Legal Commentary

Call it green, call it inexpensive, call it creative, but I just LOVE getting (and sending) holiday e-cards. And it's a hoot to see how the technology is getting so sophisticated that you can even personalize the cards.

I just sent a batch out from Hallmark.com (inspired by Ross Kodner's hysterical Thanksgiving card, which is no longer on the website -- an ode to mashed potatoes), and I've long been a fan of www.pacprod.com's goofy options, that allow you to construct cards with various elements including music.

Several firms, including MoFo, are using e-cards to announce not just holiday wishes but charitable donations, including Loeb & Loeb, and Sonnenschein.   Most (Arnold & Porter) even permit individual notes within the card itself, or as an intro or end-note!

My law school, the University of San Francisco, really went all out with a slide show with music that made me a bit homesick, its exact intent.

Even beisbol gets in on it. The Yankees sent out an absolutely wonderful one a year or two ago, with NYY "snowflakes" covering Yankee Stadium's field. Here's this year's version (be sure to disable your pop-up blocker).  Almost as nice is the lyrical message from the Orioles.

Send/get a favorite? Send me the link and I'll post 'em.

I'm heading out.... back to Kauai (Hey, I need 9,000 miles to stay in Premier Exec!),  so Melekalikimaka to you! Stay warm, stay healthy, enjoy companionship and solitude, noise and quiet, and don't forget to eat some peppermint ice cream.

P.S. I can't leave you without sharing this "ad" for Stanford University. (Hat tip to brother Bill).

Update: Everybody's ga ga about Office Max's Elf Yourself, including the gang at Legal Talk Network and the Three Musketeers (aka, Bruce Dorner, Dan Coolidge & Ross Kodner. United's Mileage Plus offers an elegant ad card, here.  Here's eSentio Technologies' card.