end of the holiday
a square of pale grass
beneath the tent
first day of spring
all the fly-fishing books
out of the library
higher and higher
on the trampoline
spring rain
“higher and higher” – tug of the current: Red Moon Anthology 2004; Haiku Canada Newsletter XVII: 1
“end of the holiday” – Acorn #3 (2001) & A New Resonance 2 (Red Moon Press, 2001)
“first day of spring” – A New Resonance 2
one small patch
of muddied snow —
the creek keeps rising
[March 29, 2005]
potluck
A quick look at his recent posts makes me opine:
– No matter what we’re told by the Vatican conglomerate that bought
can change that fact.
– Is there anyone who doesn’t know just how tightly bunched together the top
tier of law schools is when it comes to quality? Do serious people (groan men)
really worry about a few rungs here and there on the Rankings ladder? UCLwhAt?
having so little in savings or retirement plans, I’m a bit surprised that Prof. B. is taking
such a Alfred E. Newmanesque stance on our savings rate. Unless the formula Steve
pooh-poohs is not the one being applied to other countries, it seems highly significant
that Americans are so poor at saving compared to the rest of the developed world.
Another gem from my Referer Page: Judging from the number of results for the
Google search farting lawsuit>, Ted and Walter at Overlawyered need to start a separate
page for this particularly odiferous type of litigation, which may also merit an intellectual
property subcategory.
lawyer Gary I. Cohen last October, referring to the “Success Bonus” he was seeking, we asked
“Should a fiduciary put the client on the spot asking for a tip?” An article in NYLawyer makes
clear that he did a lot more than put his client on the spot (“Metro Lawyer Ordered to Return
$300,000 Bonus,” March 28, 2005).
“Gary Zimmerman claims that, when he balked at the high payout,
Cohen became angry and abusive, hung up the telephone on him,
and threatened to walk out of the meetings and “shelve” the settlement.
According to Zimmerman, Cohen and Grund stood over him and
forced him to wire $300,000 to each lawyer.”
The article also has interesting quotes by “renowned ethics expert Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr” 
on the similarity between contingency fees and success bonuses. (via John at Legal Ethics Forum)
