http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BujoOxjB3b4

You MUST watch. Strangely, it's worksafe. Even children could watch it. I'm obviously slipping.

I've made some posts about yesterday's hike.

http://deathbymountain.blogspot.com/

I will eat a bit, then rest a bit, then hit the road.

Everything changes, everyone changes, all things change, except for me.

I never change, this it would seem, is harder than the alternative.

To be inflexible in this respect, is to be unadaptive and ever on the move.

Current Mood: exanimate

Rainfurrest will not be doing a Pet Auction this year, but we are doing a charity auction. As usual, all of the proceeds from this auction will go to the charity. Our charity this year is Critter Care Wildlife Society.

Critter Care Wildlife Society receives, rehabilitates and releases back to the wild injured and orphaned mammals native to British Columbia. These include deer, raccoons, coyotes, skunks, flying squirrels, Douglas squirrels, gray squirrels, opossums, beavers, rabbits, marmots and bears.

We are going to send out our own little raccoons to start collecting stuff to sell at the charity auction. If you have something you would like to donate, please contact our Events Director, by using the contact us form on the About Rainfurrest page and selecting Director of Events, with a subject of Charity Auction .

Alexander James Adams - Coming from Neverland with a possible cure for the zombie plague, Alexander James Adams is going to try to fight the zombies with the magic of music and his wonderful voice. Alexander James Adams is a friend of furries all over the world and the proclaimed “Minstrel of the Rainfurrest Nature Preserve”.

Kyell Gold - Kyell Gold is a writer in California who began writing furry fiction a long time ago. In the early days of the 21st century, he got the courage to write some explicit gay furry romance, first publishing his story "The Prisoner's Release" in Sofawolf Press's adult magazine Heat. That led to a novel, Volle, and a sequel, Pendant of Fortune, both of which won the Ursa Major award for Best Anthropomorphic Novel (2005 and 2006). Kyell continues to write with the goal of releasing one novel-length work every year, in addition to various short stories that appear on websites such as FurAffinity and Yiffstar. He was not born in California, but now considers it his home. His age is somewhere between “well out of college” and “retired,” as he works full time in the high tech industry. He loves to travel and dine out with his partner of many years, Kit Silver, and can often be seen at furry conventions in California, around the country, and abroad. You can purchase Volle and Pendant of Fortune from Kyell Gold’s website.

Critter Care Wildlife Society - From its humble beginnings in 1984 when a few caring people banded together to provide some protection for our urban wildlife, Critter Care Wildlife Society grew into a registered non-profit volunteer-based agency in 1993.

Critter Care Wildlife Society is now nestled in five acres of natural woodland in the southeast corner of Campbell Valley Regional Park in South Langley, British Columbia.

Critter Care Wildlife Society receives, rehabilitates and releases back to the wild injured and orphaned mammals native to British Columbia. These include deer, raccoons, coyotes, skunks, flying squirrels, Douglas squirrels, gray squirrels, opossums, beavers, rabbits, marmots and bears. They also have a resident, non-releasable bobcat.

As encroaching urbanization displaces more and more native wildlife from their natural habitat, there are an increasing number of incidents where animals are accidentally or maliciously injured, or where babies become permanently separated from their mothers. Human intervention and automobiles account for the vast majority of these incidents. Unless rescued, these animals suffer a cruel death.

Critter Care Wildlife Society believes these injured and orphaned native mammals deserve a second chance for survival. Animals that arrive at the rehabilitation center are provided with veterinary care and are nursed back to health by their dedicated volunteers for subsequent relocation. The orphaned babies are housed at the center or placed in the homes of their trained caregivers for up to one year, prior to their release into remote woodland areas. Critter Care Wildlife Society has successfully rehabilitated and released over 6000 native mammals back into their natural habitat since 1992.

Critter Care Wildlife Society is the only organization in British Columbia's lower mainland able to accommodate the large number of mammals. Their specialized services are held in high regard by peer organizations, such as the SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), OWL (Outdoors Without Limits) and Wildlife Rescue, all of whom refer the vast majority of mammals they receive directly to the Society.

They have a vigorous internship program. Every year, they receive university students or graduates from around the world who spend six weeks or more in a hands-on learning environment. Many other volunteers spend countless hours applying for grants and working on various fundraising activities to keep the Society financially viable.

Critter Care Wildlife Society is not government funded in any way, but must rely solely on the generosity of the general public. Even though the majority of their workers are volunteers, raising mammals is a very expensive and time-consuming endeavor.

For more information you can visit Critter Care Wildlife Society Website.

When Obama said he chose Ghana, because the President there was "Serious about Producing Corruption", I think deep down, he meant it.

Someone should gather thousands of hungry cats, in to the back of large semis, then drive to the five or so marshes where these particular mice exist, then, release them.

Take THAT Nancy Pelosi!

I've never cost any of them a cent, not to pay on any of my claims, not to pay anyone else. They have taken my money, hand over fist, for years and years and years and never, have I ever, needed them.

Nor do I intend to ever need them. Former Racketeers bought off lawmakers to Force Me to Pay Them. With all the money I have given them, I could have bought several cars, put away for a Fortune at Retirement or a healthy nest-egg in case of a Medical Emergency.

Instead it was all wasted on a black hole of Fraudulence and Corruption.

I hope their children all die of a plague, a really nasty one like the Red Death where their Blood Boils through their skin.

Two Elections in a Row without Violence, way to go guys, you're on a roll, wish we could say that.

Nothing says "Future of the World" like 30% of the population living on under a Dollar a Day, but don't worry, after they lop a few... six... zero's off of their currency that won't look quite as bad.

Hey, maybe we'll also achieve 76% Literacy in a few years?

Needless Acceleration and Compression result in Frequent Corruption, Decay and System Failure.

Energy Conservation easily wipes out any Progress in Terms of Performance.

Competing Philosophies regarding Priorities, each Neglecting aspects of Reality, each Granted Absolute Governance Over Periods in Development, the Relics of Their Influence, Insure Ultimately, Fatal Dysfunction.