#wolfie reads op

[skywarpshydroflask]

i was getting tired of not seeing jazz so ive started optimus prime now. and this panel is so funny

hey man calm down. you gay or smth?? its ok you can tell me

[rowdychickens]

some naruto werewolf au doodles ... kakashi time (ft baby fox shifter naruto) . sorry about having to censor nips despite him being a man tumblr will see a pre op trans man and shoot laserbeams at my head :( Au details in the read more teehee

- Kakashis whole lineage is werewolves basically, sakumo being the most “known” one, the lineage of werewolves being mostly unknown by others and his father trying to keep his status as a werewolf a secret for his safety, to prevent him being used by the village. - werewolves in this AU are more “wolf like” than human like and their natural forms are usually the more wolf like ones, wether it be a werewolf or a full wolf form, most are also born looking more typically like wolves. the human form is usually more of a learned thing and most of their instincts are wolf-like in nature - admired his father greatly, spent most of his time in his wolf forms as a young child sakumo having to try desperately to teach him he cannot do this in public for his safety. - after sakumos passing he grew to hate the werewolf side of himself and lineage, coming to believe part of sakumos ridicule was due to being a werewolf. most still didnt know of him being a werewolf at all and assumed some of his wolfy traits were simply from how his father raised him - later upon joining anbu it would be discovered he was a werewolf, this would be exploited heavily for use for the village. although kept mostly a secret to the public and often other anbu groups. worst time in his life and began viewing himself as a monster and dehumanizing himself even further - After naruto was born and lost his parents to the nine tails attack kakashi wished to raise him, in part because of the child being a fox shifter similar to himself, the uzumaki heritage all having been foxes (though naruto himself was a nine tailed fox ofc, already ridiculed because of being born so close to the attack - despite growing very close to the child and doing his best to care for the baby during the period where no one else would, he was deemed unfit and too dangerous or mentally unstable to care for the child at the time and was forbidden from it I HAVENT thought as far past these parts of the au but meeting naruto again when he had to train him was probably pretty emotional and difficult to maintain the aloof mysterious teacher persona and naruto probably had some idea that kakashi was like him in regards to being a kinda werebeast and being very exciteable abt  it like omg youre like me i can tell and kakashi being like haha noo... (despite being safer for him to share that fact abt himself he probably has a lot of baggage about like. anybody knowing) naruto probably does find out later ensue wholesome werebeast bonding moment. i like these two to have a father son relationship im sorry iruka also guy was definitely a big help in him getting to view himself in a better light  growing up and coming  out of anbu and dealing with all his issues, one of the few people who knows his status about being a werewolf

[cathygeha]

REVIEW

Zero Sum by John Gilstrap

A Jonathan Graves Thriller #16

Intense, intricately plotted, intriguing story that I hope brings us closer to the demise of corrupt power brokers at the highest levels of the government ~ Fingers crossed and eagerly waiting to find out what happens next.

What I liked: * Jonathan “Digger” Grave: intelligent, lethal, committed to causes that require a special type of black ops operative to provide justice, caring, wealthy, gives back, rights wrongs, sees the bigger picture * Brian “Boxer” Van de Muelebroecke: big, quiet, lethal, good friend and lethal colleague of Jonathan’s, works with him to right wrongs, quirky sense of humor, can fly anything, enjoys a good fight * Gail “Gunslinger” Bonneville: brilliant, ex-FBI HRT member, ex-sheriff, bright, capable, vigilant, talented, lethal, and part of the team doing secretive things with Boxer and Digger, recovering from an injury, seems to be having questions * Venice “Mother Hen” Alexander: mother, daughter, hacker extraordinaire, brilliant,  intriguing, great asset to the team that can provide anything required anywhere

* Irene “Wolfie” Rivers: FBI Director, mother, guardian of orphaned nephew, works with people she doesn’t trust, knows of the corruption in government, trusts Jonathan and his team, intriguing and has a spin-off series coming that I look forward to

* Sissy & Grayson Buchannan: twins, took a dangerous risk, kidnapped on vacation, resilient, survivors

* Big Roxie and her smaller assistants: drones with special abilities that I would never want to be a target of

* Being able to hate the bad guys and root for their demise

What I didn’t like: * Who and what I was meant not to like

* Thinking about how evil so many were in this story and what they were willing to do for personal gain

* Having to wait for the next book

Did I like this book? Yes

Would I read more in this series/by this author? Definitely

Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington-Pinnacle Books for the ARC – This is my honest review.

5 Stars

BLURB

When a boy under Jonathan Grave’s protection dies of a drug overdose, the black-ops veteran decides it’s time for a war on drugs that actually looks like a war. Jonathan Grave long ago lost faith with the so-called war on drugs, a futile campaign that enables cartels to make billions under the protection of corrupt officials on both sides of the border. But when a twelve-year-old dies after consuming fentanyl disguised as candy inside the dormitory at Resurrection House, the school he created for the children of incarcerated parents, Jonathan knows it’s time to use his special talents to change the game. Gathering his Security Solutions team, Jonathan activates Operation Heat Seeker. Nobody and nothing will stop them from ending the flow of poison—not even a vow of revenge from the President of the United States himself . . .

[skyward-floored]

for requests, maybe some wild + wolfie bonding? wolfie having too much fun giving wild heart attacks as a nice role reversal <33

My brain latched onto “Wolfie having too much fun giving Wild heart attacks” so that’s the main focus, but regardless, I hope you enjoy anon! (I’m sorry this is so late)

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(Read it on ao3)

Wild was fuming.

He paced angrily at the bottom of a sheer cliff, only able to watch as Wolfie-Twilight currently tightrope-walked his way up a series of ropes stretching across several rickety platforms that were spread along the cliff side.

And why was Twilight risking his life by traversing a series of dangerously flimsy ropes?

For a stupid treasure chest.

Wild growled and kicked a rock, wincing when the motion jarred his arm. He’d broken it in a scuffle with some monsters a couple hours ago, and with him and Twilight separated from the others without a potion to their names, he’d just had to wait to get it healed.

Which was part of why he was so annoyed.

Twilight had seen the chest and barely spoken a word before immediately turning into a wolf and charging up the ropes before Wild could even protest. Or remind him that if he fell they couldn’t heal him because they were out of healing supplies. Just because they were in some far-flung corner of Twilight’s Hyrule he hadn’t ever really gotten to explore before didn’t mean they had to get the chest now.

Wild sighed, tapping his foot impatiently.

Now don’t get him wrong. He loved treasure as much as the next Link. In fact, if his arm wasn’t broken he’d likely be scaling the cliff himself, freehand, without having to rely on any flimsy tightropes at that.

But his arm was broken. And the pain was making him grouchy and he was annoyed that he couldn’t climb up the cliff which only made him worry more the higher Twilight got because Wild couldn’t do anything.

“Come on Twi, can’t you just leave it?” he yelled up the cliff for what was probably the tenth time.

Twilight paused, peered down at him, then shot him a barely apologetic grin before continuing upwards at a speed that was verging on breakneck.

Wild could only grumble with a considerable amount of worry as Twilight worked his way higher and higher up the ropes, leaping onto the rickety platforms between them with ease. He was already more then a third of the way up now due to the speed he was ascending, and Wild’s patience had nearly run thin.

Then Twilight’s paw slipped.

Wild heard a yelp, then all of a sudden Twilight was hanging onto the rope with only his front paws, tail and hind paws swinging wildly in the wind.

“Twilight!” he yelled, heart thudding as he watched him struggle.

Twilight yipped reassuringly in response, (or at least Wild was pretty sure it was supposed to be reassuring) and wiggled his paws up and around, trying to swing himself up and regain his balance.

Wild’s eyes never left his struggling friend, and the angle he was at provided him a perfect view of the exact moment the rope suddenly snapped.

Wild’s heart shot straight up into his throat and he was pretty sure he screamed, but somehow Twilight grabbed the swinging rope with his teeth as he fell, and managed to scrabble up onto a nearby platform with little to no issue.

Wild gasped with relief, and watched as Twilight shook himself, barely looking phased.

“Get back down here Twi! I’m going to kill you for scaring me like that!” he yelled, fear abruptly switching to anger. He could just barely make out the wolffish grin Twilight shot him before he continued to climb, taking a different rope this time as he made his way to the chest.

Wild could only watch, fuming while his heart still beat faster then it should as his friend continued to climb, already preparing his angry speech for when he came back down.

It didn’t take Twilight long after that to reach the chest, the platform where it rested being surprisingly sturdier than the others. He turned back into a human, and Wild got out his slate to more easily watch him open the thing. Twilight’s back was in the way, so Wild couldn’t see what was in it, but he could see the excited way the rancher was holding himself. It really must’ve been something good.

“Come on Twilight! You heard me! Get your stupid furry tail down here so I can give you a piece of my mind!” he yelled, and Twilight tucked whatever he got from the chest into his pouch before turning into a wolf and steadily making his way back down the ropes.

The moment his paws hit the ground Wild was already charging towards him, and Twilight didn’t even have time to turn hylian again before the champion was throwing his arms around him.

Then he drew back and glared.

“What’s the matter with you?! You could’ve been killed Twi!” Wild snapped, punching him on the shoulder. Wolfie merely huffed, licking the champion’s nose in response and making him splutter. Then Twilight changed back into a hylian again and immediately took a few steps back.

“I’m perfectly fine Wild, no need to get up in arms,” he said, waving his hands to try and calm him down. “Besides, it was worth it!”

Twilight grinned ear-to-ear as he reached into his bag and held up the item he’d received from the chest, holding it out towards Wild.

Wild squinted, staring at it in disbelief.

“Twi that’s a stamp.”

Twilight beamed. “I know! And not just a regular old stamp either, it’s a stamp of the number two! Now I can mark all sorts of stuff with it!”

Wild’s incredulous stare moved from the stamp to Twilight’s face.

“But... couldn’t you just write the number two?”

Twilight waved him off, admiring the small green stamp in his hands as he turned it around in the light. “Well yeah, but now I’ve got all the numbers from one all the way up to four! I’ve got seven too, but there’s not much use for it without the five and six.”

Wild made a little disbelieving noise.

“You risked your life and nearly fell to your doom over a stamp for your collection?” he said, voice on the verge of a shriek.

Twilight smiled and nodded his head. “Well yeah. I’ve gotta have them all. I’d thought I collected all of them already actually, but I found the number three one a bit before I met you guys and I didn’t even know there were number stamps, so I-“

Wild moaned, and slapped his unhurt arm over his eyes. “I thought you were less crazy then some of us Twilight. But no! You’re bonkers. Nutty. Insane.”

Wild waved his hand around for emphasis, and Twilight gave him a clap on the back as he pocketed his new treasure. Wild eventually lowered his arms, and was met with Twilight giving him a horribly sweet smile.

