Swimming Rules and Over Regulation

Excellent piece about the consequences of an over-litigious society, like ours, has on freedom. The author compares swimming in Walden Pond in Massachusetts, versus letting his daughter swim in the Amstel River in the Netherlands. The era of personal responsibility is over in the USA.

To generalise: for risks I can assess myself, I don't want regulations that prevent me from doing as I please just because I might end up suing the government. For risks I can't assess myself, I do want regulations that give me the confidence to do as I please. One kind of regulation stops me from swimming in a pond in Massachusetts. The other kind lets me swim in a river in the Netherlands. One kind of regulation makes me less free. The other kind makes me freer.

And while I think I fall under the libertarian thought of the less regulation the better, I do think the author makes excellent points on the kind of regulation we need.

Go Go Gadget Shirt

For the Inspector Gadget lover in your life, a perfect t-shirt:



Recently someone remarked on how is it that in every single episode the exact same thing would happen (the niece would save the inspector with the help of the dog and the evil guy stroking the cat would be all mad) - and yet I loved that series and would watch when I could. Weird.

In other television news I started watching Buffy, I'm enjoying some 90's clothes. Especially, the opaque tights with short skirts and the jackets. I dig the jackets. Not so hot: metallic shirts for guys. And while it's no Serenity (I really could do without all the scary looking vampires), the banter is still the awesomeness that is Joss Whedon and I'm trying to concentrate on that.

Side Effects

One of the strangest things post surgery is the super vivid, realistic dreams I'm having. I have a feeling that's because of all the percocet I'm taking. I find it quite startling to wake and realize it was all a dream.

Kooky

Joseph Gordon-Levitt directed and starred alongside Channing Tatum and Lexy Hulme in this SXSW short film, Morgan and Destiny’s Eleventeeth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo.

Gone Fishin'

Wish me luck.

Living In A World of Darkness

The best scene in the whole series.