Laughing Wolf
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Free Ice Cream vs. Wolf Park 35th
Work is busy, but even busier are all of us getting ready for the Wolf Park 35th anniversary and members weekend. April 20 is Wolf Park Day in Indiana; a free-admission program Friday evening from 6-10 pm at the historic Lafayette Theatre; and, here is a PDF schedule of events for the weekend.
NOTE: This is a member’s only weekend, there is no general admission. Memberships are not expensive and will get you in to a variety of interesting speakers, presentations, demonstrations, and activities. You can buy one at the door, and come on into the Park.
Oh, did I mention the charity auction??? Or that the free-admission event on Friday will feature live jazz as well as a howling contest, stories, and more? Or that we are doing a special wolf-bison demo on Sunday? Or that people can win a chance to ride in the truck for the wolf-bison demo, to take part in food prep for the wolves, or other special activities?
That’s it for now, but there are tons of gravel, acres of mowing, and many other things to get done. Hope to see you there.
LW
Friday, April 13, 2007
Penn & Teller Take On Gun Control
Just go watch it. Thanks to Instapundit who found it via David Hardy who found it hosted at Washington Ceasefire.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
The Duke Non-Rape Case
There are many learned and well-done words out there, and I will not attempt to match them. I will say that I am glad that this particular gross miscarriage of justice is exposed and dealt with. There are many others out there that remain, and it is there where I think the blogosphere can be of great assistance. For the more eyes that see, and the more light shown, the greater the cause of justice will be served.
As for the two who have not graduated, and who have had Duke oh-so-magnanimously offer to let them return: if it were me, I would tell Duke, it’s president, and the large part of its faculty where they could stick—sideways—their precious campus. Craven and venal are two words that come to mind, along with a host of less pleasant and erudite phrases, for the administration and faculty there. I do know this: I will do everything in my power to insure that any of my blood or any for whom I have care or responsibility never set foot there for study or work.
LW
Yeah, I’ve Been Quiet
Things are busy, and I have been under the weather for almost a week. What should have been just a cold proved to be a bit more problematic, all the more so in that I was slow in realizing it. If you are interested in the joys of allergies, read on. Otherwise, hope to have more free ice cream soon.
A joy of having allergies is the fact that the body can decide to react to things in very entertaining ways. In this case, the cold I picked up seems to have triggered an allergic response. It happens, and comes from the sinuses becoming hypersensitive. The trigger can be a bad/strong allergen, it can be a mild allergen, or it could just be a simple air molecule that hits the wrong receptor at the wrong time. The body then decides it is under attack and responds. Once you realize what is going on, you have to break the cycle to get rid of the allergic response before you can truly begin to treat the cold (or whatever generates the situation). Otherwise, the body puts almost all of its time, energy, and effort on maintaining the allergic response. Such is very draining, in all senses of the word. I was slow in realizing what was happening, so didn’t start to even try to break the cycle until Monday. That appears to now be done, and I am left with simply trying to beat a regular cold to death. Still tired, and will take a day or three to bounce back to full energy, but at least now the drain is stopped. Times like this I miss Ru-Tuss, an atropine based anti-histamine tablet regretably no longer made even in generic form, that did not require giving my papers to the Gestapo, er, DEA as trying to get anything with an effected decongestant seems to require these days. Right now, any candidate who came out and admitted the huge monetary, regulatory, and freedom cost (and abject failure of) of the so-called War On Drugs would get my attention and most likely my support.
LW
The Unit: Beslan Redux
I actually was up and caught The Unit last night. I do enjoy the show, even with the Hollywood, but oft am not able to stay up for it. Last night’s show revolved around a Beslan-type situation here in the US. It is one of the scenarios that I fear, and am almost surprised has not happened yet. That said, they did a good job with it, though they cleaned it up quite a bit. The real Beslan had more killed at the start, and the scum that did it did not wait for paradise to sample young virgins. While I understand why it was not done, I do wish that such shows would show more of the reality that faces us and not pretty it up. As for those that planned and executed Beslan, I still hope they got buried upside down, rears towards Mecca, and liberally coated in lard…
LW
Thursday, April 05, 2007
The Republic Will Not Stand
Sorry for the lack of free ice cream, but work and life have taken a toll of that rarest of commodities—free time. Overall, things are going well. Some good things are afoot at work; some good—if time consuming—things are happening in private life; and, there has been some good news for a few friends that make life extremely bright and warm despite the weather outside.
Yet, a good time last night was spoiled quite a bit by some commentary that reminds me why I think the Republic will fall—sooner rather than later. Amidst an otherwise nice conversation, some commentary came up about the (alleged in my book) comic Colbert and his brave attack against the President a year or two ago. The BDS that came forth was expected, and not a surprise. What made me feel that my prediction of the fall within ten years was overly optimistic was the realization that none of the Americans at the gathering had even the vaguest concept of respecting the office of the President (or any other, for that matter) if they didn’t like the person holding it. If that basic concept is indeed lost, then so too is the Republic. At times like last night, I fear that the clash between the so-called progressives and the individual determinants will be soon and will not be peaceful; and, that in the process, the Great Experiment that is our Republic will fail. My strongest hope in that regards is that something better can be built instead—but I am not optimistic this morning.
Sorry, time to go spend some quality time with bright young people who not only believe in a better future, but work hard to make it a reality. For in such lies the true hope for the future.
LW
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