AspStories\/story.asp?storyID=298575&amp;category=ALBANY&amp;BCCode=HOME&amp;newsdate=10\/26\/2004\">nasty district attorney race<\/A><\/FONT><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">(Albany [NY] <EM>Times&nbsp;<\/EM><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><EM>Union<\/EM>, Oct. 26, 2004); and <FONT color=\"black\">see <\/FONT><\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.troyrecord.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=13222390&amp;BRD=1170&amp;PAG=461&amp;dept_id=7021&amp;rfi=6\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"black\">DA race getting nastier<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><FONT color=\"black\">;<\/FONT> <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><A href=\"http:\/\/www.capitalnews9.com\/content\/your_news\/capital_region\/default.asp?ArID=101149\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#000000\">Hearing held on candidates&#8217; complaints<\/FONT><\/A>.<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/LI><\/UL><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><FONT face=\"Arial\">&nbsp;<\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">Florida Bar <A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/10\/07#a2450\"><FONT color=\"black\">please<\/FONT><\/A> take note:&nbsp; <A href=\"http:\/\/www.asa.org.uk\/adjudications\/show_adjudication.asp?adjudication_id=27933&amp;from_index=by_agency&amp;dates_of_adjudications_id=all\">&#8220;Ditch the Bitch&#8221; lawyer ad upheld<\/A> in UK.&#8211; <\/FONT><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">unlikey to encourage more divorce, <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">and unlikely to offend target audience of<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">&#8220;men frequenting public houses in the City of London.&#8221; (Thanks <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.overlawyered.com\/archives\/001535.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#000000\">Mr. Ols<EM>o<\/EM>n<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">)<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">Sleeper-berth seatbelt violation?&nbsp; See <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.mayitpleasethecourt.net\/journal.asp?blogid=485\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#000000\">May it Please the Court<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;(and see <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/10\/17#a2507\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#000000\">seat-belt haiku<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">)<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">Is linking by big-name bloggers a negative externality?&nbsp; Read <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/riskprof.typepad.com\/tort\/2004\/10\/negative_extern.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#000000\">Prof. Grace<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">. (no guilt here)<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Bravo to the federal 3rd Circuit appeals court for fining Janice Haagensen $45K for <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">bringing frivolous appeals.&nbsp; (<\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.law.com\/jsp\/article.jsp?id=1098737118121\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">law.com<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">, Oct. 26, 2004; via <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.legalreader.com\/archives\/002111.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">LegalReader<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">)).&nbsp; It was a civil <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\">case but reminds <\/FONT><FONT size=\"2\">me of a question I&#8217;ve often had:&nbsp; Does an indigent defendant have <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\">the right to a <\/FONT><FONT size=\"2\">frivolous appeal?&nbsp; It sure looks like it in practice.<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><\/DIV><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">Here&#8217;s one for my <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$2065\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#000000\">TISK!<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"> page:<EM> f\/k\/a<\/EM> is result #2 in a Google <A href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;q=vacation+continuing+legal+education+courses&amp;btnG=Search\"><FONT color=\"black\">Search<\/FONT><\/A> for <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#000000\"><EM>vacation on continuing legal education courses<\/EM><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">&gt;.&nbsp; (Don&#8217;t tell <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.myshingle.com\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#000000\">Carolyn<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">)<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<LI style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/jim\/2004\/10\/26#a887\"><FONT color=\"black\">Jim Moore<\/FONT><\/A> pointed to this <EM>Passion of the Present<\/EM> post on <A href=\"http:\/\/platform.blogs.com\/passionofthepresent\/2004\/10\/sudan_genocide_.html\">Darfur Genocide Humor<\/A>.<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\"><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">does this count?<\/FONT><\/EM>&nbsp;<FONT size=\"1\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/noW.gif\" alt=\"no w\" \/> <FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">get sticker <\/FONT><\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.outspokenclothing.com\/cgi-bin\/cpshop.cgi\/political?target=prod&amp;page=9&amp;trail=&amp;st=&amp;p=anyonebbush04,impeachdubya,electjohns,kerryon04,stopw,bushnotbombs,endwar,corporatestates,gotpot1,nosweat,kerryhope,330billion,bushidiot04,,amendment1,dogblessamerica,goddessusa,any1butbush,kerryon,kerryedwardsprz,kerrybaseball,dubyaforrent.5860846\"><STRONG><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#42aac8\" size=\"1\">here<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/A><\/FONT><\/P><\/FONT><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although shunning overt politics today, I&#8217;m going to try to pen an entire posting sans the letter of the alphabet that follows &#8220;v&#8221; (and then look ahead to a similar Inauguration Day come January &#8217;05).&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;&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; My baseball-loving, parent-poet-teacher friend from Rochester, NY, Tom Painting, has a pair of haiku that fit&nbsp;this artifice:&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; [&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_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-5088","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-1k4","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5088","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=5088"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13560,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5088\/revisions\/13560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}