{"id":9223,"date":"2008-05-02T09:33:59","date_gmt":"2008-05-02T14:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/05\/02\/naptime-forwards-and-backwards\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:28","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:28","slug":"naptime-forwards-and-backwards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/05\/02\/naptime-forwards-and-backwards\/","title":{"rendered":"naptime: forwards and backwards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/05\/arrow-circle.gif\" \/> <strong><em>W<\/em><em>hat sort<\/em><\/strong> of materials and links do <em>your<\/em> friends and colleagues <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/newscartoons\/cartoonists\/ato\/lowres\/aton820l.jpg\">forward<\/a> to you?  Sometimes, when I see what kith and kin decide to send me in their email messages, <em>I worry about my image and reputation<\/em>.  Although most correspondents have learned not to send me cute-pet photos, or to point me to <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/is-it-or-aint-it-haiku\">so-called-haiku contests<\/a>, I often get referred to articles that make me wince &#8212; with thoughts like: &#8220;<em>this<\/em> reminded her of <em>me<\/em>?!&#8221; or &#8220;am I supposed to <em>need<\/em> this advice?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For example, my dear friend and <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/04\/22\/psa-honors-haiku-roberta-bearys-the-unworn-necklace\/\">much-honored<\/a> Washington lawyer-poet <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/roberta-beary-archive\">Roberta Beary<\/a> often passes on links about unhappy and depressed lawyers.   And three days ago, she sent me a link to the <em>Washington Post<\/em> article &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/story\/2008\/04\/28\/ST2008042801461.html?sid=ST2008042801461\">Nap Time<\/a>&#8221; (April 29, 2008).<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>tired of feeding<br \/>\non the horse<br \/>\nthe horsefly naps<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>afternoon nap<br \/>\nour bare bottoms<br \/>\nkiss<\/p>\n<p>\u2026&#8230;.. by <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/david-g-lanoue-archive\/\">David G. Lanoue<\/a> &#8211; <em>Dewdrop World<\/em> (2005) <a href=\"\/\/www.enterprisemission.com\/_articles\/05-21-2004_mallove_tribute\/forward_email.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/05\/images.jpg\" height=\"64\" width=\"64\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In a nation where naps are traditionally associated with small children and old folks, I had to wonder what makes me the target of a &#8220;Nap Time&#8221; piece?  Why would the topic of naps make a talented, attractive, charismatic woman think of <em>me<\/em>? Slowly, of course, my paranoia (and fantasies) died down, and I recalled just how often I mention naps and napping at this weblog, and post haiku and senryu on the topic.  See, for instance:<\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Our posting &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/08\/22\/nap-room-ethics-for-lawyers\/\">nap room ethics for lawyers<\/a>&#8221; (Aug. 22, 2007) where we discussed David Lat&#8217;s posting at <em>Above the Law<\/em> about corporate napping, as described in the <em>NYT<\/em> article \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/08\/19\/business\/yourmoney\/19career.html?ex=1345262400&amp;en=830f75f7ca4e59cf&amp;ei=5124&amp;partner=permalink&amp;exprod=permalink\">That Yawn After Lunch Is Perfectly Normal<\/a>\u201d (<em>New York Times<\/em>, Aug. 19, 2007).  While Lat asked \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abovethelaw.com\/2007\/08\/biglaw_perk_watch_nap_rooms_1.php\">Biglaw Perk Watch: Nap Rooms?<\/a>\u201d, we opined:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/05\/nap-hammock-gray.gif\" \/>  With the snowballing <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/03\/20\/the-graying-bar-lets-not-forget-the-ethics\/\">Graying of the Bar<\/a>, and the ethical duty of law firms to protect clients by putting into place procedures that will help compensate for the age-related physical and mental problems of older lawyers [see my article \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecompletelawyer.com\/volume3\/issue4\/article.php?ppaid=2447&amp;apage=1\">No Senior Discount at the Ethics Bar<\/a>\u201d  (<em>The Complete Lawyer<\/em>, Vol. 3 #4, July-August 2007)], it appears to be an ethical violation <em>not<\/em> to furnish nap rooms for attorneys at any firm with Boomers and other Geezers on the roster. Throw in Americans with Disabilities Act arguments, and age discrimination\/EEOC issues, and we have the makings of a great cross-generational campaign to make sure lawyers can nap in comfort and without stigma in law firms across the nation. So, get to it Lat <em>et al<\/em>, your elders are here with moral support and all the mentoring you need (right after our afternoon nap, of course).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li> And the piece &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/06\/06\/naps-and-curses-horizontal-punditry\/\">naps and curses: horizontal punditry<\/a>&#8221; (June 6, 2007), where the<em> f\/k\/a<\/em> Gang momentarily came out of a sleepy punditry hiatus to note that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legaline.com\/lawsites.html\">Bob Ambrogi<\/a> of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/legalblogwatch.typepad.com\/\">LegalBlogWatch<\/a><\/em> had <a href=\"http:\/\/legalblogwatch.typepad.com\/legal_blog_watch\/2006\/09\/firm_honored_fo.html\">put the spotlight<\/a> on \u201cA New Zealand law firm that encourages its professionals to take naps if they are sleepy&#8221; &#8212; you see, the firm Meredith Connell had just won the country\u2019s top work-life balance award, \u201coffering workers flexible work hours to take account of personal commitments.