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The Dangers of Fighting the Last War

By |2013-09-10T15:40:00-07:00September 10, 2013|philippic, syria, Uncategorized|

I remember when I was an idealistic teenager studying world history in high school.  I recall how all of us kept demanding that the teacher tell us how could other countries, including the United States, did nothing to stop Adolph Hitler in the early days of his reign.  He clearly stepped over internationally agreed-upon boundaries:  he invaded weaker countries and he murdered his own civilians.  We were told that Hitler was weak when he started, but the victors of WW-I and all other nations with the power to stop Hitler turned a blind eye.  Wearing of endless European wars, they [...]

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Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is No Vice?

By |2013-08-21T10:46:00-07:00August 21, 2013|philippic, Uncategorized|

This morning's posts bemoaning the sentencing of a self-anointed savior of freedom are not very persuasive to me.  Moreover, I find their tone disturbing. Folks!  Really! Assumptions of absolute evil in the hearts of those on the other side of an issue is ugly.  It's not liberal, either. Deciding that you and your friends alone are on the side of the angels is too Fox-like for me to applaud. Suggesting that alternative lawful actions were not existent and that taking any other path would have been the moral equivalent of condoning murder is simply tautological blindness. Vigilance is good. Protests [...]

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When Amber Alerts Hurt

By |2013-08-06T14:33:00-07:00August 6, 2013|philippic, Uncategorized|

"Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!" Crying "Wolf" is the problem I have with last night's Amber Alert that broadcast on cellphones throughout California a BOLO about a missing child from Boulevard, California. Which CHP genius decided to make the alert statewide when the incident occurred near the Mexican border AND, according to reports I read, the authorities thought the suspect was headed to Mexico or Texas? If pitting the inconvenience of getting awakened from sleep against the life of a kidnapped child seems like a fair appraisal of the situation to you, I won't argue. I think it's a queasy comparison, but [...]

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Welcome to Apex and Zenith

By |2013-07-20T12:16:00-07:00July 20, 2013|dachshunds, Uncategorized|

Ozdachs Kennels is proud to announce that the puppies have approved of their adult call names.  Jill has taken the name Apex. Janice has taken the name Zenith.  Thank you to all of our friends who helped select these adult names.  They were the top selections in our survey, and Geoffrey and Galen both like how they sound.  We are especially grateful for all of the write-in names.  They were excellent, and it’s clear that we need to have more dogs so that we can use them all. We deeply considered several of the suggestions, but in the end, the [...]

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A Streetcar Named Desire

By |2013-06-15T13:36:00-07:00June 15, 2013|osf, plays, Uncategorized|

Ashland, Oregon at the Oregon Shakespeare FestivalA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams When a complicated, difficult story plays out flawlessly and naturally, the review of the performance can only lift up a part at a time.  Any look back on OSF's A Streetcar Named Desire will fail to capture the depth and flow of the production which needs to be experienced as a whole. Each of the characters presented on stage felt strong and authentic.  Danforth Comins (Stanley Kowalski) feels young, strong, frustrated, insightful, and horrible at just the right moments in just the right way.  He would steal [...]

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King Lear

By |2013-05-25T11:24:00-07:00May 25, 2013|osf, plays, Uncategorized|

Ashland, Oregon at the Oregon Shakespeare FestivalKing Lear by William Shakespeare I guess it's a relief to discover that Artist Director Bill Rauch can stumble as a director.  After seeing one amazing Rauch production after another, year in and year out, it is cathartic to experience a badly-focused, inconsistent performance in which many actors and crafts still excel but which, overall, disappoints. Bill Rauch is a fallible human after all. The intimate space of the Thomas Theater is perfect for the play's intense family interactions.Unfortunately,  there is no uniting vision in this production, and so even a very good Lear -- [...]

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Puppy Names

By |2013-05-06T15:47:00-07:00May 6, 2013|dachshunds, sequel, Uncategorized|

Show dogs have at least three names during their lives: names they are called when they are puppies, names they are called around the house when they go to their permanent homes, and the official AKC names. SeQueL (her permanent home name), for example, had a fine puppy name of Katrina.  And, her formal AKC name is Ch. Lilliput's Royal Munchkin of Wagsmore (The "Ch" for Champion is a title she acquired.) We have decided on the puppy names for our two girls.  They are named Janice and Jill (left to right), in honor of the veterinarians who helped them [...]

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A Litter is Born

By |2013-05-05T17:48:00-07:00May 5, 2013|dachshunds, sequel, Uncategorized|

SeQueL gave birth by Caesarian Section to two healthy girls between 1:10 and 1:20 pm May 1, 2013. Geoffrey and I have posted/will continue to post many pictures on Facebook and, in higher quality, on SmugMug.  Here are some of the basics about our girls. SeQueL was inseminated on February 28th and again on March 1st.  The stud, Ehren, lives in Texas, and FedEx assisted in the pregancy.  An ultrasound on March 26 showed three puppies were growing, and the reproductive vet, Dr. Janice Cain, gave her the due date of April 29 or 30. By May 1st, SeQueL was huge [...]

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