Hoarse Speak

rerun

mr. ed — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:06:28 +0000

Mika just ate her first Boston mouse and in a similar fashion to this post:
http://www.meekmok.com/mr_ed/2004/07/01/a-house-cats-hunting-song/

A little vacation even…

mr. ed — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:42:10 +0000

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 I'm free

mr. ed — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:56:28 +0000

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!

Cha-Cha-Cha-Changes

mr. ed — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:11:32 +0000

Not very normal for me to quote a David Bowie tune, but then again I haven't posted in almost 6 months not for a lack of things to say, lots has happened. Ms. A has been better at keeping up with our changes recently, so I'll pick up from here. We're in Jamaica Plain now and it is really great being here so far. The cat, Mika, still hasn't gotten used to the big city nor the new house. We were awoken the first night by raccoons fighting in the backyard which made me wonder if we were really in the city. Seriously though, our house is pretty quiet for being in the city of Boston and we're right near a huge park, the zoo, some large ponds and the arboretum. Today I rode my bike up to Northeastern and it will be about 15 minutes door to door all along a bike path that runs on top of the train line. Here's some links to pictures of Jamaica Pond which is a 10 minute walk from our house

(Ms. A is off in Sandy Eggo at a family wedding and took the camera which has the photos we took - I'll post those instead when she gets back).

Wait! It's Conservapedia!

mr. ed — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:05:25 +0000

I guess the hacks gave up on trying to vandalize wikipedia and got their own mediawiki:

A conservative encyclopedia you can trust.

Conservapedia has over 3,800 educational, clean and concise entries on historical, scientific, legal, and economic topics, as well as more than 350 lectures and term lists. There have been over 1,600,000 page views and over 17,100 page edits. Already Conservapedia has become one of the largest user-controlled free encyclopedias on the internet. This site is growing rapidly.

Conservapedia is a much-needed alternative to Wikipedia, which is increasingly anti-Christian and anti-American. On Wikipedia, many of the dates are provided in the anti-Christian "C.E." instead of "A.D.", which Conservapedia uses. Christianity receives no credit for the great advances and discoveries it inspired, such as those of the Renaissance. Read a list of many Examples of Bias in Wikipedia.

I like the bit about "clean" and "one of the largest user-controlled" (uh I guess wikipedia is the largest?

But ok, to give them a chance I checked out their article on "The Alamo" and compared it to Wikipedia. I must say their scholarship is at about the 3rd grade book report level where I expected it, but see for yourselves:

Conservapedia:
The Alamo (courtesy of conservapedia)

Wikipedia:
The Battle of the Alamo (courtesy of wikipedia)