Webcast

It turns out that I can acquire CLE credit without leaving the comfort of home.  Modern technology streams the webcast directly to my home computer.

Ah, the wonders of bandwidth.

So today, for example, I viewed an interesting update on dog bite law in Minnesota.

The new interpretation of law arises from a case in northern Minnesota.  On a rural roadway lived grandpa, his neighbor lady, and on the other side of neighbor lady, grandson.  Grandson was over at grandpa's house at about lunch time.  The neighbor lady's brother was at neighbor lady's house fixing his sister's roof.  Neighbor lady's brother had his dog along with him.  Lunchtime, grandson suggested that he go home, pick up a frozen pizza that he knew was there and bring it back to grandpa's house where the pizza could be prepared for lunch.  Grandpa warned grandson to be careful as he knew the dog visiting next door to be aggressive and possibly dangerous.  Grandson headed home along a well worn path across the neighbor lady's property, a path which was NOT a public way, but which was commonly used by all in the neighborhood.  Grandson heard a commotion and turned to find the dog charging towards him.  He bolted away, trying to escape from the dog, ran into the road and was hit by a passing mini-van, incurring quite serious injury.

So . . . who was at fault?  I know, the correct answer is that more than one of the parties was at fault but the whole apportioning of fault thing ends up being quite complex.

Doesn't that sound interesting?

The last two days have been another of those dreaded two days in a row off.  It rained cats and dogs (another dog reference) the first day.  Yesterday produced a morning newspaper photo of some downtown rally where the speaker was wearing a down parka including a full down hood that he had up.  Chilly for May.

So after the dog bite thing I bolted out to get in some miles.  I am pleased to report that two days off this time was quite a bit more manageable than last time.  I was mostly OK during the ride and as I sit here now I actually feel pretty refreshed.  The point, I suspect is that I am on the verge of passing through 400 miles for the year and that is apparently enough mileage that some fitness IS starting to be acquired.

Woohoo, I'm having some fun now.

The day was partly to mostly cloudy and chilly enough to require a return to long pants as a part of the gear.  It never really threatened rain as the sky featured more than enough blue to make pants for a Dutchman.  The partly pink flowering shrubs are pretty much in full bloom all around.  I saw a bunch of them on the ride but stopped to photograph this one with a big spruce for scale and the sky for artistic effect.

There are also starting to appear more vibrant colors.  These are what? Fuschia?

These are violet and yellow.

Lots of people are starting to mow their lawns.  Despite the chill in the air progress is being made towards temperate weather.