I’m fighting a silliness hangover, that must have been caused by that early Harvest Moon. Although such mischief (ms.chief?) may be both normal and necessary for MadKane, I certainly can’t let it interfere with my mission as Conscience Coach for an entire profession (much of which is rumored to have no conscience).
Before I move on to crusade again, let me share with you an oldie but goodie (in blog years) from Madeleine, in response to my question this morning regarding when she will “spoof the endless self-promotion and mutual pointin’ and pingin’ in the blawgosphere.” Denise Howell, the human memory chip (we may have to start calling her Backup & Baggage), recalled just such a MadKane song. Mad dug it up, and here are the first two stanzas, for your edification and self-examination:
Bloggers’ Rhapsody
(to be sung to Gershwin’s “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off”)
You praise my weblog
And I’ll mention your blog.
You link my weblog
And I’ll link to your blog
Weblog,
Your blog,
Weblog,
Your blog,
Let’s call the whole thing off.
You laud my rampage
On Bush’s last outrage.
You say I’m so sage,
Go check out my web page.
Rampage,
Outrage,
So sage,
Web page,
Let’s call the whole thing off.”
It get’s even better, so please click here for the rest of it — after finishing this post, of course. What does all this have to do with legal ethics? If you have to ask, you better visit us regularly. In the meantime, ponder my favorite classical autumn haiku:
Such a moon—
Even the thief
pauses to sing.
Yosa Buson (1716-1783)