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>within the red wine<br \/>\na nap in my chair<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Discovery channel \u2013<br \/>\nan older male vanquished<br \/>\nheads for the hills<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; by <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/tom-clausen-archive\/\">Tom Clausen<\/a> &#8211; <em>Upstate Dim Sum<\/em> (2003\/II)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/05\/napper-park.jpg\" \/> Suddenly, and especially after reading the <em>WaPo<\/em> article, I was beaming.  Roberta didn&#8217;t think I was over the hill and needed more naps or another rocking chair.  She was reaffirming my being ahead of the curve (due, frankly, to the lessons learned living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) on the importance of napping to an enlightened and efficient life and career.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it: In his article, &#8220;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/story\/2008\/04\/28\/ST2008042801461.html?sid=ST2008042801461\">Nap Time<\/a>: Though the Practice Is Fading in Some Places, Experts Find Benefits In Midday Slumber. And a Few Firms Are Even Open to Shut-Ey<\/em>e,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/projects.washingtonpost.com\/staff\/articles\/dennis+drabelle\/\">Dennis Drabelle<\/a> merely updates and expands upon themes we&#8217;ve been raising and endorsing for years here at <em>f\/k\/a<\/em>.   Now, I feel a whole lot better (or, I will, as soon as I finish this long posting and head to my futon for a tardy mid-morning nap).<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>afternoon nap<br \/>\ni fall asleep<br \/>\nin a dream<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; by Ed Markowski<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Drabelle has, indeed, done a good job of highlighting the new wisdom about napping.  After noting that his own former nap resistance &#8220;put me in sync with the American way of sleep: Do it all at once and strictly at night,&#8221; he explains:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2006\/09\/sleep%20logo%20neg.jpg\" alt=\"sleepLogo\" height=\"51\" width=\"50\" \/> &#8220;Traditionally, we&#8217;ve begrudged ourselves naps. They may be forced on toddlers, recommended for pregnant women and tolerated among senior citizens with nothing better to do, but they&#8217;ve been frowned upon for worker bees in their prime. Recently, however, sleep scientists have discovered advantages to napping, which they view not just as solace but also as something akin to brain food. No longer written off as a cop-out for the weak and the bored, the nap is coming into its own as an element of a healthy life.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Other interesting points in the article include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> &#8220;When you take a look at American history, we might seem to be a nap-friendly people. After all, some of our most productive figures napped shamelessly during the day, among them Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Napping was more valued on the other side of the Atlantic, where the habit&#8217;s foremost champion was probably Winston Churchill. In &#8216;<em>The Gathering Storm<\/em>&#8216; . . . the British statesman wrote, &#8220;Nature had not intended mankind to work from 8 in the morning until midnight without the refreshment of blessed oblivion which, even if it only lasts 20 minutes, is sufficient to renew all the vital forces.&#8221; [<em>Editor&#8217;s note<\/em>: Hmmm.  Although Churchill <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/06\/21\/did-churchill-coin-that-over-30-maxim\/\">never coined<\/a> that maxim about hearts and brains and age, he apparently had some very good advice for the over-30 crowd.]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/05\/napper-gray-sm.gif\" \/>   And, &#8220;Elsewhere, the nap is winning friends and invigorating people. Some new studies make dramatic claims for it. Taken in the workplace, naps can increase productivity and reduce &#8216;general crabbiness,&#8217; according to a just-concluded 25-year survey of the practice in industrial countries.&#8221; Nonetheless, Drabelle reports that, despite its honorable napping tradition, &#8220;In 2005, the Spanish government canceled the siesta for its employees, although it offered them flex time for easing into the new regimen.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>chilly day in May &#8211;<br \/>\nthe old cat naps<br \/>\nin a sunny window<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>rainy christmas<br \/>\nwhile we nap<br \/>\nthe lawn goes from white to green<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>no nap<br \/>\nno stroll<br \/>\nthe writer grinding teeth<\/p>\n<p>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. by <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/dagosans-archives\/\"><em>dagosan<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Drabelle concludes with a warning that &#8220;Severely troubled sleepers should consult a physician about fixing their slumber, perhaps with naps of suitable length folded in.&#8221; And, he suggests ways to ensure that naps won&#8217;t run &#8220;the risk of encroaching on nighttime sleep.&#8221;  He concludes with wise advice:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;In a country where fewer than half of us say we regularly get a good night&#8217;s sleep, naps are increasingly important restoratives, and we owe it to ourselves to take them right.