“Pot kettle black, champ.”

Wild just groaned.

[thebigoblin]

An anon left me an ask regarding a 13 year child making a post ( @two-frogs-in-two-trenchcoats ) and scoot mccall defense squad descending on her like hyenas. You can see her post linked above. Or see it here:

Stiles: Trying to figure out how to make sure Derek doesn’t d i e

Scott: dik go b o i n g

I mean, this is pretty much canon. SM has favored Allison over Stiles and his wolfy problems. It’s clear that OP is either anti SM or just stating one of her observations, it’s nothing too serious. It’s literally just her observation and her conclusion. But then there are people like Prince (yup the infamous one) and Brydes (idk if this person is as infamous or not, but i will link to both their reblogs. i’ll also copy/paste what they’ve said if you have them blocked).

1. Brydes

OP, I would like to speak to you about two things.

The first is rock slides. There’s a site not far from my hometown where a rock slide buried an entire town.

You see pictures of where this town used to be, and you’d never know it was there. It just looks like a pile of rocks, tiny pebbles, and huge boulders. And underneath, bodies and houses and pain and death.

The second is how former US president Donald Trump became president. The fact is that the man pretty much campaigned on a rhetoric of anti-Black and anti-Latino racism, appealing to the white supremacist lurking in the American soul. He is now widely regarded as, well, not good. He was a not good president.

I want you to think of Trump’s entire presidency and his campaign as a rock slide. It came down and it buried people under several tons of rhetorical rocks and many of them did not survive.

Now I want you to look at this joke and understand that it is a small rock. It seems insignificant and meaningless, until you understand that it, too, is part of this slide, and it, too, is burying people. A small rock in a big slide is as deadly as any bullet, or more.

You’re old enough to make these jokes. You’re also old enough to understand and face the consequences of making jokes like this. I would hope that would mean you also have enough maturity to take responsibility for making these jokes and act accordingly.

And I don’t just mean this particular joke. I also mean jokes like this you may have made elsewhere, at home or school or with friends.

Don’t be part of the rockslide.

This is just straight up ??? What the fuck ??? There’s talk about rockslides and Trump and as you finish reading what they’ve written you’re like “oh, this person had their feelings hurt”. Which, honestly, ok. People can get upset at the weirdest things, this checks out. But also you don’t have to go ahead and say this. You could also have just not responded. But this is still relatively chill, except the part where Brydes assumes OP’s character and then bashes it all because of this one post. 

2. Prince

Hey OP – This is a racist joke.

It’s racist because it relies on the stereotype of Latinos being sexually obsessed to the point where nothing else matters.

It didn’t happen in canon, and you know that. You know that Scott risked his life to save Derek not once but several times, while Stiles did things like attempt to force Derek to get out his Jeep so he could “leave you for dead” and beg Scott to “couldn’t you consider letting him die for me?”

And if you turn around and say that you don’t care about canon, that makes it doubly racist because if it doesn’t depend on misinterpreting canon, it solely depends on applying negative stereotypes.

Get your racist shit out of the Scott tag, if you don’t mind. But I will gladly preserve your racist bullshit for as long as tumblr lives.

This is what prince first wrote to response to OP’s post before again reblogging with:

So apparently, I’m being told that the OP might be 13 years old. This makes what I did even more important to do, in my opinion. Kids are not inherently racist. They are taught to be, and the only way to stop that is to teach them not to be racist.

And this one has been apparently taught to see whatever white characters do in the best possible light and to see whatever minority characters do in the worst possible light. Does anyone think that doesn’t translate into how they see the real world? I don’t.

And I just - WTF. This is in no way a racist joke??? Where the fuck did you get that impression from?  It’s racist because it relies on the stereotype of Latinos being sexually obsessed to the point where nothing else matters.- has anyone heard this about Latino people? I have not. And like, how do you even. Think that OP’s post assumes the worst of Latinos. Like what. What I infer from OP’s post is how *I* infer SM’s character in the show - that he’s obsessed with his personal desires first and foremost. And that he definitely doesn’t care for Derek. Does anyone agree with prince? Do you? I’m just. super bewildered. 

And about Stiles wanting Derek to die. You know who has canonically saved Derek again and again? You guessed it. Stiles. He’s ready to cut off Derek’s arms if it means Derek will live. He could have left Derek to die in the swimming pool - because if he does want Derek dead, this would have been the perfect opportunity - but no, Stiles kept him afloat for around 2 hours and then dived back in for Derek when SM hung up on him. Stiles is the only one who keeps going back for Derek - the elevator scene, for instance. 

SM tho? He told Derek his family deserved to die. He saw Derek in pain and in chains in a literal basement and basically went “i’ll only save you if you promise to save allison”. He made Derek trust him and then broke that trust by joining forces with Gerard, made Derek bite his enemy who is a fucking Hunter and his family’s murderer’s father. He didn’t tell Allison why her mom was bit; he let her believe Derek bit Victoria on purpose because basically “i want allison to like me still and letting her know the truth so that Derek can be off her hook is not my priority”. 

I get that teens make stupid choices. That they learn and grow as a person. But SM? He’s told to be this compassionate, good guy who just wants to save everyone, and then he’s shown to treat Derek like this. Not to mention the fact that he never suffers the consequences of his actions. And no, the “No Stiles!” moment between Melissa and SM and doesn’t count. 

There’s just so much wrong with Prince’s rb and addition - and seriously? You think you are “teaching” a kid to not be racist? No, what you are doing is silencing her from speaking what she feels because oh no, the great True Alpha was badmouthed! Oh no. 

Seriously the fuck. 

And with that I end this rant. 

[pillage-and-lute]

Hey I have a holiday prompt for you! What if it’s the pairing’s first holiday together and they stress about figuring out what to get each other? Any pairing you feel like! PS Reading your stuff never fails to put a smile on face!💜💜💜

Hi Blondey!

cute shit ahead. Modern AU

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“Yen,” I swear,” Geralt panted into the phone. “It’s an emergency. Please, I need your help.”

“No.”

“Yen please I’m actually begging.”

“You should have thought to beg before Christmas Eve.”

“I’m meeting him tonight, Yennefer, I’m on Wilson Street, with all the shops and I’m so lost, please.”

“No.”

“I’ll set you up with Jaskier’s hot friend. The one from the coffee shop. She’s single.”

“...I’m on my way.”

-- -- -- Across Town, Triss and Jaskier’s Apartment -- -- -- 

“I just thought I’d have more time to get him a gift,” Jaskier wailed, draped dramatically over Triss’ beat up armchair. “And then it was thanksgiving, then finals and it’s Christmas eve and I don’t have a gift.”

“Well,” Triss said, sipping her cocoa and barely looking up from her book. “It’s not noon yet, shops aren’t all closed. What kind of gift does your relationship need?”

“What?” Jaskier looked up from his flop of despair, confused. 

“I mean, if you’d been dating for a month it would be slippers or some scotch or something.”

“We’ve been dating eight months though!” Jaskier wailed. “I love him, Trissy, desperately. I see his face and everything goes all pink and mushy.”

“You should get that checked out.”

“No, I mean,” Jaskier sat up and looked at her. “I think he could be the one. He might be it for me.”

Triss looked up from her book. She’d known Jaskier since university, and his heart had always been so mobile, but there was something shining in his eyes. She shrugged mentally. Put it down to a Christmas miracle, but Jaskier was really in love.

“What does he like?”

Jaskier huffed. “He likes being grumpy.”

“And?”

“Me.” He paused for thought. “His horse, Roach, he loves riding. He loves his goddaughter, and mythology.”

“Lord of the Rings nerd?”

“Oh you have no idea, he’s basically Aragorn if Aragorn had albinism.”

“I know a place,” Triss said, getting up. “Put on your coat.”

“Will it be open?” Jaskier asked anxiously, pulling his boots on.

“They live above the shop,” Triss said, throwing his scarf at him. “I know the owners, I’ll just shoot them a text.”

-- -- -- Back on the other side of town -- -- --

“Okay,” Yennefer said. “And you’re sure the hot barista is single?”

“Triss,” Geralt said. “And yes, apparently she’s been crying about it to Jaskier for ages.”

“Right, let’s go looking,” Yennefer said, looking remarkably cheerful.

The rows of shops were mostly open for last minute shoppers and Geralt and Yennefer fought through them. 

Well, Geralt fought. Yennefer just glared and people moved out of her way. 

“Does he cook?” Yennefer asked, pointing at a cookware store.

“Ramen and box mac n cheese,” Geralt said.

“You said he likes clothes?” A very full store with what could only be called hipster clothing.

“He has lots of clothes I want something...special,” Geralt said. He was trying not to lose hope.

“You really like this one.”

“I do, you met him he’s just...bright,” Geralt said, mumbling a little into his scarf as the wind blew a flurry at him.

“Hey, look at the music shop on the corner,” Yenn said. “I’m down here all the time, I’ve never noticed it before.”

Neither had Geralt. “Is it new?” It didn’t look new. It looked nearly condemned.

“You said he loves music,” Yennefer said, stomping in the direction of the store.

“I dunno, that store looks...”

“He loves music,” she said. “And you love him.”

They entered the store.

-- -- -- Triss and Jaskier -- -- --

“How the hell did you find this place?”

“I told you,” Triss said, matter of factly. “I know the owners. They’ll be down any minute to open it up.”

“They’re opening it up just for us?” Jaskier asked guiltily. It was Christmas eve after all.

“They owe me,” Triss said. “I introduced them. Well...reintroduced.”

“Welcome to The Sword in the Stone, Gifts and Novelties,” grinned a young man with very blue eyes and slightly large ears, opening the door. Behind him a blonde young man grinned cheerfully too, he was wearing a santa hat.

“Hi,” Jaskier said, stepping gratefully inside. “It’s a pleasure, I’m Jaskier.”

“Merlin,” said the young man who’d opened the door. 

“Arthur,” the blonde waved.

“Seriously?”

The pair just shrugged. Well, Jaskier, called Buttercup/Dandelion/Julian/a lot of other things, wasn’t about to tell people what to call themselves.

“I hear you need a gift for that special someone,” the blonde -Arthur- said, wiggling his eyebrows.

“Yeah, he loves fantasy stuff and I just... I don’t know what to get him.”

“Gotcha,” Arthur began to lead him back into the shop. Merlin and Triss were chatting by the door. 

“Were you thinking bigger, got a lovely cardboard cutout of Viggo Mortensen?”

Jaskier pictured Aragorn watching them have sex from the corner of Geralt’s little studio apartment. “Maybe smaller but kind of...niche?”

“Lucky you, this place if full of niche,” Arthur said cheerfully. 

