Fish Police isn't a very original idea. Perhaps Uncle Ken has forgotten that it was the title of an animated television series from the early 90s. And not a bad show as I recall, absurd and amusing in it's own way. Some episodes are available on YouTube but I haven't checked them out yet.
I don't think many city folk give much thought to their state's Department of Natural Resources (DNR) which is why I think the efforts to protect the sturgeon is very admirable. Wildlife conservation would be impossible without the efforts of the hunters and fishermen but many urbanites don't (or can't) understand that. I've never gone hunting but I went fishing quite a bit during the annual Wisconsin forays. Nothing fancy, just a cane pole off the side of a little boat on small lakes with red wrigglers as the bait of choice. That was the first thing we did when we went fishing, dig up some worms, and baiting the hook was quite an art as I recall. There was one time we went thrashing through the woods to a little stream for some trout. I was just a little kid, maybe ten, and it was very grueling, hiking what seemed like miles through overgrown fields to reach the stream. I didn't catch anything but I was short on patience and spent most of the time wandering around, slipping on mossy rocks. That was the deepest and darkest woods I've ever been in and kind of spooky now that I think about it.
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The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
That phrase has been used in this forum and I'm seeing it often in other media but it's making less and less sense to me. There is a big difference between a friend and a temporary ally and the logic of the statement eludes me. Is the friend of your enemy also your enemy? I think we all have had friends who were also friends of people we couldn't tolerate but we didn't hold that against them. And suppose you switch the terms around, making it "the friend of my friend is my enemy." That doesn't make a lick of sense no matter how you look at it and I expect to be chided for my flawed reasoning. Have at it, guys.
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Royko was bound by contract to produce five columns a week, and if he had his druthers I'm sure those clunkers would have been spiked, never seeing the light of day. And before Uncle Ken sprains his shoulder in patting himself on the back in comparison to Mike Royko he should remember that, by many accounts, Royko was full of himself and an insufferable asshole. Played a good softball game, though.
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I mentioned Big Corn recently and found another interesting data point. Two companies have 78% of the corn seed market and I was surprised at what they are: DowDupont and Bayer, two companies not known for their agricultural products. And Nestle is the Big Dog (Pussy?) when it comes to dry cat food. Candy bars and cat food represent a broad portfolio; I thought that last Crunch Bar I had tasted funny. What a world we live in.
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I don't know if Uncle Ken's felines watch any TV but I found something he might like to try, a calming video for cats. It could be useful when he's out of the apartment for an extended period of time but I would exercise caution. Instead of calming them down it may frustrate them and they'll end up tearing his place apart.
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