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>a noon nap  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/06\/napper%20park.jpg\" alt=\"napperPark\" height=\"67\" width=\"54\" \/><br \/>\non a good day\u2026<br \/>\nfirst rainbow<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>his quick nap<br \/>\nis just pretend\u2026<br \/>\nhermit crab<\/p>\n<p>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. by <a href=\"http:\/\/haikuguy.com\/issa\/\">Kobayashi Issa<\/a> , translated by David G. Lanoue<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/05\/bcsp_0001_2.jpg\" height=\"84\" width=\"133\" \/>  <em><strong>Looking Backwards<\/strong><\/em>: As much as I now appreciate Roberta sending me the <em>WaPo<\/em> nap article, I have to confess that the most enjoyable part of this episode was my discovery of who wrote the piece.  Roberta did not know that Dennis Drabelle was one of my favorite colleagues at the Federal Trade Commission three decades ago, and we have sadly been out of touch for far too long.  &#8220;Denny&#8221; and I worked in the Special Projects office of the FTC&#8217;s Bureau of Competition, for our friend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.antitrustinstitute.org\/About_Us\/People\/index.ashx\">Bert Foer<\/a>, who is now president of the American Antitrust Institute.   At Special Projects, we had fun and became friends working on the new-fangled notion of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=610586\">competition advocacy<\/a>.&#8221; The cropped snapshot at the beginning of this paragraph was taken circa 1978 and depicts Drabelle and Foer at an office party at Bert&#8217;s house.<\/p>\n<p>And, for another blast from the past, I noticed this guy, who also worked in Special Projects at the time, lurking behind Dennis in the same shot:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> &#8230;. same party &amp; photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mickey_Kaus\">Mickey Kaus<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2065132\/landing\/1\/\"><em>Slate<\/em> blogger<\/a>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/05\/bcsp_0001.jpg\" height=\"83\" width=\"63\" \/> [<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image:Micky_kaus_lrg-thumb.jpg\">now<\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So, I&#8217;m glad Roberta suggested I read &#8220;Nap Time,&#8221; and I&#8217;m going to use it as an excuse to email Dennis Drabelle a link to this posting.   Meanwhile, the <em>f\/k\/a<\/em> Gang wish you pleasant mid-day dreams and happy nap times, today and everyday.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>over my midday nap<br \/>\nthe scent of lotuses<br \/>\nmeanders<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>while napping  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/05\/napper-gray-sm.gif\" \/><br \/>\nswish-swish stroked<br \/>\nby the willow<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>in no time<br \/>\nfilled with sleep wrinkles\u2026<br \/>\nmy summer kimono<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>     the stepchild\u2019s chore\u2013<br \/>\nduring baby\u2019s midday nap<br \/>\npicking fleas<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p> \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. by <a href=\"http:\/\/haikuguy.com\/issa\/\">Kobayashi Issa<\/a>, translated by David G. Lanoue<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/05\/images-10-47-21.jpg\" \/>  <strong><em>Better Blawg Browsing<\/em><\/strong>:   We want to join Ted at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.overlawyered.com\/2008\/05\/welcome-kawasaki-fans.html\"><em>Overlawyered<\/em>.com<\/a>, Ed at <a href=\"http:\/\/blawgreview.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/blawgs-get-kawasakied.html\"><em>BlawgReview<\/em><\/a> and many other top law-related webloggers in spreading the word about the new <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/law.alltop.com\/\">Alltop.com Law Page<\/a><\/strong> &#8212; <em>and<\/em> in thanking Alltop&#8217;s Guy Kawasaki for including <em>f\/k\/a<\/em> in its aggregation of the best law-oriented websites.   As its <a href=\"http:\/\/alltop.com\/about\/\">About pag<\/a>e explains, <a href=\"http:\/\/alltop.com\/\">Alltop<\/a> helps you &#8220;explore your passions by collecting stories from &#8216;all the top&#8217; sites on the web.&#8221;  A myriad of topics (from the environment to celebrity gossip, to politics, and now law) are presented by Alltop in &#8220;single-page aggregations.&#8221;  They say:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You can think of an Alltop site as a \u201cdashboard,\u201d \u201ctable of contents,\u201d or even a \u201cdigital magazine rack\u201d of the Internet. To be clear, Alltop sites are starting points \u2014 they are not destinations per se. The bottom line is that we are trying to enhance your online reading by both displaying stories from the sites that you\u2019re already visiting and helping you discover sites that you didn\u2019t know existed. In this way, our goal is the \u201ccessation of Internet stagnation.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Alltop lists the last five headlines from each featured site, allowing you to see the beginning of each piece by scrolling over its hyperlink.  This looks like a good tool for quickly finding blawg postings worth checking out.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What sort of materials and links do your friends and colleagues forward to you? Sometimes, when I see what kith and kin decide to send me in their email messages, I worry about my image and reputation. 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