Jaskier looked at the wall full of swords and was that a battle axe? “Yeah...”

“Does he wear jewelry?” asked Arthur, jingling a box full of metal in Jaskier’s direction.

“Not really,” Jaskier said. Then something caught his eye. “Wait...” he pulled something out of the box and held it up to the light.

Somehow...it was perfect.

“How much.”

-- -- -- Yen and Geralt -- -- --

“This place looks closed,” Geralt whispered to Yennefer, looking around at the racks of instruments.

“Not closed dearie, just dusty,” came a cheerful voice from right behind Geralt. He and Yennefer jumped.

“Sorry honeys,” said a little old lady with coke bottle glasses. “Got my slippers on, makes me quiet. She shuffled one foot, clad in pink fluff, off the floor as exhibit A. “Gift from my great grandson, aren’t they darling? Now,” she looked at Geralt with laser intensity. “You’d be needing a gift.”

“Um, yes ma’am,” Geralt said. How had she known?

“Ooohoo you need a gift,” said the tiny old woman, “Cause you’s a boy in love.” She nearly cackled. “Follow me honeys!”

Geralt and Yennefer looked at each other, shrugged, and followed. What choice did they have?

“Got a harp,” the shopkeeper called cheerfully. It was indeed a full, standing, concert harp. It had a figurehead on it but the face looked absolutely agonized.

“Maybe not,” Geralt said.

“Hmmm no,” said the lady, shuffling her fluffy slippers. “Bagpipes?”

“He lives in an apartment.”

“That’ll be a no, then,” said the woman, peering at a rack of instruments in the corner. “Aha!” she shrieked, startling Geralt and Yennefer both. 

“This!”

It was perfect.

“I can’t afford it,” Geralt said, feeling hopeless.

“Oh yes you can,” said the little old lady gleefully, if she could Geralt got the sense she would be jumping and clicking her heels. “Nobody wants ‘em these days, this one’s seventy-five percent off!”

Geralt left with a weird shaped package.

-- -- -- Geralt’s studio apartment, evening -- -- --

“Hey,” Jaskier, said, stomping his boots on the mat.

“Hi,” Geralt replied, stealing a kiss. “What’d you tell Triss?”

“Told her I was sending a gift, what’s you tell Yennefer?”

“She’s heading over there now,” Geralt said. “With that movie they both like.”

“Ocean’s 8?”

“That’s the one, and a plate of homemade Christmas cookies.”

Jaskier smiled at Geralt and stole another kiss. “We’re never going to have a moment of peace, now we set them up,” he said. Geralt grinned at him. “Never, but I think we did the right thing.”

They settled in on Geralt’s little loveseat. Jaskier set a wrapped present on the side table. Beside it, on the floor, was a very poorly wrapped mess. Lots of scotch tape was visible. It was quite large.

Jaskier felt panicky.

“Should we,” Geralt said awkwardly. “Do you want to exchange presents now?”

“Sure.” Oh god, Geralt’s gift was so small, and what if he hated it?

“You first?” Geralt said, handing over the odd package.

Jaskier had always been a rip-it-open present person, but he took his time, although there was no salvaging the taped up paper.

“A lute?” he turned to Geralt in delight, face lighting up.

“A lute,” Geralt said. “Is-is that a good thing?”

“Oh my god, Geralt, yes! Oh I love it! I can’t wait to learn it!” Jaskier dropped kisses all over Geralt’s face, careful of his new baby.

He handed Geralt the little package. “It’s not as great but...”

Geralt was a folding kind of person and folded up the wrapping paper carefully, then he opened the box and took out the amulet with the silver wolf’s head.

“Oh,” Geralt said.

Oh. Was that a good oh or a bad oh? Jaskier tried to breathe slowly.

“Jaskier I...” 

Oh no. He hated it.

“It’s perfect.”

What?

“When I was little I thought I’d be a knight,” Geralt said, pale eyes shining. “And I drew wolf’s heads on everything, my crest, I said.”

Geralt was holding up the amulet as if transfixed. 

“Vesemir can show you, he kept the drawings,” Geralt said. Then he slipped the medallion over his head.

“My knight,” Jaskier said. “My wolf.”

Geralt gave a playful growl. Jaskier’s heart thumped a little harder. Geralt must have picked up on something in his eyes because he cocked his head.

“Oh?” he rumbled, low in his chest. “You want a wolf, do you?” He growled again.

Jaskier leapt up, shrieking with laughter and ran to hide in the bathroom. Geralt caught up before he could close the door.

“I’ll huff and I’ll puff,” he said, dragging Jaskier closer and giving him a bear hug. He growled in Jaskier’s ear.

“And I’ll blow your...how does it go?”

“I’m not sure, wolfie,” Jaskier said, pulling Geralt closer by the amulet. “But I think it ends with you eating me all up.”

It was a very merry Christmas indeed.

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Ope! Idiots! With a random appearance from BBC’s Merlin (In 2020? I guess.) and a little old lady. + the magic of christmas.

[writingwithcolor]

I have a wip featuring a race of monsters who for the most part attack and eat humans aside from two mcs. I would like to make one mc ashkenazi while also avoiding any semblance of blood libel possible. It's made obvious from the start that he isn't the only monster or the only jewish person, just the only jewish monster. He doesn't eat any humans, but he does cause harm to some at one point. Would it be pushing it to make him Kohen as well? Thank you

Jewish Monster Character Doing Harm 

At first glance, I would have to say I’m uncomfortable. I think a story can be carefully told with Jewish monsters, and I love monsters so I’m honestly keen to see more of them, but I question some of the choices you seem to be making (or wanting to make), and you may want to question yourself on them as well.

Why do you want to make this character a Kohen? 

What do you think you are bringing to the story by making this character have a special role within Judaism, especially as blood libel accusations were so often against religious figures? 

Why did you choose to make the character Ashkenazi? 

The liturgical traditions of the Ashkenazim solidified in an area of Europe that was infamously happy to levy blood libel accusations.

Avoiding blood libel

If your monsters are cultish, just having your Jewish character be a monster (and therefore associated with them) is flirting with blood libel. If the people your character harms in the story are children, your story is shoulder to shoulder with blood libel. If your character used to eat people, or lusts after blood, or has urges to eat people, your story is unquestionably immersed in blood libel.

It’s good that you want to make your Jewish monster not consume human beings, but I argue, because of our long history of being victimized by blood libel, you would need to put in a lot of extra work beyond that to make sure that you separate your Jewish monster from the others. Having other Jewish characters who aren’t monsters is something, but you will have to show that this monster:

Doesn’t have any urges to consume people

Doesn’t harm children

Isn’t tripping on other canards (powerful, pulling strings, etc)

If you can do that, proceed very cautiously and please do more research on blood libel, Ashkenazi history, and engage multiple sensitivity readers, from multiple Jewish traditions. And definitely don’t make him a Kohen. 

More reading: Blood Libel Wikipedia 

–Dierdra

Your “race” of monsters

OP, what did you mean by a “race” of monsters? How does someone from a specific genetic background (i.e. Ashke) become one of these fictional monsters, in your hypothetical set-up? Because whether they’re born into it or turned that way by being bitten like werewolves or Spiderman, to me if it can happen across all real-world “races” that means the monsters don’t constitute a ‘race’ – sorry if I’m splitting hairs.

Example of handling Jewish Monsters - Cinnamon Blade

As far as the monster himself, I’m pretty much where Dierdra is, but I wanted to walk you through my own logic when I created Captain Werewolf, a side character in Cinnamon Blade. 

I knew writing about a Jewish werewolf could go to some weird places, especially since between him and Cin, he’s the devout one (so to some outsiders he might seem like the “more Jewish” one.) So what I did is to approach it very deeply from the inside: how would a young man developing werewolf powers react, if he was devoutly Jewish? 

This character believes that, even more so than an ordinary human, he has a special obligation to use his supernatural abilities for good. Wolfie takes tikkun olam (repairing the world) very seriously, and the other characters see him as the ultimate Good Dog rather than the out-of-control attacking beast from most werewolf tropes. That is the only way I was comfortable writing a Jewish werewolf, because most werewolves are not as safe as this even when they’re supposed to be good guys. And that would just be too close to blood libel for comfort.

So, yeah. I made him a goody-goody, and deeply observant. This man only works on the Sabbath when it’s a matter of lives at stake – pikuach nefesh meaning that the other rules can be laid aside to save a human life, but given that this is a superhero team in fictional Miami I figure he has to do it a lot. Also, he has a blessing (a ‘bracha’) for his werewolf transformation, which Cinnamon explains to one of the gentile team members who had mistaken it for magic words that caused the transformation.

Cinnamon, in contrast, would be a bad fit for a Jewish character with literal beast powers. She’s got a criminal history, is callous with safety and enjoys adrenaline, and has probably bitten someone despite being 100% human. It’s safer to write a character like her as just a regular human woman.

This having been a long-winded explanation of my thought process that I hope you find helpful, but at the end of the day, looking into blood libel to understand what the magnetic north is that you’re trying to avoid, is the best way to approach this. 

–Shira

[antimony-medusa]

12 for the writing ask?

12. Where do you commonly find inspiration for your stories?

This is very much an answer that every writer gives, but, everywhere? I collect pieces of derivative ideas and then one day they click together into my brain into something new. To go down the list of the last few things I wrote/am plotting.

Totem of Undying: I was sad about not being able to watch the new Leverage and thus I was thinking about Leverage a lot, and I was reading a lot of superpower fics and thinking about my favourite powers, and I was thinking about Technoblade stuck in the prison on the DSMP and what sort of situation would make him willingly go into an imprisonment possibly containing torture outside of the world of the server, and I saw a post about a heist on Las Nevadas, and I was thinking about coffee shop AUs, and then I sat up and went heist fic on las nevadas with inside man and superpowers.

Last Witness: Oh this one was spite and hubris. I was in a conversation about MCD and happy endings, and someone said you couldn't write a MCD happy ending, and I went "oh it would be EASY, I could do it", and then Wolfy was taunting people with angst on their blog with their Hadestown retelling, and I got overfamiliar and asked if they were cool with fixits, and then I stared at my hands and went "oh I just committed to giving a famous tragedy a happy ending what have I done". And then I had to try to write romance w. MCD.

Star Trek AU: To tell you every bit of inspiration would spoil some stuff but I got sad that all the Space AUs I was reading were following the same form and never going for fully automated luxury space communism (i.e. Star Trek), and then I went "bet I could write one that was fun" and then I was watching trek again to research. So this one was spite and hubris too.

Recipe AU: A post about why recipe blogs have to have that blurb at the beginning (it's for copyright protection) and a post about c!Tommy taking up hobbies as a sign of healing, and a post about gaining weight as a sign of healing, and the fact that apparently @7cxrhye and I spawn AUs off of each other's blogs, and suddenly I was looking up cursed recipes that I could make Tommy retell on his new cooking blog (it's poggers).

