. . . politics aside, this is brilliant fun. thank you John Aravosis at AmericaBlog.
(thanks to Fool in the Forest for a great Munch post & Futurballa’s Rick Coencas for the pointer)
broken plum branch–
“They’ve stolen another one!”
he yells
from Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue
p.s. First it was Referer Madness, now it FaganFinder’s URL Info. Thanks a lot, Dennis. 
one-breath pundit
Prof. Martin Grace seems too smart to be so wrong about antitrust law and the McCarran-Ferguson Act. Is this a studied ignorance? No objective antitrust expert believes antitrust would prevent insurers from sharing loss data. (See my extensive Comments here.)
Update (Aug. 25, 2004): Prof. Grace has a graceful reply, agreeing with my antitrust analysis, at his weblog today, headlined Studied Ignorance, and dubbing f/k/a his “first critic!” This raises a bigger question: How can someone so [er] “eminent” avoid criticism for so long (besides turning off Comments)? Maybe the Strawmen have a theory. See additional explanatory comments on data collection and antitrust by me here and there.
Update II (Aug. 26, 2004): This tri-alogue (Wallace, Grace and Giacalone — with a dash of Olson and Copland) continued today, with Wallace and Grace shifting their arguments a bit, but still being outflanked by Giacalone (really). Check out the new Comments here and here. Giacalone accuses Grace of FAFOFA — Falsely Accusing Foes Of False Accusations.
. . . politics aside, this is brilliant fun. thank you John Aravosis at AmericaBlog.
(thanks to Fool in the Forest for a great Munch post & Futurballa’s Rick Coencas for the pointer)
broken plum branch–
“They’ve stolen another one!”
he yells
from Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue
p.s. First it was Referer Madness, now it FaganFinder’s URL Info. Thanks a lot, Dennis.
one-breath pundit
Prof. Martin Grace seems too smart to be so wrong about antitrust law and the McCarran-Ferguson Act. Is this a studied ignorance? No objective antitrust expert believes antitrust would prevent insurers from sharing loss data. (See my extensive Comments here.)
Update (Aug. 25, 2004): Prof. Grace has a graceful reply, agreeing with my antitrust analysis, at his weblog today, headlined Studied Ignorance, and dubbing f/k/a his “first critic!” This raises a bigger question: How can someone so [er] “eminent” avoid criticism for so long (besides turning off Comments)? Maybe the Strawmen have a theory. See additional explanatory comments on data collection and antitrust by me here and there.
Update II (Aug. 26, 2004): This tri-alogue (Wallace, Grace and Giacalone — with a dash of Olson and Copland) continued today, with Wallace and Grace shifting their arguments a bit, but still being outflanked by Giacalone (really). Check out the new Comments here and here. Giacalone accuses Grace of FAFOFA — Falsely Accusing Foes Of False Accusations.
late summer
children at the beach
running backwards
midday heat
one petal of the red poppy
sways
credits “late summer” in ”Haiku Canada Members Anthology” (2000)
“midday heat” from “Summerday, Puget Sound,” a haiku sequence
orange, yellow, pink
what would you name this rose?
cement truck?
washng machine?
inside the MRI
[Aug. 24, 2004]
The Sudan Day of Conscience, is tomorrow Wed., August 25th .
one-breath pundit
Mass. bar advocate boycott: While Hampden bar group president Bonavita sees no organized effort to get fees raised:
high court Justice Spina is worried the courts will become “hostage to lawyers” who don’t like the pay.
Asst. AG Kehoe notes “They are … putting the squeeze on, aren’t they? They are staying in the program, hoping the pay will go up?”
Ed. Note: Mass. news media still refuse to use the “b” word (boycott).
late summer
children at the beach
running backwards
midday heat
one petal of the red poppy
sways
credits “late summer” in ”Haiku Canada Members Anthology” (2000)
“midday heat” from “Summerday, Puget Sound,” a haiku sequence
orange, yellow, pink
what would you name this rose?
cement truck?
washng machine?
inside the MRI
[Aug. 24, 2004]
The Sudan Day of Conscience, is tomorrow Wed., August 25th .
one-breath pundit
Mass. bar advocate boycott: While Hampden bar group president Bonavita sees no organized effort to get fees raised:
high court Justice Spina is worried the courts will become “hostage to lawyers” who don’t like the pay.
Asst. AG Kehoe notes “They are … putting the squeeze on, aren’t they? They are staying in the program, hoping the pay will go up?”
Ed. Note: Mass. news media still refuse to use the “b” word (boycott).
