One day short of eight months and he weighs 69 lbs. I hope he makes it to 100. 
posted by Wanting at 5:56 PM

 

I love this guy. He's going to be in Peoria in March to help raise funds for the zoo there. What a job! 
posted by Wanting at 11:52 PM

 

...with all the crap in the world about Saddam and his whiney ignorance, the V.P. in a hunting accident (politics scares me), the war in Iraq and terrorists everywhere, just go watch a dog show and it all goes away for a few hours.


How can you not love a dog....?
posted by Wanting at 11:36 PM

 

no words for this... 
posted by Wanting at 9:25 PM

 

One day on the way home from camping on the Mississippi in NE Illinois, I saw one of these walking across someone's driveway. Can you imagine going for the mail? 
posted by Wanting at 9:22 PM

 
I am invisible.

...I actually liked speech class. But I still couldn't get up in front of people and speak.

...I am not one of those intelligent debaters that can just let loose when there is an important topic being discussed, so I usually say something...probably considered stupid...then just read on.

...I am invisible.

I'm beginning to like it.


posted by Wanting at 9:09 PM

 
...it snowed today...was very pretty coming down, but of course, it's already melted off the road...at least in front of my house. I know it's not the salt truck, because they don't come down this road when it's inches deep!

...Urs gave me another love bird that's lost it's mate. His name is Tao and he has all of his feathers (amazing how good they look with those). He was hand raised, and will come to you when you hold your hand out to him. I'm told he says a few words, and, something I know I'm looking forward to, he blows (is this the right word?) raspberries at people. I just hope I don't kill this one.

...Sin is definitely living up to his name. Sure he's cute, smiles all the time (at least that's what to looks like to me), and loves the old guy, but sometimes...I think...he's possessed. You can't hlep but love the little shit.

...I am in the mood for a MST3K marathon. Maybe some Monty Python thrown in there. Maybe we should sit some of these Muslim wannabes (I don't think they are very good believers...so freakin' radical...always wanting to kill somebody...that's not religion, that's gotta be a mental disorder) down in a room and make them watch...think it would help? Hell, I'm sure they'd find something to bitch about, especially with Monty Python. Those guys made fun of everyone.

...have a great weekend everyone...I'm going to feel better about my upbringing and next of kin and go watch some Law & Order SVU.
posted by Wanting at 5:35 PM

 
...watched the movie "GRIZZLY MAN" over the weekend. Very interesting and very sad stuff. If you like documentaries and care about nature at all, I highly recommend this movie. I don't think he was crazy, but he did have some problems. But the fact he was so sincere about what he was doing made it all the more sad to watch.


Timothy Treadwell's death was as sensational as his life: Having presumed he could live safely among the grizzly bears of the Alaskan wilderness, the outdoorsman and author (Among Grizzlies)--along with his partner, Amie Huguenard--was eventually killed and devoured by one of the very animals to whom he had devoted years of study.

In telling this story, Werner Herzog relies considerably on Treadwell's own video footage, shot during his time in the wild. But in the manner well known to those familiar with the stunning nonfiction films Herzog has made throughout his career, and most notably from the early '90s through today (Lessons of Darkness, Little Dieter Needs to Fly, Mein Liebster Feind, and most recently The White Diamond), the famed German director takes Treadwell's story into unexpected emotional frontiers and startling landscapes of the mind. Where he doesn't go is equally as fascinating, but if Herzog is consistent about anything, it is the defiance of the ordinary, the rejection of the obvious, and the relentlessly searching eye he turns on whatever subject attracts his attention. Treadwell is an intriguing, infuriating, perhaps even tragic figure. But Herzog himself is equally compelling, and this brilliant film is just one reason why.



posted by Wanting at 12:51 PM