D&D AU: Okay this one was just punishment from god. I was literally complaining in a server about how I never get story Ideas and then I was struck with lightning from a clear blue sky with the idea of SBI as an epic-level adventuring party, letting me play with the themes of being OP and devotion to gods in those characters' lives. (I do not promise that this one is going to keep those themes to publication, if I even write any of these AUs, as mentioned above part of the impetuous for Totem of Undying was a coffee shop AU and god knows that's barely there now.)

Writing Ask Game, ask me things!

[skywarpshydroflask]

at this point im just skipping thru till i see jazz bc this comic is boring me. smth abt the writing is rly annoying me as well. the story around jazz specifically.

[seven-oomen]

Hi Ben!  I see you’re still enjoying the absolute insanity that has gripped tumblr the last couple of days XD .  As someone who’s been a tumblr lurker for a number of years, this is hysterical enough from my side.  I can’t imagine the sheer ridiculousness of seeing it firsthand.  Virtually every blog I check, no matter if they’ve ever seen a SPN episode or not, has been posting about it.  It is WILD.

I feel like I’m at least a little lucky that I always skewed more ‘lock’ than anything (mainly because my 'who’ took a hard dive into Torchwood and never really recovered), so there’s less emotional flashbacks/richochets/rollercoastering/etc.  (Yes, I did in fact see the news about Sherlock season 5, but I never saw season 4 because of some of the feedback I heard before I got the chance to watch it, so it’ll take something truly impressive to draw me back now.)  Although in a roundabout way Sherlock is what eventually led me to Teen Wolf because of multi-focus blogs, so I guess I can thank it for that.

Work was one of those super fun days where the manager leaving not long after I got there was all “Yeah, it’s been really calm, and both deliveries so far have been small and should be easy to deal with."  So of course, about an hour after he leaves, four more pallets full of stuff show up, so I spent pretty much my whole shift trying to get everything checked in.  On the one hand, yay, less customers, on the other, hauling that shit around in a mask gets hot.

That dish sounds delicious, and definitely better than my sad lunch/dinner at work.  Ngl, I’m extremely jealous.

And omg, the last line post now has me nervous again because there are multiple options of who is saying whatever it is to whom, and all of them hurt.  XD  Also very here for the idea of a pack of three year-olds trying to pull a Parent Trap on their respective dads.  Is there a treehouse or playhouse they can lock them into to talk?  A moment of Jax and Stiles pointing out that they both agree on this, so they should know that it’s serious?  Trying to make them draw or write down why they’re sad, or whatever similar coping skills the dad usually has the kid use?  Trying to take away a treat of some sort/ground them from doing something/etc until they agree to talk to each other?  So many possibilities.

I cackled at that coffee shop guy post, because the sheer obliviousness demonstrated by the op throughout the story is almost the exact energy being displayed by Peter in my fake dating fic and seeing a story of it happening in RL about took me out.  XD

Also, I’m super curious what kinds of rituals you’re planning for the fic.  Good, bad, druidic, wolfy, pack, wedding, birth, sexy, friendship, binding, warding, ???  Inquiring minds want to know (whenever you are ready to share of course.  Inquiring minds can also be patient. ;D )

Oh, a funny moment at work!  I was picking up one of the pallets after I’d emptied it, and there was a knot in one of the boards that I almost knocked out as I grabbed it, and my brain’s immediate thought was "Whoops, almost just popped the knot on that wood”, immediately followed by the thought “Oh god, no, jesus christ, PHRASING, tonight of all nights, no."  (I am super sad that there is no one I work with that I could scream about this with.)

Anyway, I should wrap up because I need to leave for work soon.  Enjoy the continuing thrill ride that is this site, and best of vibes for any writing attempts today!  Take care!  *Hugs!*

Okay I’m gonna add the preview to your fic from your last message to this one so I have it all in one message here. Because after writing over 3K yesterday my brain is just really tired and I keep wanting to nap today. Haven’t done much and replying to two messages is a bit much. 

On the flip side, I did update Final Masquerade today and that chapter is almost 7K long. So yay!

Also, my fucking feelings while writing that. Jesus christ on a pogo stick.

And in the spirit of “Oh, did you say enemies-to-lovers?  Sorry, I heard idiots-to-lovers”, here is another preview from the fake dating fic, because I love this part, and it features the first appearance of Fashion Consultant Peter:

“Peter, what the hell are you doing in my closet?” Noah’s voice sounded like it was thankfully more bemused than annoyed, but Peter knew that it could be a fine line to walk.

“Trying not to cry in despair, for the most part. Why is everything you own at least a size too big and some shade of brown?” Peter called back over his shoulder, still staring at the somewhat neatly organized rainbow of dull, listless neutrals in growing dismay.

“I’m wearing a green shirt right now, asshole, and not all of us are interested in looking like we got squeezed into our clothing by force. Some of us actually acknowledge our age, and try to dress somewhat appropriately. Some of us also understand the value of blending in.”

“Okay, firstly, age, as they say, is just a number. Secondly, there’s trying not to stand out, and there’s just giving up. Though frankly, I’ve never quite put much stock in either.”

“Color me shocked to hear that from someone I’ve seen wear a cardigan like it was an actual shirt on more than one occasion.”

Peter shrugged as he continued to rifle through hangers and peek into storage containers, though he wasn’t certain that Noah could even see him from within the depths of the walk-in. “If you’ve got it, flaunt it.” The sigh that answered him held a level of long-suffering, begrudging patience that Peter was far more used to hearing directed at Stiles than himself.

—–

Why yes, there is indeed a trip suit shopping in the story.  Basically, I am cramming in every random obnoxiously trope-y thing I can remember from the few rom coms I’ve seen.  Also, there is so much food in this story.  Like, it’s ridiculous how often there someone ends up eating something.  I’m not even sure where it came from.

I’ve been reading this multiple times in the last few days, it’s just so cute! 

He’s in the closet huh? Is he gonna come out?

Sorry, sorry, I’ll can it XD 

And honestly, I think Tumblr’s 2012 insanity streak is the only thing keeping me sane right now. Because holy shit what a week.

I never really got into Sherlock myself or Doctor Who. I think I saw one episode of Dr. who (with David Tennant I think) and three episodes of Sherlock because my mom used to watch it.

I saw 12 seasons of Supernatural though, I definitely had an obsession with Destiel and particularly Dean Winchester. Fun fact; Cosplaying Dean made me comfortable enough to come out to my friends as transgender. Because I realized that I couldn't hide my gender even if I tried so hard for over 23 years.

And it was Supernatural that eventually led me to Teen Wolf. Well, that and Grimm, which was also a really fun show and really interesting.

Oh boy, yeah whenever a manager told me that I knew I was gonna be in for a very interesting night. For sure, sucks that you had to do that in a mask though. But on the other hand, no customer interaction does sound like it was a nice break in a way. And OMG I snorted!

It’s a good thing we don’t work together, I feel like the jokes wouldn’t have ended. My god I’m still snickering.

And omg, the last line post now has me nervous again because there are multiple options of who is saying whatever it is to whom, and all of them hurt.  XD  Also very here for the idea of a pack of three year-olds trying to pull a Parent Trap on their respective dads.  Is there a treehouse or playhouse they can lock them into to talk?  A moment of Jax and Stiles pointing out that they both agree on this, so they should know that it’s serious?  Trying to make them draw or write down why they’re sad, or whatever similar coping skills the dad usually has the kid use?  Trying to take away a treat of some sort/ground them from doing something/etc until they agree to talk to each other?  So many possibilities.

I do have a bit of an idea to have them go to the cinema with the kids and make them watch the parent trap, which of course leads to all sorts of shenanigans back at home where Allison and Malia are constantly trying to lock the dads in a room together, aided by Derek and Laura because Malia can’t reach the door handles just yet. Meanwhile Stiles and Jackson are coming up with increasingly elaborate schemes for two three-year-olds that involve their dads being locked in tree houses, sheds, and other places. Not to mention, the kindergarten pact.

And I like to think at some point the wives and Melissa start helping the kids as well. I mean I’d really like to build one giant polyamorous family for this fic.

[serious-sarcastic-roleplayers]

Looking for other roleplayers!

Remaking because we seem to be booped off tags.

Hi there! We’re a roleplay blog looking for new people to roleplay with.

The blog has two admins; Wolfie and Willow. Here’s an introduction from the two. (Once you have read everything please specify which one of us you would like to talk/roleplay with)

__________________________________________

Yo, Wolfie here!~☆ From my post I may seem hip and cool with the kids but I assure you I'm a fleshy, fragile human just like everyone else, heh.

My fandoms: Undertale, Yandere-verse (look up on Tumblr if you need to.)

Format I roleplay in: 1st or 3rd; semi-literate to literate.

What I don’t roleplay: Smut, Drug abuse/mention, self-harm mention. Character A can be depressed but as long as that isn’t their core personality trait it’s fine.

Other stuff to mention: You’re character can be a little overpowered (OP), I don’t mind. But seriously no Mary Sues/Gary Stus and no powerplay/metagaming. Yeah okay very small interactions are allowed like : Person A throws something at Person B and knocks them down. < That’s acceptable, if we talk it over first.| About the yandere one.. I'm only interested in yandere×darling so I'd like it if we both played a yandere for one another's darling, no asking for one-sided yandere actions, please.

__________________________________________

Heh, I guess it’s my turn huh? I’m Willow! I struggle with anxiety along with depression and some major overthinking everything until my mind is screaming- Too deep? Too deep. Got it.

I'm in a bunch of fandoms but, the only fandom I'm really looking for right now is Undertale/AUs. If I start craving anything else I will definitely add it in!

Format I roleplay in: 3rd person. I'm usually more Semi-lit than anything else.

What I don't roleplay: Smut. Extremely detailed gore. If there's anything else I will either tell you or you can ask about specific things- Probably best to ask. I'm not always good at thinking up things that will make me uncomfortable in the moment.

Other stuff to mention: My comfort characters are non-fandom OCs. I am also OC x canon trash. While OCs are my comfort zone, I'd still be willing to double up for things as long as I'm comfortable with the character I'd be playing. I am also someone that really enjoys talking to my roleplay partner, seriously conversations are welcome- even if I suck at them. I have a Discord.. Sometimes that can be easier to use, ask if needed. Besides that I'd love to discuss plots!

__________________________________________ 

If you want to talk to either of us make sure to include who you want to talk to! (ie -message to Wolfie/Willow)

[mistawolfie]

A few ideas/rambles (small hopeful updates on Monster Date Problems)

Hey guys, Wolfie here. I was just wondering if anybody would be interested in reading/supporting a revised/revamped/updated version of Monster Date Problems on Tapastic, maybe even a Patreon to help me do more art stuff? 

