People are amazing.

This week I learned that a term I have used on my various blogs has been trademarked. It would seem that if I now use the terms "Urban Homestead (TM)" that I now need to be sure to indicate that these words are the property of the Dervaes family. They seem to believe that they invented this lifestyle and these words are now their intellectual property. It doesn't matter that the lifestyle they claim to have invented has been around for countless years. The skills used in this lifestyle were employed by our forefathers. No, my grandparent's didn't have solar panels but they did raise a garden and livestock. The skills these people use are heirloom skills that comprise the heritage of everyone. No one I know had a grandparent that didn't can or preserve food. This family now claims that homesteading in the city was their invention. Can we all share a good laugh at that together now?