Personal Stuff, Puppy Stuff and NLOL Stuff

Personal Stuff:

My dad had bypass surgery. All went well but it has been a stressful time.

Puppy Stuff:

I am bottle feeding two days old puppies. They were left out in the cold and rain and we just got them yesterday and one died last night the other this morning. The last one is strong and eating well.

NLOL Stuff:

During the whole protest of the Genesis Awards. I was being my usual philosophical self and someone took it upon themselves to email me directly to tell me I was wrong and etc. Which of course I took upon myself to say, not necessarily. And in attempting to show examples that criticism comes to all of us. And that we need to look at the salaries of Non Profit Execs. I mistakenly thought that Bobby with NLOL took a salary which apparently he does not. That is impressive. I thought for sure that would be on his website that he is a volunteer. WOW.

However, one thing I said was implying was the questions - should all rescuers live in squallor and not draw a salary- because frankly I would not be put off if he did draw a salary, rescuing is hard, time consuming work. My point was we needed to find a middle ground.

But I got emails from Three people as a result of that email, saying they never wanted to talk to me again. All I was trying to point out was that we should not be so quick to point the finger and run to protest a group who has done so much good. And that the infighting and the public seeing rescuers infighting really harms more than it helps. And I was saying that it would be insane to protest the Genesis Awards just as it would be insane to protest a Best Friends Super Adoption or the NLOL Nuts for Mutts.

But clearly I communicated really poorly. And I frankly feel like absolute SHIT. I admire these people and they probably think I am just the most evil person.

Nevertheless I feel like absolute SHIT and all I was trying to do was open peoples eyes to looking at the situation from a different perspective. Guess I sucked at that.