f/k/a . . .

March 25, 2006

“we have to talk”

Filed under: pre-06-2006 — David Giacalone @ 4:37 pm

When she says “we have to talk“, most guys get worried.

Do you?

 

 

 






she’s waited up …
to have some last words
with me

 

 

 

“soapboxDude”

 

 

 


my wife admits
she is not perfect,
but is glad I am

 

 

 






quite by surprise
my daughter asks me
if I’d like to be a woman
         the gravity in the moment
         I took to answer

 


after her letter
no heart to open
    a bill

 

 

 

 







we bicker
all through the house
    … cleaning



 

 

 

 

 



as I sit in thought
she moves briskly
about the room,
stirring the chill
in the air

 

 

 


 from Homework (2000)

 

microphoneG  We still don’t have to talk:  one year ago today we


we have kept our promise: neither a listener nor a podcaster have

we been.

 





podcaste pariah -

can’t hear

the compliments

 

    dagosan 

 

 

tiny check On that same day, George M. Wallace gave

his own definition of “podcast.”

                              

tiny check  Carolyn Elefant broached some important issues in a


this week (commenting on “Ethical but Unemployed“ in the ABA

Journal). 


“So long as lawyers must risk their jobs to report ethics

violations, they won’t.  It’s unclear why  courts would rather

have lawyers make a choice between financial well being

and compliance with the Model Code (which requires lawyers

to report ethics violations) than to afford protection to lawyers

who do the right thing.   There’s something not entirely ethical

about that.”

I agree with her sentiment that the courts should be more open to

retaliatory firing cases based on ethical whistleblowing.  However,

similar to our thoughts in More on the Silent Associate, last April,

we can’t condone silence based on the fear of losing a job.  (and,

see, the ethics of the Whatever Generations)  Also, it’s hard to

imagine wanting to stay at a firm where you believe that raising

ethical issues might get you fired.

 

                                                                                                                        “soapboxDudeF”

 

“we have to talk”

Filed under: pre-06-2006 — David Giacalone @ 4:37 pm

When she says “we have to talk“, most guys get worried.

Do you?

 

 

 






she’s waited up …
to have some last words
with me

 

 

 

“soapboxDude”

 

 

 


my wife admits
she is not perfect,
but is glad I am

 

 

 






quite by surprise
my daughter asks me
if I’d like to be a woman
         the gravity in the moment
         I took to answer

 


after her letter
no heart to open
    a bill

 

 

 

 







we bicker
all through the house
    … cleaning



 

 

 

 

 



as I sit in thought
she moves briskly
about the room,
stirring the chill
in the air

 

 

 


 from Homework (2000)

 

microphoneG  We still don’t have to talk:  one year ago today we


we have kept our promise: neither a listener nor a podcaster have

we been.

 





podcaste pariah -

can’t hear

the compliments

 

    dagosan 

 

 

tiny check On that same day, George M. Wallace gave

his own definition of “podcast.”

                              

tiny check  Carolyn Elefant broached some important issues in a


this week (commenting on “Ethical but Unemployed“ in the ABA

Journal). 


“So long as lawyers must risk their jobs to report ethics

violations, they won’t.  It’s unclear why  courts would rather

have lawyers make a choice between financial well being

and compliance with the Model Code (which requires lawyers

to report ethics violations) than to afford protection to lawyers

who do the right thing.   There’s something not entirely ethical

about that.”

I agree with her sentiment that the courts should be more open to

retaliatory firing cases based on ethical whistleblowing.  However,

similar to our thoughts in More on the Silent Associate, last April,

we can’t condone silence based on the fear of losing a job.  (and,

see, the ethics of the Whatever Generations)  Also, it’s hard to

imagine wanting to stay at a firm where you believe that raising

ethical issues might get you fired.

 

                                                                                                                        “soapboxDudeF”

 

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