The Sleeper Must Awaken  

(from words by Duncan Idaho and Duke Leto Atriedes)

I think, what a joy it is to be alive,

and wonder if I will ever leap inward, 

to the root of this flesh, 

and know myself as I truly am.

The root is there, but it is tangled in the web that is both future and past at once.

It only awaits a word to free me.

Because of this a person needs change.

Change jars something deep within us, 

and allows us to grow.

Without change, something sleeps within us, and seldom awakens.

To be a complete human, the sleeper must awaken...

“Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. 

It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — God damn it, you’ve got to be kind. Kurt Vonnegut, from "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater"

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I'm pretty sure I'm just talking to myself here, perhaps a mirror, or even an evil doppelganger, because no one else seems to be coming 'round here no more...

Just in case, if any of my bright, shiny STUDENTS are listening, leave me a comment or send me an email. Cheer up an old man, and get 100 points extra credit. That's right, 100 points free and clear, for only a little teeny, tiny email or comment!

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JG

Judge Orders Gray Wolf Back On Endangered List

by The Associated Press - posted on NPR online

A federal judge on Thursday reinstated Endangered Species Act protections for wolves...saying the government made a political decision in removing the protections..

The decision puts a halt to wolf hunts in Montana and Idaho planned for this fall. Montana wildlife regulators last month set the wolf-hunt quota at 186, more than doubling last year's number, with the aim of reducing the state's wolf population.

Gray wolves were listed as endangered in 1974, but following a reintroduction program in the mid-1990s, there are now more than 1,700 in the Northern Rockies.

 

Welcome to our new students, and welcome back to the old ones! 

It's time to put aside the joys of Summer, and get back to work and the more sublime pleasures of school. If you've found this page, then you've probably already visited our class home page at http://www.nakedscience.org/mrg. As we discussed in class, please visit this blog every now and then for interesting and thought provoking articles, videos, and audio clips, as well as some blather from yours truly. To get some extra credit, include your name in a comment on the various postings, or send me an email at jgiacobbe_southpointe@cox.net

Good Luck in Block I!

Requiem in pace et amor

We lost a longtime friend this weekend. Brisco County, Jr., our faithful companion of 10 years, passed away, and crossed the Rainbow Bridge. He brought us great joy and companionship through the years, and we can only hope we offered him the same. 

He traveled with us across the mountains, to the sea, and back again, always vigilant, always watchful, always ready to play and run like the wind. We can never fill the whole his passing has left in our lives, yet we will only tolerate wonderful., loving memories of our short time together. He was brave and stoic until the end, of course...

Goodbye old friend, and I'll see you on the other side...