This past week, Ms. A and I dug out the little red honda and headed up to the Berkshires. We stayed at a cute inn (the Race Brook Lodge) near Sheffield and went hiking in the snow on and around Bartholomew's Cobble
and the remains of Jug End resort.
Jug End was apparently named for a German youth camp (Jugen) back when the Germans helped out in the reconstruction of New York after the Martian invasion of the late teens. Jug End was converted from a German youth camp into a ski resort later, here's some other photos.
The hiking was great, weather perfect - sunny and in the high 30s/low 40s - and the snow just deep enough to be fun but still easily hikeable. We're looking forward to trying some snowshoeing or cross country skiing later in the season.
It is snowing again and the little red Honda is getting buried again. Last year, Boston got only 17" of snow the entire winter, as of this morning we had 19.5" and we're getting another 5-6" right now. There is a mountain of snow in front of our house courtesy of Boston Public Works, who decided that our house was a perfect place to dump some of the white stuff. So, well, we just keep digging and throwing it in the bushes. Maybe we'll bury the house that way.
So what brought me back to blogging? I'm done for the semester. Took my last exam yesterday morning and commenced drinking within 15 minutes of completion. What did I learn all semester?
Torts: are not a tasty little sweet, they are nasty ugly lawsuits and what passes for social insurance in this country. The way to accomplish loss-spreading and wealth redistribution is not to enact socialist or communist programs like universal health care or decent unemployment insurance. Let them hire a lawyer and sue! Innovative efficiency is the american way!
Property: isn't about that house or that car or that ipod, well it is, but it isn't, I mean its about the relationship you have to that ipod in relationship with someone else. Sound convoluted? That's what happens when you hand a very simple concept to a lawyer.
Civil Procedure: is Panzer Leader! The Feds make Avalon Hill proud. At least they did better than Divine right, but I bet some states have procedures as convoluted as that game.
Anyways, I'm done. It feels good, I think I'm going to play MTW or something else until I go blind. Then get up in 14 days and start all over again. Happy Solstice everyone!