I’ve been thinking about this for a long time, but I’ve been chickening out from time to time because of my lack of self-confidence and self-doubt just hindering me from doing anything about it...and I’m just done. I’m just really fucking done with myself cheering others on to do what they love and not being able to cheer myself on because -insert any reason here-. I’m almost writing this out of spite, which I don’t think is a healthy motivation, but it’s a start.

Oh yeah, I’m also doing character designs to (hopefully) make another comic about an OP mom and her 5 (4+shapeshifter) kids. Title still in progress, hold tight y’all. 

Anyways, let me know your thoughts.

MistaWolfie

[dwdelaney-blog]

oct2019

voice recorder notes for oct

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1cEXMWpnsyVePDJBS1YGpo5RpoUp5JLoM

9/1

hart

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gOu54RIG0x4RxanOCxDiGIcad4fxFABkWsy8qwjEey4/edit?usp=sharing

brett k

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TiVwuwz3PebP8A3tl6GrwVRWapNENaDenN0AfRDLtRo/edit?usp=sharing

10/3

Bart - 53yrs old - nyt is saying what no one else will - I cannt make this shit up - something about a guy named sqee - unfuckingbelievable

10/5

Oipr - mrt - gop - spfld - neighbors - cra - res - wild wild thoughts - louisville slugger - txgop - homicidal threats frame - rice - sleep deprivation - tx22 - shim- blount - bunn - hanson - spi dio - vann - stl - usccb - caths are being honest about trophies frame - mm - see also fumc link to hart - mute watchdog - spi ibt 916 - mta - I think the chem is from engines -

People say this guy or that guy is being used as a legal claim to consent - I should talk about them - does it help me - or my case - did I have a case and won - should I worry about ussc - seems like people said that defs lost all appeals - and it doesn't matter - I added the media - to those groups that could stop this thing today if they wanted to - by themselves - w/o the other groups

What can I do to make this stop

date was wrong - today is 10/6

was right about graham saying something he didn't want to say - what she said was true - they knew about it and didn't bring it up - jud comte knew about it - and potus - the people that chose her - rnc - knew it could come up - flatly denied b/c late - near election -

not going to argue whether the behavior in question is disqualifying - chose to lie -

10/14 - saw that pence was in spfld - for panther fundraiser - wanted to read my site on Rodney davis - it was removed - the content was gone - I didn't do it - some things from oct are in the oct file - I have had some other things taken off the page - in the past - the richardhart page and some aiw stuff - the Rodney davis stuff is imp because - rove link - I posted an old file of roddavis onto the page - may also post another copy as separate file -page is at -

https://sites.google.com/site/dwdelaneyroddavis/

-

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UANrVcsCHtArlkJsu4hVZi7ndullRBq3iMYIjZtFObA/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X-2wjwJnuNCvwdSPxJ-oGfQK63hOtxqdXjxs3aM3cO8/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UANrVcsCHtArlkJsu4hVZi7ndullRBq3iMYIjZtFObA/edit?usp=sharing

couldn't find trucksandchem site - this page won't show up on search either -

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zaETZT3tHsCYhLaXPgs3xyOKtX-r6HBd/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzk8QhyFwCORMzA5YTM0YTMtYzMxMC00NTUxLTkxOWEtOTJkM2YwMjVkMDUy/view?usp=sharing

esp - sauerpaul - trucksandchem - mvmvince - roddavis says it's like manna - xa yrs - meth - trucks - boes - clown cars - mta - jasmon - aiw - denzler - barrone - Greco baise vala -

10/19

Devon nunes - dev & nu & es - lenox - downing - young ones - orange peel - ac - operant cond - seymour - kitty - potere - muffler - tx22

10/21

Riggleman - vala - ffa - yrs - thompson - winston - farm bureau - big pharma - fs - brandt specialty formulation - glyphosate - cephus and resse - legally blonde - reese w/ her spoon - saved by the bell - hear dustin dimond is doing porn now - kindred - mood indigo - john coltrane - mess w/ the bull - get the horns - op - mcds poison - good luck jonathon links to shim - rodney - rove - xa renfrow cwlpdir - awoi - cletus - chamber ic is bob marley - mta - boes - jasmon

10/23

Po stops me - sitting next to the road - says trespassing - takes everything out of my pockets - says take ride or jail - take things out of my pockets and won't let me watch them - say look away - threaten - like watching them w/ my things - threatens them - xa po in dc - scso - they don't need a reason

moo - 10/26

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gjSOed2K0qUpSykeBWEeeOHRaobG_p_EpdXHWNzYALk/edit?usp=sharing

10/27

Whigs - ala - preston gates - dod - xa jedi - caci - software - spk - windows - dobie - op - gilligan - top gun - heffe ron - mcds poison - gop - happy days - vince - microsoft windows - they are saying im some kind of spy and that justifies what they are doing to me - they are lying and they know they are lying - they have had access to my subconscious for almost 20 yrs - if they had something they would have used it - they can't kill me - but they keep me sleeping on sidewalks as long as they can - im49 yrs old - they don't want to admit how this started - they don' like me

10/28

Sticfusion - dot - english st - ib - prince - cofer black - stefanski - iema - krusteil - sfd - scso - sleep deprivation - timeline - moved off 3d shift - xa scso jail - mrt - addictionframe - terr frame - bw badgers stic - xa dot pr - ghs - edgar thompson - winston - doj - dod - republican attys - burkhardt - spkattys- usattys - english st neighbor - sportstalk - wolfies - terr frame - chaney - xa servicemaster - chemlon - zito franchises - servicemaster - sheep dip - jeffe ron - lam - po - use the po - vehicle exhaust. - workforce dev - llcc - celletti - cletus - ierc is sleep deprivation - wide awakes - xa hillen pr - rock petraeus optics - sere guy - designated pow enemy combatant - targeted killing list - used mapping to follow - pols - cofer black leaves do - timeline - goes private sector - these guys are busted - thats the timeline

10/29

Timeline - cifa - cunningham - op - top gun - heffe ron - sylvester tweet - lam - usattys - fitz - schaive and a herr cut - zito - ovp celnet - sangamo Schlumberger hou - halliburton - zito franchises chem - team mack - fertilizer - glyphosate - xa servicemaster - sheep dip - mystery machine - 00xa fs - farm bureau - preckwinkle - henkel - crabtree - sleep deprivation - ierc - whigs - smiley - achey - barnum - memo - rock around the clock - charlotte rousse - reticle - haley barber - happy days are here again - steil moved from 3d shift - cofer black leaves do for bw ctc - xa spfld sticfusion - next to dot - prince - mi kjell bc04 - blessing swift - ackerman nelson gibson - rothstein bcso - saathoff steil - pacman - suncuz abramoff - principles - carlyle - erbaci cerone -  urinary tract infection - sembler - addiction - huizenga chigop - terr frame 2001 - note - locations site - xa tx 2004 - spkattyy s - note link from locations to usccb - scooter keychaney - eng st neighbor - sportstalk - carlyle in spi - comc0ast 0- noonan capranica - dutton bonilla - petraeus optics - sere guy - troop surge - libri is civaff - xa ing - 33rd - lincoln - keen sp - 183 fw fuelspecialist - timm lopian - gillete - chem - the 4s - cl&e - cletus - xa hou deps - roth - recruiters stl 10th - mogop - blount - cape charlotte - rummy as rep - chi - h/k - lon chainy -

They knew I wasn't a terrorist

There not fooling anyone w/ that nonsense

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Mental illness frame

Forced “medication”

They are not acting in good faith – I’m not addicted to anything – not suffering from any mental illness – never have been - they are trying to find legal excuses for harassment – they didn’t think they’d get busted

that's why they used the fibro - no marks - it's about the legal - they are going after the criminal intent element -

They need people to lie in order to cover their tracks – but the people they used for the whisper campaign have said who told them to lie about me –

I’m not an addict – and I’m not depressed or crazy – or autistic – or whatever – I’ve got a large group of people intentionally making my life miserable and have for a very long time

Consider also the scsa practice of essentially ignoring the harassment – doesn’t apply to fed charges - because cover is blown – mentioned the names – hall – sgro – lary – anyone that actually knew me - (I’ve filed numerous fed complaints) –

What we’re seeing now is the group of people I don’t know – coming out of the woodwork as heat is raised on them to explain any links to me

Spitzer of GU gone days after I linked him to cellini at SLU

Costa excommunicated days after first mention in fed complaint

been trying to get this into court since 2004 – see “Galveston” site

note esp usccb – H&K – timeline – locations – terr frame – arson frame – noonan – they are trying to cover their tracks –

they wanted someone they could frame up for terr – like ivins – when that fell through they went back to addiction – mental illness frame -

Ron Wojcicki

Ron and ed are brothers –

sarah is ed’s daughter

Ron - Spi dio – uis assoc chancellor – shg coach – shg dir dev -

Ed – uis chancellor – lrs/cis – hanson Infosys – pecori – raj -

Sarah – spi media - ilga gop spks – ilsen gop spks

1986 shg baseball – wojcicki as coach

Chris Steil

Jeff Borski

Rich Minder

Mike Staab

Donnie Hurrelbrink

88 – baseball –

steve weinhoeft

Jeff sauer

Jj Borski

Dave saladino

Jeff swaney

Tom kelty

Addiction frame as cover -

http://sites.google.com/site/dwdelaney21

smear campaign – whisper campaign -

http://sites.google.com/site/dwdelaneylieyouna

background facts – re addiction

http://sites.google.com/site/dwdelaneyaddiction

background on addiction – intervention theory -

http://sites.google.com/site/dwdelaney12

facts deny intervention theory -

http://sites.google.com/site/dwdelaneyanswerstogoodsamaritan

shg – links to spi caths –

kjell at immac – see immac site

see also blessac site for parishioners

cellini – hade – ift –

kjell – Giordano – Hostetler – spfld consulting

note also roscetti as coach – not listed – swim links -

http://sites.google.com/site/dwdelaneyshgcoaches

weinhoeft as scsa – xa Schmidt – milhiser –

http://sites.google.com/site/dwdelaneyscsa

Borski – LHS - coaching – security – mendenhall as schools HR - Petersburg pd – green auto -

http://sites.google.com/site/dwdelaneyborski

hurrelbrink – ankle injury – butter placed on stairs – fibro injury – hall residence

http://sites.google.com/site/dwdelaneyhurrelbrink

saladino – shg coaches – epa hazardous substances – 183 FW

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JUNIORS ARE KEY FOR INEXPERIENCED GRIFFIN

State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL) - Friday, March 28, 1986

Author: Jim Wildrick

When Old Mother Hubbard got to the cupboard, so we're told, she found it bare.

