Robin Hood Movie

I have really enjoyed the Robin Hood that Ridley Scott has brought us. I think that it does a good job of capturing many of the things and way that things were done then. The Bandits, thieves, serfs, and nobles.

Even if they need to have eczema treatments for themselves. I still like this movie.

Of course at the start of the movie . . . why is the barn outside of the walls. I also like that it meantions that Richard not such a good guy.

Have a good day.

Liberty

I know like many other people I need to learn how to reduce belly fat. However, the government telling me I need to is another thing. If I want to be fat that is my own right and own liberty. People have the right to be who and what they want to be and what they want to look like. The idea of the government telling me what to do and how to live would be an anathema to our founding fathers.

C-C-C-Ch-Ch-Changes

I have been thinking about the past 15 years and the Internet. The amazing changes over the past many years. We went from needing an insurance agent and waiting days for a quote to now having an online insurance quotes and getting a quote in seconds. Or the other ones . . .

We can order groceries and have them delivered ASAP. I can find a book and have it delivered overnight. I can quickly look up information on the SD House Race and receive information quickly.

Being the empiricist

Over the years I have become more of an empiricist then I have ever been. I like to see proof of what people say. As an example if someone asks are diet pills safe I want real proof. So I have to search and read. On the issue of history I want to see what is actually true. I mean people will say all kinds of things. So I want real empirical evidence that what people say is true.

OF course what happens is that I can get in trouble being an empiricist

Have a most happy day.

First Time Drive

Before there were car insurance companies we had to have cars. Have you ever thought about the first generation of people to purchase cars?

These people first had to learn how to drive a car before they bought. Now that would be an experience for the salesmen at the time.

Just one of those fin things to wonder about as you go out for a test drive.

Finding Life

I was in class earlier this month and we were discussing war. One of the kids brought in from another class (good) about term life insurance online and other such items. He wanted to know if you could get insurance if you were in the army. I explained that most insurance polices are exempt against warfare. However the army has their own program for soldiers. So it is okay as it was really cheap (when I was in).

Have a really good day.

Simple things

It is amazing at how much we like history when we do our Christmas cards every year. People love calling back to the perceived simpler times and better things. Pictures like Rockwell and Burl and Ives recall what we want.

Yet the funny part is that for the rest of the year most people despise what Rockwell represents. A time of family, love of country, and morality. Just one of those funny things about Americans.

I wonder how many would go back if they could. Just to have things a little less complex. Yet the truth is that past was very complex just like today.

have a great day