Bear ... Ranger Bear

The legend of Willy the Wolf Cub

I don't know how many of you know this, but in the bear world -- of which I am a card-carryin' member -- this time of year reminds me of my cub days and waiting patiently in the den (well, as you know I wasn't raised in a den, I was circus performer from day 1, but mom and I pretended we were in a den in our circus wagon) ... anyway, I digress ... waiting patiently in my pretend den for the coming of Willy the Wolf Cub. Willy, legend has it, road his toboggan around the wild kingdom (not to be confused with Marlin Perkins' Wild Kingdom sponsored by Mutual of Omaha -- "I'll stay in the truck while Jim wrestles the wild rino!") about this time of year and delivered fruits and nuts and freeze-dried berries to the good little animal children. Honestly, I never saw Willy or his toboggan but there would always be a morning when I'd wake up, look around our pretend den and see fruits and nuts and freeze-dried berries just for me. I loved that morning. Later in life, a couple of the other bear cubs in the circus tried to convince me that Willy wasn't real. That actually, get this, my mom had put the fruits and nuts and freeze-dried berries in our pretend den. Talk about delusional ...
Anyway, my faithful and understanding readers, at this amazing time of year, my wish for you is that Willy makes it to your house, or den, or wherever you call home and you have plenty of fruits and nuts and freeze-dried berries to call your very own.
RB

Pomp and circumstance

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, moms and dads, Ranger Bear is almost blog-less -- I can hardly believe that Sunday the winter 2007 commencement ceremony takes place in the De Simone gym. Wasn't it just like a few days ago that we were all sitting together in that same gym for academic convocation to kick off the new school year? Where does the time go? If you are among the men and women who will make that exciting walk across the stage in a few days, Ranger Bear says, "Well done, congratulations, good luck -- and -- you will be missed."

This is one wild Pomp and Circumstance

Through the grapevine, Ranger Bear has heard that we may have some new visitors to the RB Blog Den. Welcome! I encourage you to check out some of the other blogs -- Two Monkeys is a fav.

I've been a bad bear

Remember when I told you about going to the Chamber of Commerce Business After 5 last week, well something happened that night that has come back to bite me -- actually, it's not so much something biting me as it is me biting something ... or someone. Doug DeVinny had a glass of milk that looked really refreshing. I was thirsty. I asked him -- no, I didn't really ask him, I just grabbed for the glass. He pushed me away and it looks like I'm biting him -- no, I did bite him. If you have read about my background -- I think it's on the Admissions website -- you know that my formative years were spent with a circus. Seriously, my mother and I were circus performers. I lack some of the social graces needed for these type of events. But I promise, from now on, no more biting -- I'll be more careful. Kinda funny though, he tasted like chicken.