Wile E. Coyote

Well for a few days we had a coyote running loose in Central Park. He/she was captured a little while ago but that one wasn't the first and I'm sure it won't be the last. Coyotes are omnivores and in addition to thrown away human food, there's rats, squirrels, raccoons, various birds and even an opossum has been spotted. A few years ago another ventured into the Park and a Tony Hoffman wrote The Ballad of the Central Park Coyote in celebration of the event. It's strange to think that in the midst of this extremely urban environment there's still wild life existing mostly unbeknownst to us. Yay Mother Nature.

Fic Rec

tabaqui recced this a few days ago and I'm seconding her rec. If you're in the mood for a nice long (17 chapters), completed AtS/BtVS ensemble fic go read elgrey's TempsPerdu (Time Lost). The focus is on Wesley as in this AU, the Senior Partners unleashed the apocalypse before Angel had a chance to assassinate the Order of the Black Thorn so to prevent the destruction of LA, Wesley threw himself into a demon dimension and Angel went after him. The Scoobies and the remaining AI gang unite to get them back. This actually happens early on, leaving the remaining chapters to tell of repercussions and some beautiful introspective analysing and tying up of loose ends of the past several years. I always thought that it was a pity that BtVS and AtS were so heavy on the action and that there was no time (partly due to legalities and logistics) for the 2 groups to get together and reminisce. The author truly gets the characterizations of Wesley and the others beautifully. Go read.

Meme

Gakked this meme from dolnmoon:

Cloud of interests for shakatany

alien nation ancient egypt angel babylon 5 blake's 7 buffy the vampire slayer c.j. cherryh cats chelsea quinn yarbro dick francis doctor who feminism georgette heyer history james marsters john vickery kerr avon lois mcmaster bujold lost matriotism mysteries neroon outer space science science fiction sheri s. tepper spander spike spock star trek (tos) sulamith wulfing television the future universism vampires wen spencer

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Indians to the Rescue

Gakked this info from kathrynt via ginmarie:

In light of the situation in SD, Cecilia Fire Thunder, President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, is opening a Planned Parenthood on res land which will provide abortions. The state has no jurisdiction over reservation lands.

Further kathrynt writes:

"I called the Office of the President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe of Pine Ridge, and spoke with Ms. Fire Thunder herself. (In case you haven't seen it, this is in reference to http://www.indianz.com/News/2006/013061.asp)

If you want to mail donations to the reservation, you may do so at:

Oglala Sioux Tribe
ATTN: President Fire Thunder
P. O. Box 2070
Pine Ridge, SD 57770

OR: and this may be preferred, due to mail volume:

ATTN: PRESIDENT FIRE THUNDER
PO BOX 990
Martin, SD 57751

Enclose a letter voicing your support and explaining the purpose of the donation. Bear in mind, the Pine Ridge Res is not exactly dripping with disposeable income, so do consider donating funds directly to the tribe as well as specifically for this effort.

ETA: Make checks out to OST Planned Parenthood Cecelia Fire Thunder. This will ensure that the funds get routed properly.

For email contact, you can contact the president at:

firethunder_president AT NOSPAM yahoo DOT com
cc:vbush AT NOSPAM oglala DOT org

That is Ms. Fire Thunder's personal email address; I have received permission to post it here. For the sake of record keeping, do cc: the listed address on all correspondence; that's her official secretary.

She was frankly kind of surprised that a white girl from Seattle was calling to express support, and even more surprised that the news had spread so far so fast. She's likely to get deluged with screaming hate mail soon, so get your support in fast. Send email with good thoughts if you can't send money.

ETA: Yes, please, dear God, link it anywhere and everywhere!"