Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Spared by the Fire
The fire in the north woods of Minnesota is now contained, and it seems that our cabin was spared. The fire did destroy a lot of the forest and some other buildings. I feel like we dodged a bullet, like the canoe to the far right in the photo (from the Voyageur Canoe Outfitter web site.
Fire, of course, is a natural part of the cycle of life up there. A central part of the forest is jack pine, and the cones of a jack pine open and release their seeds best if there is a fire-- the replanting after fire is built into the elements already present.
I wonder if that isn't a good analogy to federal sentencing policy, which may receive a good burn-off in the next few months through Court and/or Congressional action. A better system can come from the one we have had, and born from what is already there.
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You know, I tried to make a similar analogy this morning whilst appearing before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. I compared a situation involving golf clubs with one involving perfume and toiletries. The Judge called it "a reach."
# posted by 
: 2:07 PM
: 2:07 PM
I thought that was a good analogy though.... It is sad to see burned canoes. It is very hard to make a canoe .... much harder than a guitar I think.
I am glad your cabins were spared. The fire after the explosion at my house was very small but it did a great deal of damage. I can hardly imagine what it would be like to have an entire house burn down. We were able to get a lot of our stuff out, though now it is all either wet, half burned or smells weird.
Harder still would be to have a place burn down that had been at the center of so many great family memories. Ultimately everyone knows that people are more important than things but still that would be very hard.
I am glad your cabins were spared. The fire after the explosion at my house was very small but it did a great deal of damage. I can hardly imagine what it would be like to have an entire house burn down. We were able to get a lot of our stuff out, though now it is all either wet, half burned or smells weird.
Harder still would be to have a place burn down that had been at the center of so many great family memories. Ultimately everyone knows that people are more important than things but still that would be very hard.
# posted by : 5:29 PM
: 5:29 PM
Rule 1 in McDonaldland's new sentencing guidelines should be the death penalty for these certain crimes:
a. Rats found in food
b. Failing to include the toy in the Happy Meal
c. Not enough balls in the ball pit
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a. Rats found in food
b. Failing to include the toy in the Happy Meal
c. Not enough balls in the ball pit
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