–Depression strikes writers, artists, and musicians up to ten times as often as the general population, a tendency often attributed to the creative spark. But according to one study (Paul Verhaegher, Syraccuse U.), it’s the artist’s propensity for rumination that often leads to the blues, not creativity itself.
Self-reflection seems to breed both depression and creative behavior…
–Hosted by Spike TV, 1000 Ways to Die can be morbidly fascinating, although one would be well advised to take some of its reported “true” deaths with a large grain of salt….
…one such segment, Em-Bear-Assed, is a case in point. In the episode, a guy gets high on psychedelic mushrooms, then wanders about in the desert talking to bushes and whatever else it is that one does when high on mushrooms. What should he encounter in that desert but a bunch of fursuiters err, enjoying one another’s company (wink wink). Well, the dude tries to get in on the revelry, and is brushed off by several, including a really big chicken. He then latches onto a black bear, as if they were indigenous to the desert…and, guess what?–The bear is the genuine article!
So, the bear gets an easy kill, and the furry community again gets insulted by yet another misrepresentation by those who neither understand nor are part of the furry subculture… <sigh>
–“If a man does not of his own free will put himself last among his creatures, there is no salvation for him.” — Mahatma Gandhi
Is it not curious that a considerable number of self-proclaimed religiously devout people in the western world seem to regard the entire animal kingdom as commodities, as things or resources put on this world for human use? This is not my view, nor shall it ever be…
FOXSYLVANIA 
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