50th post

Whew. Here we are. It's only been a few posts since I've resumed the blog. Right now I'm watching Grizzly Man. It's very good as I suspected it would be. Werner Herzog is an amazing filmaker. These bears have been fighting on the screen for a few minutes now. One of them just pooped while fighting. I mean, here these bears are, biting into each other's necks and poop just starts falling out of one. Now, afterward, Timothy Treadwell is sitting in it. I respect what he was trying to do, but he really appears to be a sad and troubled indivdual at times. His over 100 hours of film create some poigniant moments, but really with no biological background, he is just obsessed with the foxes and bears. He totally ignores the fact that predators exist, patheticaly pleads with God (pleading with God isn't always pathetic), and diverts streams so that salmon will run. He's also sadly misinformed about poachers in the region that he frequents. The grizzly bear population on Kodiak Island is and will be fairly safe. He's certainly no hero, but an interesting figure nonetheless.