{"id":9059,"date":"2008-03-17T08:47:17","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T13:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/03\/17\/not-another-st-patricks-day\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:30","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:30","slug":"not-another-st-patricks-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/03\/17\/not-another-st-patricks-day\/","title":{"rendered":"not another st. patrick&#8217;s day!?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/03\/leprechanhoriz.jpg\" \/>    <strong><em>I<\/em><\/strong>t may be March 17th, but a wee nap sounds a lot better this morning than a wee nip or a wee new posting to the <em>f\/k\/a<\/em> Gang.  It&#8217;s a good thing we were much more into the St. Patrick&#8217;s Day spirit in past years.  See:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/03\/17\/wearin-o-the-white\/\">wearin&#8217; o&#8217; the white<\/a>&#8221; (2007)<span><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">, no snakes but lots o&#8217; snow. <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/03\/StPatDay.gif\" alt=\"StPatDay\" height=\"59\" width=\"90\" \/><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><span><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/03\/17\/reprise-feeling-a-little-irish\/\">reprise: feeling a little Irish?<\/a>&#8221; (2006)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/03\/17\/feeling-a-little-irish\/\">feeling a little Irish?<\/a>&#8221; (2005), <span><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><em><em>where we pointed to Thomas Fleming&#8217;s<\/em> NYT<\/em> op-ed piece \u201c<\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2005\/03\/17\/opinion\/17fleming.html?ex=1268715600&amp;en=a48ba518ad585823&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Don\u2019t Parade, Just Go Vote<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">,\u201d and o&#8217;pined that minorities surely should vote, but shouldn&#8217;t expect to keep all the political spoils to themselves if they win.  <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><span><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><span><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">St. Paddy\u2019s parade \u2013<br \/>\nat the curb<br \/>\ngreen and yellow snow<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8230;. by <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/dagosans-archives\/\">dagosan<\/a> [March 12, 2005]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/shamrocksSN.gif\" alt=\"shamrocksSN\" \/><\/font>  Over in Dublin, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lexferenda.com\/\"><em>Lex Ferenda<\/em><\/a> (&#8220;daith\u00ed mac sithigh\u2019s blog on cyberlaw and more&#8221;) is hosting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lexferenda.com\/17032008\/blawg-review-151\/\"><em>Blawg Review<\/em> #151<\/a>, which has lots of timely pointers to the best o&#8217; the blawgers &#8212; including a reminder that <a href=\"http:\/\/jurylaw.typepad.com\/about.html\">Anne Reed<\/a>, our favorite redheaded blawger, has been in Japan talking about juries, and offers insights and reflections at her <a href=\"http:\/\/jurylaw.typepad.com\/deliberations\/2008\/03\/in-which-i-go-t.html\"><em>Deliberations<\/em> weblog<\/a>.  Meanwhile, although he continues to insist on anonymity (and to mask his nationality), the mysterious Editor of <em>Blawg Review<\/em> is claiming Irish blood, and has been <a href=\"http:\/\/blawgreview.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/st-patricks-day-festival.html\">celebrating the St. Patrick&#8217;s Festival<\/a> for several days (with a very nice YouTube parade clip).<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>drawing the<br \/>\ndesignated driver straw \u2013<br \/>\nst. patrick\u2019s day<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;.. by dagosan [March 17, 2006]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>I<\/strong><\/em>n case you are planning to celebrate St. Patrick&#8217;s Day in customary American style, please keep in mind this timely message from the anti-liberal brain of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/takeastandagainstliberals.blogspot.com\/search?q=Designated+Driver\">Jenn of the Jungle<\/a><\/em> (via <em><a href=\"http:\/\/texasholdemblogger.wordpress.com\/2008\/03\/12\/a-designated-driver-for-st-patricks-day\/\">Texas Hold-&#8217;em Blogger<\/a><\/em>):<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/03\/stpatdesignatedted.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Enough for now from us (except to wish the Luck o&#8217; the Irish to David Paterson, who becomes governor of New York State today, as a blessed consequence of the Spitzer sex scandal; see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/03\/17\/opinion\/17mon2.html?th&amp;emc=th\"><em>NYT<\/em> editorial<\/a>; and a Schenectady <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailygazette.com\/news\/2008\/mar\/17\/0317_paterson\/\"><em>Gazette<\/em> article<\/a>; watch the inauguration at 1 PM EDST, by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/pointers.audiovideoweb.com\/asxfiles-live\/ca25winlive2138.asx\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p> St. Patrick\u2019s Day<br \/>\na traffic cop directs<br \/>\ngridlock<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;.. by Pamela Miller Ness from &#8220;The Can Collector\u2019s Red Socks&#8221; (2003), a haiku sequence<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>st. patrick\u2019s day  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/shamPipeN.gif\" alt=\"shamPipeN\" \/><br \/>\nthe foreman hands out<br \/>\npink slips<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p> st. patrick&#8217;s day<br \/>\nan old pot filled with<br \/>\nlosing lotto slips<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; by  <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$3710\">ed markowski<\/a> <font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"> <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$3710\"><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/11\/7coursemealpaulquirk.jpg\" \/> <em><strong>p.s. <\/strong><\/em> Hungry for more Irish lore from <em>f\/k\/a<\/em>?  Check out Paul Quirk&#8217;s photo of the <a href=\"http:\/\/photo.net\/photodb\/photo?photo_id=2211898\">Classic St. Patrick\u2019s Day Feast<\/a>.  Learn the meaning of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/09\/30\/too-much-disclosure-erin-go-bra\/\">erin go bra!<\/a>&#8221; by scrolling down our post about a famous paralegal.  And, don&#8217;t forget <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/03\/16\/dis-n-dat-n-da-big-dance\/\">our Big Dance post<\/a> from March 16, 2006, featuring the adorable Irish Setter Puppy from <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metroland.net\/\">Metroland<\/a><\/em> (\u201dThe [NY] Capital Region\u2019s Alternative Weekly Newspaper\u201d):<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>. . . . . . Irish Setter Stew<\/strong>   <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/03\/PuppyStew.jpg\" alt=\"PuppyStew\" height=\"96\" width=\"59\" \/> <strong>. . . . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>    &#8211; \u201cmade from tender young Irish Setter puppies!<br \/>\n&#8211; Perfect for St. Patrick\u2019s Day!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8211; see the Irish Setter Stew <a href=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/gems\/ethicalesq\/MetrolandPuppyStew.JPG\">ad <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/gems\/ethicalesq\/MetrolandPuppyStew.JPG\">enlarged here<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/gems\/ethicalesq\/MetrolandPuppyStew.JPG\"> <\/a> &#8211;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It may be March 17th, but a wee nap sounds a lot better this morning than a wee nip or a wee new posting to the f\/k\/a Gang. It&#8217;s a good thing we were much more into the St. Patrick&#8217;s Day spirit in past years. 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