The baseball cupboard may not be bare as

Ron Wojcicki

takes over as Griffin High School coach,

but nobody can accuse the Cyclones of having it overstocked with experience, either.

Griffin was 24-13 under Rick Piatchek last season and has just two experienced position players back -- outfielder Dave Haller and second baseman Chris Steil, although Rich Minder saw considerable duty late in the year.

Add to that the fact that Haller is on crutches and won't play the first two weeks, and there appears to be cause for some concern. But Wojcicki approaches the season with optimism, cautioning not to equate experience with talent/potential.

"We're not going to go out and beat people 12-10," he said. "The games we win will be 4-2 and 3-1. We're gonna have to make things happen with the hit and run, stealing a base and playing good defense.

"We're going to have to rely an awful lot on juniors (more juniors may start than seniors). The sophomores were 17-3 last season. I realize there's a world of difference between that and varsity ball, but I think anybody who thinks playing Griffin will be a cakewalk is mistaken."

WHEN HALLER (.263 last season) recovers from a hamstring pull, he will patrol left field and lead off. Steil (.227) returns at second base and will bat in the third spot.

Shortstop appears set with junior Robbie Fix ("really smooth and good, soft hands," said Wojcicki), while Minder (.352 in 54 at-bats last season) is at third and "has looked very good defensively," said the coach.

The catcher and first base spots are not nearly as settled. "(Juniors) Mike Bolin and Joe Robinson are battling at catcher," said Wojcicki. "Mike has a good, strong stick and will hit with power, while Joe will hit with more consistency. They're about equal defensively.

"First base is wide open. Paul Manca has a good glove and bats left-handed. Mike Staab has shown a good bat, and Jim McMann has been a super contact hitter. And we've toyed with the idea of putting Jeff Borski there when he's not pitching."

Junior Chris Bax and senior Franklin Ferguson are vying for the right field spot, while juniors Donnie Hurrelbrink and Dave Manfredo are center field candidates.

"Hurrelbrink has the good wheels," said Wojcicki. "He'll outrun some balls out there. Manfredo is a good all-around athlete. While Haller's gone, we'll probably start Manfredo in left."

WOJCICKI INHERITS A pitching staff that is minus three who pitched the most innings last year. But again, he sees more than a little potential in the presence of juniors Borski and Tim Hull.

Borski, who shut out Lanphier in City Series play last season, was 3-2 as a sophomore pitching varsity ball, striking out 36 in 29 innings. On the negative side, he finished with a 6.27 earned run average and walked 24. Hull had no decisions in his 9 2/3 innings of varsity work and was 6-2 at the sophomore level. He fanned 13 but had a 7.21 ERA in varsity action.

"They're definitely our No. 1 and No. 2 pitchers," said Wojcicki. "Jeff will throw smoke, but he's also got a nice breaking ball and has been working on a knuckleball. He has a tremendous desire to win and gives you 100 percent all the time.

"He also has better control than he showed last year. At times he tended to overthrow and tried to strike everybody out. We feel pretty good about our defense, and he has to learn to use the people behind him."

Of Hull, Wojcicki commented: "He has a nice sharp breaking pitch. That's his out pitch, though he can bring the ball, too. When he's on with his breaking ball, he can be awfully tough. He's been fooling around with a split-fingered pitch, but he's not really comfortable with it yet."

The No. 3 spot belongs to to first-year senior Matt Folder, with Bax and Minder among others figuring in the plans.

"Matt's a big kid (6 feet 4, 200), and he's a left-hander," said Wojcicki. "He throws pretty hard, and he's got a decent breaking ball. He has had some problems with control, but that's not always all bad. It doesn't hurt to be a little wild."

Griffin is likely to go to No. 3 and then some in May, when the Cyclones have 17 games scheduled (not including potential make-ups) in the first 20 days of the month.

GRIFFIN ROSTER Name Pos. Cl. x-Franklin Ferguson OF Sr. x-Dave Haller OF Sr. x-Paul Manca IF Sr. x-Kent Robinson IF/P Sr. x-

Chris Steil IF Sr. x-

Jeff Borski P/IF Jr. x-

Rich Minder IF/P

Sr. Matt Folder P Sr. Ed Kern OF Sr.

Mike Staab IF

Sr. Chris Bax OF/P Jr. Mike Bolin C/IF Jr. Robbie Fix SS/P Jr. Eddie Gresham IF Jr. Tim Hull P Jr.

Donnie Hurrelbrink OF Jr.

Jim McMann IF/C Jr. Dave Manfredo OF/IF Jr. Joe Robinson C/IF Jr. x -- letterman GRIFFIN SCHEDULE (C - Chamberlain Park, L - Lanphier) Saturday -- At Decatur MacArthur (2) 1 p.m. Wednesday -- Riverton (C) 4 p.m. April 5 -- Jacksonville (2,C) 4 p.m. April 10 -- Maroa-Forsyth (L) 4 p.m. April 15 -- At Quincy 3 p.m. April 16 -- Williamsville (C) 6 p.m. April 18 -- Danville Schlarman (2,L) 4 p.m. April 19 -- Lincoln (2,GHS or LLCC) 11 a.m. April 21 -- Southeast (C) 6 p.m. April 24 -- Lanphier (L) 6 p.m. April 25 -- Chenoa (2,C) 4 p.m. April 28 -- Springfield (L) 6 p.m. May 1 -- Southeast (L) 4 p.m. May 2 -- At Petersburg Porta 4 p.m. May 3 -- At Morton (2) 11 a.m. May 5 -- Lanphier (C) 4 p.m. May 8 -- Springfield (L) 4 p.m. May 9 -- At Chatham Glenwood 4:15 p.m. May 10 -- Washington (2,C) 11 a.m. May 13 -- Decatur Eisenhower (GHS or LLCC) 4:30 p.m. May 16 -- Stephen Decatur (2,C) 4 p.m. May 17 -- Joliet Catholic (2,C) 6 p.m. May 18 -- Joliet Catholic (2,L) 1 p.m. May 20 -- Mount Zion (C), 4 p.m.

MAKING THE PITCH FROM MUSIC MAN TO MONEY MAN AT SHG, RON WOJCICKI STILL . . .

State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL) - Thursday, May 23, 1996

Author: JIM WILDRICK STAFF WRITER

The license plate tells it like it is: "Woisme 1." The car belongs to Coach Wo, a k a Ron Wojcicki , the baseball coach at

Sacred Heart-Griffin High School.

His is not an unusual story. Heck, schools name their band director varsity baseball coach all the time. And a coach winning the state tournament in his second season is commonplace, too.

Then the baseball coach is put in charge of fund raising, though he has no previous experience in that field. Music man Wojcicki passed the baton, became money man and is director of development at SHG. But let's start back where it all began. Wojcicki served two years as freshman-sophomore coach under Rick Piatchek before being named head man. He remembers well his first day on the job.

"They introduced me to the team as the new coach and you could almost hear the snickers," Wojcicki recalls. "You could almost hear the kids thinking, `The band director is our new coach? We've sunk to a new low here.' " That was a decade and 210 victories ago. It also was a state championship and three straight state tourney appearances ago.

Wojcicki, a St. Louis native who landed his first teaching position at New Berlin, became a coach without having played competitively in college. But that didn't mean he wasn't a student of the game.

Ask him how he formulated his coaching philosophies, and Wojcicki says his ears have been crucial.

"By listening a lot," he says. "I talk to a lot of people, go to a lot of clinics. It's amazing what you can learn just by listening. My dad always said it's better to be thought a fool than open your mouth and prove it."

There's nothing foolish about the SHG program or Wojcicki's approach to the game. But there have been some things that seem borderline silly in retrospect. Like the dropped fly ball that made all the difference when the Cyclones won the state championship in 1987. Then there was 1988. The ledger shows Griffin finished 20-20 that year, but the final loss didn't come until the quarterfinals of the state tourney, a 4-2 setback to Chicago Marist.

Griffin/SHG was a perennial power in the late '80s, and Wo says talent wasn't all there was to it.

"Today, there is something of a (Chatham) Glenwood mystique," Wojcicki says. "There was a Griffin mystique back then. I mean, we'd show up to play and be two runs ahead before the first pitch was thrown."

Wojcicki became director of development at SHG in the fall of 1991. "I got wind that Father (Robert) Erickson (then in charge of development) was leaving and I felt I had reached the point where I needed another challenge.

"I liked the school and wanted to do something more to help. Sister Kathleen Anne was about to become principal, so I called one day and asked for an appointment.

"She didn't know why I wanted to see her. It turns out she thought I was going to tell her I was quitting. I told her I'd like to be considered for the development job, that though I had no background in that area that I thought I could still do something to help the school."

Leaving the music behind was not easy for Wojcicki. If you doubt the importance of music in his life, consider that he still remembers Sept. 4, 1957, as the date he took his first piano lesson. And his college courses at MacMurray consisted of 71 hours of music.

It would seem now that a musical ear would not be as important to Wojcicki as a big set of choppers, with which to put the bite on people.

"We're involved in a variety of projects," he says with a smile. "Just today, for instance, we're bringing sixth-graders in for a visit to let them see what we're all about. And we work with alumni and so forth."

But . . . "The bottom line in this office is the bottom line. Our job is to bring in funds for the school," he says.

So serious is Wojcicki about that job that he took a leave of absence from baseball during the $2 1/2 million Capital Campaign of 1993. "That was very hard," Wojcicki says. "There just weren't enough hours in the day to do justice to both jobs, so Jim Torricelli took over baseball and did an outstanding job."

The Cyclones will always play aggressively under Wojcicki, who may utilize the suicide squeeze more than any three coaches you know. And there will always be discipline.

There are those who say Wojcicki is not the easiest coach for whom to play. He smiled at the suggestion.

"I had a kid come up to me this year and say, `Coach, it's not as bad as they say. Everyone always talks about how many rules you have, but it's not that bad,' " Wojcicki says.

"Look, anyone who tells you he doesn't want people to like him is lying. Yeah, I'd say I'm a pretty strict disciplinarian. I'm well aware not all the players like me or all the parents, for that matter.

"If you can't accept that, you can't coach. That's just something that comes with the territory. I try to be honest with everybody."

Jeff Borski, one of the stars of the 1987 championship team, recalls Wojcicki as a demanding coach but a fair person.

"Everything was by the book," Borski says. "It was very fundamental. You were expected to get the job done. If a guy reached, you had to move him to second. Moving runners up was what it was all about."

Borski's star status didn't preclude his getting on the wrong side of his coach a time or two.

