A Latin abbreviation that this Editor should consider using more often is q.s.<\/em><\/a> – which stands for quantum satis<\/em> or quantum sufficit<\/em> and means \u201cas much as suffices.\u201d\u00a0 Doctors sometimes state the dosage of a medication to be taken by a patient as q.s.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 Some items that are worth posting herdon\u2019t need a lot of space to be effective.\u00a0 Others deserve a fuller treatment but aren\u2019t likely to get it any time soon \u2014 for them, a small dose seems better than a stale one or none at all.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Even though some of my shlep<\/em> q.s. blurbs got a little wordy, the q.s.<\/em> concept worked well enough at that weblog, that I’m going to use q.s.<\/em> here, as my signal to myself to only write as much as suffices.\u00a0 Here are our first batch of q.s. quickies<\/em>:<\/p>\n \u00a0the pinwheel stops \u00a0<\/p>\n through the open door . . . …………… by Randy Brooks<\/a>\u00a0– School’s Out<\/em><\/a> (Press Here, 1999)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n ………………………………………………………….. \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n thin winter coat \n…… by John Stevenson<\/a> – Quiet Enough<\/a><\/em> (Red Moon Press, 2004)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u00a0 “But the job of making work\u2013life balance achievable in our profession falls not just on employers. We as individual lawyers also have to take responsibility for the choices we make, to recognize that no one can have it all, to accept compromise and flexibility on our part as essential to having a life outside the law, and to set and then follow our own priorities. I know from my own experience that this is far, far easier said than done, but it\u2019s never too late to try.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The f\/k\/a<\/em> Gang always\u00a0has haiku around for balance:\u00a0<\/p>\n \nlace curtains \u00a0 \nrestless cows …….. by Laryalee Fraser<\/a>\u00a0 \nGood Friday …… by dagosan<\/p><\/blockquote>\n good friday p.s.<\/strong>\u00a0Now available; the printed edition of\u00a0The Heron’s Nest<\/em><\/a>:\u00a0Vol. VIII<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 q.s. \u00a0Ever since\u00a0ethicalEsq wrote “what kind of blogger are you?” in September 2003,\u00a0the f\/k\/a Gang has\u00a0been\u00a0trying to come up with catchy nomenclature for those brief weblog blurbs that point to an interesting article or posting and add a quick concurring or dissenting\u00a0comment, or description.\u00a0 We had “potluck”\u00a0commentary for quite awhile. \u00a0We tried “one-breath punditry” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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}},"categories":[1414],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-qs-quickies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-1VZ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7439","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=7439"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12570,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7439\/revisions\/12570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"qKeyN\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/files\/2007\/01\/qKeyN.jpg\")
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\u00a0\u00a0At\u00a0SHLEP<\/em><\/a>, I also tried to solve this issue, saying:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 grandpa catches
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 his breath<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nher smile doesn’t forgive
\nall my sins<\/p>\n![\"qKeyG\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/files\/2007\/01\/qKeyG.jpg\")
\u00a0![\"sKeyG\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/files\/2007\/01\/sKeyG.jpg\")
\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"journalistF\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/04\/journalistSF.gif\")
\u00a0 We told you yesterday<\/a> about Mark Obbie’s weblog LawBeat<\/font><\/a><\/em>, which “watches journalists who watch the law.” \u00a0Today, we’d like to remind you to check out Beat the Press<\/em><\/a>, at American Prospect<\/em> online.\u00a0 It’s Dean Baker<\/a>‘s informative commentary on economic reporting —\u00a0telling us what\u00a0reporters\u00a0are missing, distorting, confusing when they talk economics.\u00a0\u00a0Baker is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n![\"UnbundlingDivorceTaliaN\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/files\/2007\/02\/UnbundlingDivorceTaliaN.jpg\")
\u00a0\u00a0M. Sue Talia<\/a> has recently released the book\u00a0Unbundling Your Divorce<\/em><\/a>: How to Find a Lawyer to Help You Help Yourself<\/em> (Nexus Publishing<\/a> Company, 2006, 122 pp.; ISBN 0-9651075-4-X, $14.95).\u00a0\u00a0It is a re-write of\u00a0her 1997 book A Client\u2019s Guide to Limited Legal Services<\/em>, and \u201cis designed for litigants who want to limit the involvement of their attorney in their divorce, and do part of the legal work themselves. It tells them how to determine if they are good candidates for self-representation, how to spot the pitfalls and guard against them, how to find a lawyer to coach them, and where to turn for help.\u201d\u00a0 Many Excerpts<\/a> are available at the Nexus Press website, including: Are You A Good Candidate For Self-Representation?<\/a>\u00a0– with a Self Test<\/a> – and\u00a0How to Screw Up Your Case<\/a> in Seven Easy Lessons.\u00a0[Learn more about the concepts and benefits of unbundled legal services here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n![\"checkedBoxS\"](\"http:\/\/media-cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/checkedBoxS.gif\")
\u00a0 <\/font>Mary Whisner has resumed occasional posting at shlep<\/a><\/em> today, reminding us that April is National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.\u00a0 Mary has collected links to resources on Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence<\/a> prevention and remedies.<\/p>\n
\nso little protection
\nagainst her boyfriend<\/p>\n![\"seesaw\"](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/sesawj.gif\")
\u00a0 In the latest edition of the D.C. Bar’s Washington Lawyer Magazine<\/em>, bar president James J. Sandman Is Work\u2013Life Balance Possible in Law?<\/a>\u00a0(April 2007) )\u00a0 He notes that\u00a0“Many professionals face the same challenges, but law sometimes seems to be particularly inhospitable to balance.”\u00a0 Sandman says, “The problem affects men as well as women, and it is a terrible mistake to think of it only as a \u201cwomen\u2019s issue.\u201d\u00a0 Its impact, however, is manifested disproportionately among women, especially women with families.”\u00a0\u00a0Sandman joins the chorus of those who blame billable hours for the excessive time spent at work, forgetting that the same greed that posits hour quotas will simply set other\u00a0income-producing if alternative billing methods are used without a change in values.\u00a0 [See our “do lawyers choose to be unhappy<\/a>“]\u00a0 Sandman makes a point often heard here:<\/p>\n
\nthe spin of sunlight
\nfrom a bicyle<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nfaded recipe. . .\u00a0
\npeeling apples
\nwith grandma<\/p>\n
\nhead toward the barn —
\nmilky way<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n“faded recipe. . .”\u00a0 &\u00a0 “lace curtains” –\u00a0The Heron’s Nest<\/em><\/a> (Vol. VIII<\/a> 2006)
\n“restless cows”\u00a0 WHC Beginners<\/em><\/p>\n
\nthe apostate
\nsees crosses everywhere<\/p>\n
\nthe scarecrow gets
\na new straw hat
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0
\n………… by ed markowski<\/p>\n![\"THNVol8\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/04\/THNVol8.jpg\")
\ncontaining every haiku published at their online website in 2006.
\nCongratualtions to Managing Editor Christopher Herold, and to
\nhis co-editors Paul David Mena, Ferris Gilli, Robert Gilliland,
\nPeggy Willis Lyles and Paul MacNeil .\u00a0 Only $16 (details<\/a>)\u00a0<\/p>\n