You’ll get that at the end of the post. But first a couple of other news items that caught my attention recently. First, let’s raise a toast to beer as the savior of civilization. George Will diverts his focus to a brief summary of the necessity of beer to allow early urbanization of humans. It brings up some interesting ideas about genetic advantages that might have resulted from urbanized humans versus those that remained in hunter-gatherer situations.
If you are thinking about traveling to Bermuda during hurricane season, some hotels there have intriguing policies on refunds if Bermuda were to get threatened or actually affected by a hurricane. It’s not for every property, but it looks like someone has thought of an interesting way to try to get people past their fears of a storm causing them to lose money on a trip.
Then there is the scourge of lawyers being necessary for any little concern, it seems. Some kids scraped together a wiffle ball field that mirrors Fenway Park, but not everyone appreciates their effort. I’m not sure this is a clear-cut situation for those who made the ball field, but I definitely don’t have much sympathy for the homeowners, especially the last one who is quoted.
And if you’ve made it this far, here is a redneck seafood dinner. Maybe this is one Will would like.