"I never had a real problem with him, but I do remember him not starting me in a game as a punishment," Borski recalls. "Donnie Hurrelbrink and I were late for batting practice one day. We lived out on the north end, got caught behind a train and showed up for 3:15 batting practice at like 3:18. "So we didn't start the next game. I was mad, I'll admit. I was the type of guy who was never late. If it wasn't for the train, I would have been there in plenty of time. But with coach Wojcicki, at least you knew what to expect. The rules were the rules."

How much longer can folks expect to see Wojcicki's lanky frame in an SHG baseball uniform? "That's crossed my mind. I don't think the end is in sight," he replies. "My family (wife Karen, son Brian and daughter Lauren) is extremely important to me, and my wife has as many extracurriculars as I do. For the three months of baseball season, we leave each other a lot of notes. I couldn't do the job if she weren't so understanding.

"I haven't reached the point yet where I feel it's time to get out. I'm still getting a lot of enjoyment from watching them grow, not just as baseball players but as people. I get a kick out of watching them develop."

Which is only fitting for a baseball coach-director of development.

Caption: Wojcicki became director of development for SHG in 1991. "The bottom line in this office is the bottom line," he says. "Our job is to bring in funds for the school." Ron Wojcicki has coached SHG baseball teams to 210 victories and a state championship over the last decade.

WOJCICKI STEPS DOWN . . . FOR NOW SHG BASEBALL COACH TAKING LEAVE OF ABSENCE

State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL) - Friday, January 8, 1993

Author: JIM WILDRICK STAFF WRITER

For at least the 1993 baseball season, Sacred Heart-Griffin High School's baseball program will have a new leader.

Ron Wojcicki , who has coached the Cyclones the past seven years, is taking what amounts to a leave of absence because of increased duties as the school's director of development.

And that means Jim Torricelli, a Springfield High School graduate who has been on Wojcicki's staff the last three years, will serve as head coach for the coming season.

"Come late spring or the end of the school year, I hope to be able to make an assessment of whether I'll be able to come back based on my work load," Wojcicki, 41, said Thursday night.

"A lot of days last year, I'd go back to work after baseball and work till 11 or so. But the way the job looked, it looked like I would be able to do it (continue coaching) this year.

"It wasn't an easy decision. It's something I enjoy doing, and giving it up -- even temporarily -- comes with regret. But it's something Sister Kathleen Ann (SHG principal) and I have been talking about the last month. We knew we had to make a decision by the first of the year or so.

"If I thought the job wouldn't ease up down the road, I would just step aside completely at this time, but there are indications the load may lighten up."

Wojcicki notified his players of his decision Thursday. And while he says he won't be a stranger at practice, he made it clear it's now Torricelli's show.

"I talked the situation over with Jim, and he said he'd be more than happy and honored to take the job on an interim basis for now," said Wojcicki, whose job entails overseeing all school fundraising activities and special events.

"I still want to try to stay as involved as I can, just coming to practice and being an extra pair of eyes. I have all the confidence in the world that Jim will do a good job, but I want to help him out however I can. Still, it will be his team, his game, his program, his shots to call."

Wojcicki's team won the Class AA State Tournament in 1987, the first of three straight state appearances by the Cyclones. o BUSCH BOUND: For the third straight year, SHG will play at Busch Stadium against St. Francis Borgia of Washington, Mo.

Wojcicki said the Cyclones are scheduled to play Borgia, whom they have beaten twice, on May 16. The game will follow that Sunday's game between St. Louis and the Florida Marlins and will start around 4 p.m.

WOJCICKI DENIES RETIREMENT RUMORS

State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL) - Sunday, April 2, 2000

Author: PAUL KEUP STAFF WRITER

Rumors have Sacred Heart-Griffin High School coach RON WOJCICKI retiring at the end of the season.

Wojcicki, however, plans to stay.

"I guess I'm kind of glad you asked me that only because I also heard that two years ago," Wojcicki says. "It's not my last year. I think people are kind of guessing it's my last year because my son (BRIAN) is a senior. They figure because he's a senior, it would be a good time to leave."

It is not the first time Wojcicki has heard this type of rumor.

"It's the same thing with (SHG football coach) KEN LEONARD," Wojcicki says. "When his son, DEREK, graduated two years ago, everybody said Ken was leaving with him. I've already heard that because Ken's youngest son is a junior."

SHG coach leaves with good memories

State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL) - Sunday, May 7, 2000

Author: BUFORD GREEN STAFF WRITER

Sacred Heart-Griffin High School baseball coach Ron Wojcicki will soon be leaving his post to go into the private sector after 19 years at the school. He will be departing with a host of good memories.

Wojcicki announced Thursday that he has resigned as SHG director of development and baseball coach, a few hours before his Cyclones went out and snapped a seven-game losing streak with an impressive 11-1, five-inning victory over a strong Southeast club in the City Series.

"I told the team that that was real Cyclones baseball,'' said Wojcicki. "As coaches, we can only put them in the position to win. That was really nice to see last night.''

SHG has at least three weeks left under Wojcicki's tutelage before he ends a period of 16 years, two as junior varsity coach and 14 as varsity coach, with one year off in the middle. After the win Thursday, Wojcicki's teams were 287-168.

His stay at the school got off to an impressive start.

After two seasons as junior varsity coach, Wojcicki's second varsity team captured the Class AA state title in 1987, culminated with a 9-1 victory over Barrington in the title game at Lanphier Park, to finish 37-4.

"That was a special group of kids,'' recalled Wojcicki. "I had coached those seniors as freshmen and sophomores and knew them well personally and ability-wise. We made it back to state the following two years, losing in the quarterfinals both times. In 1988, we started postseason 16-19 and finished 20-20, and in 1988 we were 24-12. In '88, people kept asking what was wrong, but I kept saying there was nothing wrong, that we were playing a very touch schedule.

"Those three years were among the highlights, but I guess I think about highlights of individual kids who went on to start at four-year schools, and we had players like Jeff Borski, Andy Thompson, Andy Danner and Mike Pilger play some professional ball.

"I think some people think of Sacred Heart-Griffin athletically as football and volleyball, but people might be amazed at the number who have left here and went on to play college baseball. Right now, we have six former players at Lincoln Land (Community College), four at SCI (Springfield College in Illinois), one at Kentucky Wesleyan and one at Illinois Wesleyan, as well as another at Rose-Hulman. That's really pretty typical. I am very proud of the players I have had the opportunity to coach. They have taught me a lot and I hope I have taught them some.''

Wojcicki will start work for the LRS computer firm in Springfield in mid-July. It was an opportunity he couldn't pass up.

"I want to stress that there was absolutely no problem with the school. I am leaving with good thoughts, and that's what made this a difficult decision. After 10 years as band director and nine years as development director, it is tough to leave.''

Caption: Ron Wojcicki is finishing his 16th and final year with the SHG baseball program.

Wojcicki 87/88

GRIFFIN CLAIMS STATE CROWN

State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL) - Saturday, June 13, 1987

Author: Jim Ruppert

A season that looked like it would end in sure nightmare two weeks ago concluded as an impossible dream Friday night at Lanphier Park.

Griffin High School, down to its last out in the first game of the regional before a dropped fly ball opened the door for an extra-inning victory, captured the Class AA State Baseball Tournament title Friday night with a 9-1 victory over Barrington, trying to become the first team to repeat as the state baseball champion since Des Plaines Maine won back-to-back crowns in 1958 and 1959. "People keep saying maybe we were destined," Griffin's second-year Coach Ron Wojcicki said. "We got some luck. We got some breaks. But this is a good group of ballplayers."

The Cyclones finished 37-4 and won the school's second state baseball title. The 1964 Griffin team, coached by Dick Murawski, beat Skokie Niles 6-5 on a suicide squeeze bunt in the bottom of the seventh inning.

These Cyclones claimed the second state baseball title in city history -- Griffin was second in 1982 and Springfield was second in 1985 -- in much less dramatic fashion. Griffin scored eight runs in the second inning and let tournament most valuable player Jeff Borski do the rest. The eight runs in one inning set a Class AA State Tournament record.

The key blow in the second was Mike Bolin's leadoff home run on an 0-1 pitch. It was the third home run by Bolin, who picks his spots well. His other two homers came in Griffin's City Series title game victory over Springfield and in the 10th inning of what turned out to be a 7-6 Griffin win over Lincoln in the first game of the sectional.

"The thing I'll remember is when we were lining up before the game," Wojcicki said. "Joe Handley (an assistant coach) said to me, `Did you see Bolin's eyes?' Bolin was ready to play. All that we needed was some spark."

The Cyclones scored the next seven runs after two were out. Following Bolin's homer, all-tournament designated hitter Jim McMann grounded out to third, the only time in 11 tournament appearances he didn't reach safely. McMann's .857 batting average (6-for-7) set a state tournament record.

Chris Bax then got the first of his three singles, and Donnie Hurrelbrink walked. Robbie Fix struck out for the second out, but No. 9 hitter Ed Gresham then singled to load the bases. Terry Williams' infield single drove in Bax, and Borski 's bases-loaded walk made it 3-0. Dave Manfredo then singled in the infield, and when third baseman Byron Bradley made a bad throw, Gresham and Williams both scored.

Barrington Coach Kirby Smith then removed losing pitcher Brian Hynds in favor of James Wambach, and Bolin walked to re-load the bases. McMann's bloop double between right fielder Tony Mensik, secondbaseman Brett Plaskas and first baseman Doug Raymond drove in runs No. 7 and 8. "The home run got us going," Wojcicki said. "The double is what did them in."

When asked if he thought things might have been different had McMann's ball been caught, Smith looked at the scoreboard and said: "It would have been 5-1 instead of 9-1." Griffin had, indeed, cornered the momentum.

"They hit the ball, we made some mistakes," Smith said. "That's the way the game goes.

"They hit a home run, we walked a couple guys, had a couple miscues . . . there were a couple ground balls we could have caught . . . that's the way it is."

Griffin's march to the title was not marked by eight-run innings. It was a scrappy team that specialized in killing you softly. The big inning surprised even Wojcicki.

"Never in my wildest dreams did I think we'd get eight runs in one inning against Barrington," Wojcicki said. "And couple that with the thought we'd hold Barrington to one . . . no, we never thought that would happen.

"We watched Barrington this afternoon. We knew they were good. Look at the averages . . . .490, .451, .419 . . . " But Borski was able to cool the Broncos' bats if not render them useless. He retired the side in order in only the second and fourth innings, but he permitted just two runners past second base, both in the third, when Barrington (31-5) scored its run. But by then the Cyclones were in charge.

The Broncos got two hits in the first inning, but a double play started by third baseman Robbie Fix got Borski out of trouble.

In the third, Borski struck out the first two batters -- he finished with five strikeouts -- but with leadoff man Brett Plaskas at bat, catcher Bolin dropped a foul popup for an error, and Plaskas got his second of four hits when given second life.

