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"Colleges Are Not A Place To Learn How To Write Short Stories Or Novels"

Hey, Ray Bradbury said it, so it has to be true (and in a way, it is). Earlier in the week I'd posted a link on Twitter of a video that was brought to my attention courtesy of Hellnotes. It's Ray Bradbury talking about the inspiration for writing Fahrenheit 451. As it's such a great little clip, I thought I'd share it here too. Have a great weekend.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aKItfLeso4

Hockey Of The Bulls

Over the weekend my wife and I went with my parents up to Harrisburg for a rodeo. My dad has always been a fan of bull riding, and for the last three years we've gone to see the show. It's always a gamble going into one of these events -- so much depends on the bulls, the riders, the rodeo clown, et cetera, on whether or not it will be a good show. Fortunately this year's show was pretty good. I'd posted some pictures on Twitter during the show, but I also filmed some of the action (using my phone, so the video is a bit raw). I thought about showing some clips of the actual bull riding, but ultimately it's not as exciting as the clip below. Called Bull Hockey, two pairs of barrels are set up like goals, and two teams (people from the audience, not actual cowboys) are trapped in there with a bull. The idea is to get the bull to pass through your goal as many times as you can. The team with the most points at the end wins some kind of cash prize. As you can imagine, it's not quite the safest game in the world.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfUoI2lN4Go[/youtube]

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Sanctuary Of The Wolf(s)

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As promised, we took some pictures of our visit to the wolf sanctuary. As wolves live in packs, the different packs were fenced off, so all of the pictures sport a lot of chain-link. There were gray wolves and white wolves and even timber wolves. One wolf was the grandson of a wolf that starred in Dancing With Wolves. Anyway, the pictures can be viewed here. Below is a quick video of them feeding a pack (this to ensure the wolves could be seen by the tour group, which reminded me of the goat from Jurrasic Park). Enjoy.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jTf09ES3cE[/youtube]