{"id":5242,"date":"2006-04-02T00:23:47","date_gmt":"2006-04-02T04:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2006\/04\/02\/honorary-gumbahs-yu-and-john\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:54:02","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:54:02","slug":"honorary-gumbahs-yu-and-john","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/04\/02\/honorary-gumbahs-yu-and-john\/","title":{"rendered":"honorary gumbahs: yu and john"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Not all of my “<\/FONT>gumbahs<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A>” are Italo-American.   Over dim sum, carrot cake,<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Goombah<\/FONT><\/A>: n. Slang.  A companion or associate, especially an <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Let me tell you, these gumbahs can write haiku and senryu!<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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\"YChang\"<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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yu chang<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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sunrise<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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mountain trail <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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mountain pass<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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waiting for you <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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another pair of headlights<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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through the fog<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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circuits lab<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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his mistake <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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in the air<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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evening silence<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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cat food for the stray <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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drainage ditch<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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first frog<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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of spring  <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Yu Chang<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A> <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>from Upstate Dim Sum<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A>   (2003\/I<\/A>)<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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except: “drainage ditch” – (<\/FONT>2003\/II<\/FONT><\/A>)<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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his spotless<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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new office <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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my dermatologist<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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home<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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and homesick<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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all-night diner<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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satellite image <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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   of my childhood home <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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   . . . the woods<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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Monday morning <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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putting the point <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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on a pencil<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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a touching movie<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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to the point <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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dinner for one <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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a view <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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of the ocean <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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ate that entire bag of Hershey’s Dark Chocolate Kisses at 3 AM <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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last night.  Good thing the NYT <\/EM>reminded me <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN>to start dieting again. <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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Althouse<\/FONT><\/A><\/EM>). <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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all fools day<\/FONT>
<\/FONT>my daughter gets in first
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