her last breath . . .
the strings vibrating
on her dusty harp
accumulating snow–
oven mitts
praying on the counter
tripod holes
in the creekside mud —
Yosemite dawn
“tripod holes” – The Heron’s Nest (May 2004)
“accumulating snow–” frogpond XXVIII: 1 (Winter 2005)
“her last breath” – in mem., Elizabeth Searle Lamb, The Heron’s Nest (March 2005)
bonus: click here for an M.D.Welch photo-poem “welch22reading”
by dagosan:
mid-March thaw —
et tu,
snow buddha?
St. Paddy’s parade —
at the curb
green and yellow snow
[March 12, 2005]
potluck
Yeah, but Where Were the Family Court Judges? You may have read about Robert A. Kahn, the potty-mouthed, 67-year-old, Bronx lawyer, who was disciplined
this week for his pattern of insulting and suggestive remarks at the courthouse to female
Lawyer Kahn thought that beginning therapy for his problem and writing apologies should
merit getting off with a Public Censure. It is heartening to see that the Appellate Division,
First Department treated this as a serious matter. See Matter of Robert A. Kahn (App.
Div., 1st Dept. App. Court, 2005 NY Slip Op 01668, March 8, 2005), where the per
curiam decision states:
“There is evidence indicating that this pattern of misconduct goes back as far
as 1991. While respondent submits that letters of apology he sent after the
hearing should be considered as evidence of contrition, this expression of
remorse does little to ameliorate the harm inflicted by respondent’s abusive,
vulgar and demeaning comments, directed at female adversaries and young
clients, alike. Though warned by a friend that his remarks were inappropriate
and asked by adversarial colleagues to refrain from vulgarity, respondent persisted
in his course of conduct. Such persistent behavior warrants more than a minimum
sanction.”
I hope that Kahn’s 6-month suspension serves as ample warning to other “funny” 
attorney dinosaurs. But, I have to ask: Where were the family court judges the past
decade (or three)? How could they allow these remarks to go on without sending a
prompt message to Kahn that they would not be tolerated?
e-Shame Meter: Today, the first Google result for “Robert A. Kahn” is the 1st
Dept. decision imposing his 6-month suspension. I hope this infamy doesn’t rub off
on Robert A. Kahn, author of Holocaust Denial and the Law: A Comparative
Study, a full-time Instructor in legal writing at Brooklyn Law School.
After reading an editorial in yesterday’s NYT, “They’re back, and still unworthy,” Prof.Dzienkowski at Legal Ethics Forum raises a very good question: why is the President
rewarding judges “who have serious issues about disregard for the law and rules of ethics”
with nominations to the appellate bench?
a panic over the Apple v. webloggers case. I’m also far from certain that the trial
court is wrong here as a matter of law or policy. I don’t understand why a person
publishing information obtained illegally — especially commercial information — should
be shielded. What does society gain?
for Shag Dancing, I had to find out what I was missing. It sounds like a lot of fun —
at least for those R&B fans who are a lot more limber and a lot less clumsy than I.
Now that my sister lives in southern NC, near Myrtle Beach, I’ll have to find out more.
space is not enough between sentences. update (March 14, 2005): I’m pleased to see
that Jaded JD is a two-spacer! Also, check out my reply to Kevin, Esq. on this topic.
In the modern age of computers I think one space is fine. Two was for the time of typewriters.
Comment by Kevin, Esq. — March 14, 2005 @ 10:08 am
In the modern age of computers I think one space is fine. Two was for the time of typewriters.
Comment by Kevin, Esq. — March 14, 2005 @ 10:08 am
Kevin, It’s funny that people point to the advent of proportional type as a reason for not needing two spaces, as was used with manual typewriters. (see the discussion at Bainbridge, which Steve Minor was good enough to point out to me) . However, it seems to be that the extra space is even more necessary with proportional type in order to show the delineation between two sentences (especially when using less that 14 pt. type). A single space is often so narrow that it looks like no space at all.
Comment by David Giacalone — March 14, 2005 @ 10:35 am
Kevin, It’s funny that people point to the advent of proportional type as a reason for not needing two spaces, as was used with manual typewriters. (see the discussion at Bainbridge, which Steve Minor was good enough to point out to me) . However, it seems to be that the extra space is even more necessary with proportional type in order to show the delineation between two sentences (especially when using less that 14 pt. type). A single space is often so narrow that it looks like no space at all.
Comment by David Giacalone — March 14, 2005 @ 10:35 am
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Comment by miglena — August 25, 2005 @ 12:06 pm