{"id":5246,"date":"2006-04-04T12:49:32","date_gmt":"2006-04-04T16:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2006\/04\/04\/our-baseball-haiku-team-undef"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:54:01","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:54:01","slug":"our-baseball-haiku-team-undefeated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/04\/04\/our-baseball-haiku-team-undefeated\/","title":{"rendered":"our baseball (haiku) team undefeated"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Major League Baseball 2006 <\/font>season opened yesterday<\/font><\/a>\u00a0(April 3),<\/font><\/span><\/div>\n
as\u00a0many readers surely\u00a0know.\u00a0 No matter how enthusiastic or indiffer-<\/font><\/span><\/div>\n
ent you (or we)\u00a0may be about MLB, we hope you’ll agree that f\/k\/a<\/em>‘s <\/font><\/span><\/div>\n
Baseball Haiku<\/em> Page<\/font><\/a> still inspires and delights both young and old.<\/font><\/font><\/span><\/div>\n
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\"BushFirstPitch\" G.W.Bush<\/em><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/div>\n
Charles Dharapak\/<\/font>AP<\/font><\/a><\/font><\/span><\/div>\n
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The Detroit Tigers, <\/font>Ed Markowski<\/font><\/a>‘s homeboys, won their opener,<\/font><\/font><\/span><\/div>\n
but the lifelong fan in Ed is not yet ordering World Series Tickets.<\/font><\/span><\/div>\n
Like last year, Ed continues to be inspired by baseball, when he <\/font><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7 games back<\/font><\/div>\n
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April chill<\/font><\/div>\n
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“InfielderF”\u00a0 You’ll find about 20 ed markowski baseball poems <\/font><\/div>\n
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nearly dark–<\/font><\/p>\n

snow deepens<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"tiny\u00a0 You may recall that Joel Schoenmeyer<\/font><\/a>\u00a0of Death & Taxes\u00a0<\/em><\/font>and <\/font><\/div>\n
I\u00a0had a <\/font>debate<\/font><\/a> last month on making probate court more user-<\/font><\/font>friendly <\/font><\/div>\n
for pro so<\/em> litigants.\u00a0 See <\/font>probate and pro se: whose court is it?<\/font><\/a>\u00a0 On <\/font><\/div>\n
a related front, the legal reform group HALT<\/a> announced yesterday, in <\/font><\/div>\n
its April 3, 2006 e-Journal<\/em> that the Consumer Federation of America<\/a> <\/font><\/div>\n
has endorsed the following proposal:<\/font><\/div>\n
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Enhancements to Probate Web Sites<\/strong>
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friendliness of their probate court Web sites. Consumers <\/font><\/em><\/div>\n
should be able to go online and easily find plain-language <\/font><\/em><\/div>\n
information and forms for settling a small estate.<\/em> <\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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[thanks to Prof. Gerry Beyer of the WT&EProfBlog<\/a><\/em> for <\/font><\/div>\n
linking to this post and covering the topic of probate websites.]<\/font><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
“spiltwine”\u00a0 You might want to ponder, along with Tom Wark of the<\/font><\/div>\n
Fermentation<\/em> Daily Wine Blog, “Why Are Drinkers Smarter?<\/a>” (tip <\/font><\/div>\n
from\u00a0A Fool in the Forest<\/font><\/em> and his Blawg Review 51 <\/font>Prequel<\/font><\/a>)\u00a0 Plus,<\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
see Tom’s blurb — <\/font>Divorce and Wine<\/font><\/a> — pointing to <\/font>Jeff Lalloway<\/font><\/a>‘s <\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
California family law<\/em> weblog and its discussion of taxes, wine & divorce.<\/font><\/div>\n
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“this body” – <\/font>Dewdrop World<\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/a> <\/font>(2005)<\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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\"tiny\u00a0 Some poor soul Googled how to get out of the legal profession>\u00a0<\/font><\/div>\n
yesterday (and again today).\u00a0 Out of 152 million results, the first two <\/font><\/div>\n
are from us.\u00a0 You could do a lot worse than reading them this <\/font><\/div>\n
gray (and even snowy) afternoon, if you need inspiration or better <\/font><\/div>\n
priorities:<\/font><\/p>\n
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Law As Daily Passion, Not Default Profession<\/font><\/a>\u00a0(quotes from New<\/div>\n
Jersey Appellate Judge Jose L. Fuentes<\/strong>)\u00a0 and<\/div>\n
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