Japanese internees celebrate New Year’s Eve. Topaz, Utah, 1944. Photo by Charles Mace.
May this New Year bring us all an abundance of peace and security. May we count the blessings we have been given, and look upon the follies of the past with abhorrence. May we all seek reason, equity, balance, humanity and common sense.
The Old Wolf has Spoken.
Thomas Nast, the German-born American cartoonist, gave us our image of Santa Claus, although his civil war illustrations included a bit of gruesome realism not usually found in Christmas greetings:
Note the severed heads of southern leaders surrounding Ulysses S. Grant in the bottom panel.
Prior to Nast’s illustrations of Santa Claus, that worthy had an entirely different appearance, witness this 1858 illustration from Harper’s Weekly:
However you celebrate the season – or don’t, as the case may be – my wish is that the holiday and coming year might find you with an abundance of peace and those things which you value.
The Old Wolf has spoken.
My purpose in keeping this blog up is to post things that uplift, things that inspire, and sometimes just things that make us smile.
Today I make an exception, for a good reason.
Yes, I’m talking to you. You’re an unspeakable coward, a gutless, worthless, nutless loser. I’d love to hear what your mother had to say about this miserable, cowardly attack on an innocent girl.
On November 13, this thug ran up behind an unsuspecting girl in London and knocked her unconscious. The attack was captured on video, but I don’t recommend watching it – it’s not fun.
If you live anywhere in London, and you recognize this waste of human cytoplasm, please contact the Metropolitan police’s Newham violent crime unit on 020 8217 5890 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Edit: It is a relief to know that this bag of pig rectums, Michael Ayoade, was caught and jailed, but 4 years in the slammer for two such unprovoked and brutal attacks seems pretty minimal. He expressed little remose for his actions; this unprintable excuse for a man will probably learn new techniques for violating the peace, and be back on the streets before the terror of the victims has even had a chance to fade.
The Old Wolf has spoken.
I have long loved the music of Schooner Fare, and this song is one of my very favorites. I’ve been wanting to do this video for a long time, and now with just two weeks to go before the election, I have taken the time to put it together.
This is a non-partisan film. It espouses no ideology, save one: R. Buckminster Fuller’s dream of making the world work, for 100% of humanity, in the shortest possible time, through spontaneous cooperation, without ecological offense or the disadvantage of anyone.
May it please you.
The Old Wolf has spoken.
Larry Sloan, the inventor of Mad Libs, passed away on October 18th. I can think of no word game that brought me more insane, floor-pounding laughter in my youth than this wonderful invention, which continues to delight generations young and old. May his memory be blessed.
Playing in the World Game 