f/k/a . . .
This blawgger tries to find his balance "among a mix of haiku poetry, serious client advocacy and punditry, and idiosyncratic fun." You'll find commentary on lawyers and legal ethics, politics, culture and more.
Author: David A. Giacalone is a "prematurely retired" attorney and mediator living in the capital region of New York state.
Blawg Related Categories: Law Practice Management • Legal Ethics • States • New York • Blawg 100
Recent Posts from f/k/a . . .
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speed limit politics (Obama disappoints)
Sen. John Warner (R-VA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) If you’ve…
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love that watermelon and fireworks
gramps grabs his dentures — grandma’s hiding the watermelon …. by dagosan The folks at the Watermelon Promotion Board must be smiling this morning, with the spreading news coverage — just in time for…
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senryu and more from the new Frogpond
Yesterday, we featured haiku from the new Spring/Summer 2008 issue of Frogpond, Vol. 31:2. Unlike many other journals, Frogpond continues the helpful (and often challenging) custom of separating haiku from its sister-genre of senryu.…
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a new issue of Frogpond arrives
Frogpond 31:2 (Spring/Summer 2008) plopped into my mailbox yesterday. Of course, it’s the first-rate haiku and senryu, and other haikai forms, that make the Haiku Society of America’s journal so special. Because the poems…
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California’s make-believe car phone safety law
Sometimes, it’s really hard to avoid cynicism over phony politicians, greedy special interest groups, and — let’s be frank — the spoiled, self-absorbed American public. Case in point: the so-called safety law that goes…
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Snapshot Press announces its 2008 Haiku Calendar Competition Winners
John Barlow of Snapshot Press has announced the winners in this year’s Haiku Calendar Competition. Each of the 12 winning poems will be featured in the 2009 Haiku Calendar from Snapshot. In addition, 40…
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Chautauqua grand slam
. . Baseball Haiku at Chautauqua, June 26, 2008 . . summer loneliness . . . dropping the pop up i toss to myself … by Ed Markowski - Baseball Haiku (2007); pop up…
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our July 2008 haiga calendars
As June wanes, it’s time to remind you that we’ve created two haiga calendar pages for July 2008 for your use and enjoyment. Below are sample-sized calendar pages for July from both of our…
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off to Chautauqua
The f/k/a Gang is heading off to the Chautauqua Institution this morning — with all of my alter egos squeezing into our little Mazda for a 330-mile drive from Schenectady to the southwestern corner…
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who wants a whites-only White House?
Some of my more optimism-oriented friends seem at times to confuse their own good faith, open minds, and generosity of heart with the general condition of their fellow Americans. As a result, they thought…