{"id":9028,"date":"2008-03-09T21:44:17","date_gmt":"2008-03-10T02:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/03\/09\/cool-and-complete-sunday-night-qui"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:31","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:31","slug":"cool-and-complete-sunday-night-quickies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/03\/09\/cool-and-complete-sunday-night-quickies\/","title":{"rendered":"cool and complete: sunday night quickies"},"content":{"rendered":"

.. from Gasoline Alley<\/em><\/a> to the Arctic Circle<\/a><\/em> . . <\/p>\n

freezing wind\u2013
\nthe body builder pumps gas
\nin a muscle shirt<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

alpine meadow-
\nkneeling to photograph
\nwhite heather<\/p>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 by billie wilson<\/a> [who went from Indiana to Alaska]
\n\u201cfreezing wind\u201d – First Prize, The Gerald Brady Award for Senryu (2001); Frogpond<\/em> XXV:1 (2002); “alpine meadow” – The Heron’s Nest<\/em> (October 2000); for more see Alaska Haiku Society<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I<\/strong><\/em>t’s been several decades since I’ve followed the adventures of Walt, Skeezix and the gang in the Gasoline Alley<\/em> comic strip. It seems I’m not the only one who has outgrown the “gentle, good-natured continuing story of four generations of Wallets.” Earlier this winter, the readers of the Schenectady Daily Gazette<\/em> voted to eliminate Gasoline Alley<\/em> from the paper’s comic strip page, and to replace it with Arctic Circle<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, which King Features introduced<\/a> in August 2007, and which will appear for the first time tomorrow, March 11, in the Gazette. See “Gazette comics page gets a little cooler<\/a>” (March 8, 2008). Written by British-born New Zealander [Ms.] Alex Hallatt<\/a>, the strip sounds like it will soon be a favorite of the f\/k\/a<\/em> Gang.<\/p>\n

“The strip centers on the friendship between three charismatic penguins, Oscar, Ed and Gordo, who move to the North Pole to escape mistakes they made in Antarctica. Other characters who round out the engaging cast include a cynical middle-aged polar bear, a gullible lemming, an intellectual snow bunny and a ruthless Arctic tern.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Far as I can tell, hug-seeking Oscar would have appreciated our Leap Day posting<\/a>, and a cynical polar bear is a potential goombah or role model for our Prof. Yabut. If any of our readers are Arctic Circle<\/em> fans, please let us know.<\/p>\n

that whale I could have touched
\nsurfaces again
\nin my mind<\/p>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 by billie wilson – Mariposa<\/em> 15 (2006)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Speaking of polar bears<\/em><\/strong>, there’s a pair of them on the cover of the new March issue of Washington Lawyer<\/em>, along with the cover story “Animal Law<\/a>.” The tabloids have been filled with animal-related stories lately — from Michael Vick to Ellen DeGeneres. And, this article tells about the “growing number of lawyers who battle within the legal system on behalf of animals.” In addition to bar association committees and reports:<\/p>\n

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“Animal law also is a growing presence at law schools and law firms across the country and has come to encompass almost every area of law you could think of\u2014 administrative, constitutional, criminal, disability, environmental, international trade, torts, and trusts.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Don’t plan on making it a full-time job just yet, but you’ll find lots of pro bono<\/em> opportunities in the field of Animal Rights — along with political battles, and frantic opponents fretting over slippery slopes and spinning worse-case scenarios: “if we give animals rights, then do we have to give them the right to vote and to drive cars?” At least our animal friends without opposable thumbs won’t be yacking on cell phones while driving.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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retreating glacier–
\nhow long since we’ve heard
\nthe black wolf’s song<\/p>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 by billie wilson – Modern Haiku<\/em> 38:1 (2007); echoes 1<\/em> (2007)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Female lawyers<\/strong><\/em> are definitely not an endangered species, but their rights and interests are the focus of the brand new issue of T<\/strong>he Complete Lawyer<\/a><\/em> (Vol. 4 #2<\/a>, March 2008; cover art by Polly Cook<\/a>). Asking “What do women lawyers really want?<\/em><\/strong><\/a>“,<\/em><\/strong> the National edition alone of TCL<\/em> has nine articles that try to answer that question. For example,<\/p>\n