This Video Is Way Too Long…

By Mr. Simpleton, 19 May, 2009, No Comment

Next time I’ll be more ruthless when it comes time to cut the crap out of the video, but if you’re looking to waste 8 minutes watching my new bees make themselves at home you’ll be rewarded in the end with a view inside the hive a few weeks later.

Bees Behind My Knees

By Mr. Simpleton, 8 May, 2009, No Comment

Top Bar Bee hive (LEFT) Me proudly showing off the Top Bar Bee Hives I built last month.

On Not Being a Luddite

By Mr. Simpleton, 5 May, 2009, No Comment

For those of you who don’t know what Luddite means, it is used to describe people who reject progress. More specifically, it refers to the British Luddites, textile workers of the early nineteenth century who protested Industrial Revolution “progress” by destroying the mechanized looms that threatened to put them out of work.

Turning Off the Radio and Putting Down the Phone

By Mr. Simpleton, 5 May, 2009, No Comment

When is the last time you drove in silence. When is the last time you turned off the phone, turned off the radio, and just drove.

I did this today for the first time in months. And in that silence I came up with the idea to start this blog.

My First Post

By Mr. Simpleton, 5 May, 2009, 1 Comment

Things are in the saddle
and ride Mankind.

I wanted to start this blog out with my favorite quote from Emerson. Now it’s time to get started building pages.