Dirac Angestun Gesept

A court in Ohio has declared that a cow is not a motor vehicle (MS Word file, sigh).

There appears to be no dispute that there was a collision; the cow was not insured at the time of the collision; and that the cow caused the collision. The dispute in this case is whether the cow was a “land motor vehicle” as defined in the policy. While a cow is designed for operation on land, we do not believe a cow is a “motor vehicle.”

Justice William W. Bedsworth has more on this case, with a great deal of humor…and footnotes.

The additional amusing bit to me is that this case was decided in Portage County, Ohio; that the case is “Mayor v. Wedding”; and that our wedding was officiated at by a mayor, and took place in Portage County, Ohio.

Our wedding ceremony did not, however, involve any cows (insured or otherwise), though there was a minor vehicle collision beforehand.

The Boston Globe has a nice article in today’s food section about local pizzerias, with a fair amount of attention to Emma’s Pizza.

Emma’s is my mom’s favorite, and she has to go there at least once any time she comes to town for a visit; she even explicitly asked to go there for her birthday last year.

The article reports that it’s being sold (something we’d already known, since we actually read those newspaper legal notices); however, the new owner doesn’t seem to be interested in fixing what isn’t broken.

Weingast says he’s not planning major changes at Emma’s. “I really fell in love with the place as it is,” he says. Later, he may increase the number of days it’s open.

I wouldn’t mind having it open an extra day or two each week, certainly.