Adam Sobocienski then singled, and Mike Bradley's single delivered the only run. Cleanup hitter Dan Wilson, who came in with a .451 average and as the Chicago Sun-Times Player of the Year, then grounded out to shortstop to end the inning.

"We were going to stay with Borski as long as we could," Wojcicki said.

Borski then retired nine of the next 11 batters he faced while the Cyclones scored their ninth run in the fourth on a single by Bolin, a walk to McMann and a single by Bax.

In the seventh, with most of the crowd of 2,145 on its feet, Borski walked Marty Brauch leading off. He then got pinch hitters Scott Hopkins and Chris Thompson looking at strike three. Plaskas singled, but the end came when Sobocienski grounded to second baseman Dennis Kracik, who flipped to shortstop Manfredo at second.

" Borski pitched a very good game," Smith said. "We came up a little bit short.

" Borski 's the MVP of the tournament. That's a fine team."

It was the first time since the tournament came to Lanphier Park in 1979 a city school has won the title. A home-field advantage? "It didn't hurt them," Smith said.

"We felt that way," Wojcicki said. "I'd like to say the crowd surprised me, but no, it didn't surprise me. Griffin supports its teams."

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Five Griffin players were named to the team, selected by the media covering the tournament: Borski as the pitcher, Fix as the third baseman, Hurrelbrink and Williams in the outfield and McMann as the designated hitter.

Three Barrington players were on the team: second baseman Plaskas, outfielder Mike Bradley and catcher Wilson. Galesburg's Guy Goodman was the first baseman, Belleville East's Brian Gibson was the shortstop and John Velino was one of the outfielders, and Burbank St. Laurence's Frank Jablonski was the other pitcher.

Caption: Class AA state tournament Most Valuable Player Jeff Borski , right, celebrates championship with Griffin teammates. Story about Griffin's semifinal win is on Page 15.

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1.    Raj Mohanty

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Director Of. Operations at Hanson Information Systems, Inc.

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Springfield, Illinois Area | Information Technology and Services

Director Of. Operations at Hanson Information Systems, Inc.

Levi, Ray & Shoup gives new dimension to sports play reviews

Division of company lands 3D MVP contract

By TIM LANDIS

BUSINESS EDITOR

Published Sunday, December 30, 2007

This is serious sports business. A spinning, crashing, virtual 3D running back breaks through the line, employs a little deft footwork and a burst of speed, and in a matter of seconds, he's dancing in the end zone.

SJ-R.com Video: LRSSports 3D MVP football software

OK, it's a gearhead's video-gaming dream.

But it's not one you're likely to find on even the widest of wide-screen televisions anytime soon or projected on the wall of your teenager's basement game room, surrounded by bags of chips and crunched-up soda cans.

"My job is to report we're getting predictable, and don't you think our opponents know that?" said Travis Martinsen, simulating the thoughts of a simulated coach watching a 3D MVP post-game simulation.

Prior to joining Levi, Ray & Shoup of Springfield two years ago, Martinsen was the "technology guy" for the Cornhuskers of the University of Nebraska. His job basically was to break down game video into high-tech bits and bytes that football coaches could use to analyze the smallest detail of individual plays.

LRS, a consulting and technology company founded in Springfield in 1979, recently signed an exclusive deal with 3D MVP to market the sports technology company's Play Visualizer software to professional and collegiate sports programs.

The NFL's Baltimore Ravens became the first team to purchase the software. The cost is $50,000 to $150,000 per station, depending on the program.

Football and basketball teams are the primary marketing targets, though the software can be customized for other sports.

LRSSports has marketed digital video-editing programs to professional, collegiate and high school teams for a decade. The primary product lines, Ultima and Gamer, allow users to store post-game data for play analysis and "tendency reports" on opposing teams.

LRSSports manager Ron Wojcicki said the

3D MVP programs take that high technology to another level by allowing coaches to

view individual plays and players from any angle in 3D.

Even skin colors and uniform colors can be manipulated.

"In the old days, we would hang the game films on nails, and say, 'This is the frame we want to see,'" said Wojcicki, who coached junior varsity and varsity baseball at Sacred Heart-Griffin High School in Springfield from 1984 to 2000, when he joined LRS.

But advances in technology have contributed to the intense competition for an edge come game day — although old-fashioned clipboards still can be seen on the sidelines at professional and college games.

"It is illegal to use video and other electronic equipment in the course of a game on the sidelines," Wojcicki said, although the NBA allows coaches to review video at halftime.

In September, the NFL fined New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick $500,000 for the team's use of a video camera to spy on an opponent's defensive signals. The team also was fined $250,000 and had to give up a draft pick next year.

The primary uses of virtual software are training, scouting opponents and game-strategy sessions without risking injuries to players. Digital simulation also is used by the military and in medicine.

Ravens players even wear three-dimensional goggles to analyze their reactions to specific plays and from a variety of angles.

"Coaches will spend hours watching the first and second steps of a back," said Martinsen.

The programs also allow coaches and players to crunch the numbers on opposing formations — to determine, for instance, if opponents tend to run or pass in certain situations.

"There are no guarantees, but you can see that 80 percent of the time if they're in this formation, they're going to run," Martinsen said.

The primary difference between the 3D sports technology and high-end video games is that coaches can manipulate players to run virtual plays from beginning to end.

Wojcicki and Martinsen said the next step is probably a helmet or other high-tech headgear that will allow athletes to step directly into simulated 3D game situations, without the need of terminals and video screens.

"It'll be a total virtual reality, where the player can put a helmet on and go into a room and practice," Martinsen said.

But even the biggest fans point out that virtual reality software is simply a teaching tool. There's still plenty of room for old-fashioned repetition and on-the-field, in-your-face practice, as well as human error, come game time.

"Does this form of training actually work?" Ravens assistant offensive line coach Greg Roman asked during a Baltimore Sun interview.

"There's always good technology to throw at a problem, but it doesn't mean you solve the problem. Just because your shoe can now tell you how far you ran as an athlete doesn't mean you run better. It's just a tool, so it still comes back to how it's used, how it's implemented."

Travis Martinsen

West Coast Account Executive

A sales representative with football experience or video editing familiarity is a necessity in this industry; Travis has them both. He played football for Portland State University and was a graduate assistant for three seasons following his playing career. During his time as a graduate assistant, his duties included all video responsibilities.

Prior to joining LRS® Sports, Travis gained video experience as the

Assistant Video Coordinator for the

University of Nebraska.

Travis came on board with LRS Sports as a Video Solutions Consultant, where he helped guide the development of our products. He transitioned into sales in 2008 and is working alongside coaches on the West Coast.

PHONE: 217-725-2810

EMAIL: Travis.Martinsen@lrs.com

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KEVIN CORNWELL

Eastern Account Executive

If you want to talk with a rep who understands software AND sports, then Kevin’s your man. Having worked for IBM for 10 years after attending North Carolina State University, Kevin knows his stuff. Not your stereotypical IBM-er, Kevin played football and wrestled during school and

now runs marathons

and participates in triathlons.

This guy is the best of both worlds – sports and technology.

Kevin joined LRS® Sports in 2001 and works with schools up and down the East Coast.

PHONE: 404-825-2030

EMAIL: Kevin.Cornwell@lrs.com

Bankers welcome record car sales - Volume of loans zooms in summer

Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The (GA) - Thursday, August 4, 2005

Author: PERALTE C. PAUL

Kevin Cornwell hadn't planned to buy a new truck when he took his Chevrolet Blazer in for routine maintenance.

But the 35-year-old Smyrna salesman left the dealership owning two -- the Blazer and a 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe. His enticement was General Motors' wildly popular pay-what-employees-pay promotion, which cut about $5,000 from the Tahoe's sticker price.

Cornwell and thousands of other new car buyers have been a boon to Detroit automakers, whose discounts successfully lured shoppers into showrooms. U.S. automakers sold a record 1.8 million cars and light trucks in July, up 16 percent from the same period last year.

But the pay-what-we-pay discount has been beneficial to bankers as well, who say they are seeing dramatic increases in auto loans, which can make up to 15 percent of their total loan portfolios.

Charlotte-based Wachovia, for example, said auto loan volume rose 28 percent nationwide in June. In Georgia, volume was up 42 percent.

"It's a pleasant surprise," said Bill Linginfelter, chief executive officer of Wachovia's Georgia operations. Once July's results are tallied, he expects Wachovia's auto loan volume in the state to have jumped an additional 30 percent.

Atlanta-based SunTrust Banks, the nation's fourth-largest auto lender among banks, said auto loan volume jumped 30 percent in July, the best showing in 18 months.

Alpharetta-based NetBank said it financed $49.7 million in new auto loans in June, up more than 28 percent from the same month in 2004.

The Internet-only bank said the June results were its best since it began offering auto loans in April 2003.

GM, the first of Detroit's Big Three to launch the sales come-on, ended the wide-scale promotion Monday but will keep the offer on select 2005 models until they sell. Ford is continuing its promotion through early September. DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler Group is expected to keep its offer through the end of August.

Japanese automakers, who generally have had fewer difficulties, didn't offer the same deals. But that didn't stop some of them from posting record sales gains in July.

Mark Pregmon, senior vice president of consumer lending at SunTrust, said he expects the loan trends to continue even if there is a slowdown in auto sales.

That's because Detroit automakers did away with the zero percent financing deals that were so popular two years ago. To spur sales after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, domestic automakers hawked zero percent loans through their financing subsidiaries.

Only the most creditworthy consumers qualified for that deal, but the Big Three also offered beneficial interest rates for other would-be buyers -- usually better than what banks offered.

But automakers borrowed money to fund those promotions.

Since March, Standard & Poor's and other firms have lowered credit ratings on the debt Detroit automakers are carrying, making it more expensive for them to finance these loans.

"They've got all the debt they can handle," SunTrust's Pregmon said of the automakers' financing subsidiaries. "They can't afford it."

Indeed, GM, the world's largest automaker, said last week it will sell $55 billion of its car loan portfolio to Bank of America over the next five years.

"One of the key reasons banks are seeing better loan volume is that the big auto companies cannot be aggressive on loan pricing since they saw credit ratings cut back," said Christopher W. Marinac, a banking analyst with FIG Partners in Atlanta. "Lower credit ratings mean higher cost of debt when Ford and GM issue debt securities. So, the banks are now seeing better volume."

Dan Sullivan

Northeast Account Executive

Dan comes to LRS Sports with 12 years of college football coaching experience at seven different schools. He began his coaching career at his alma mater, Loras College in 1997. Dan then had stops at Drake ’98, Lafayette ’99, Illinois Wesleyan ’00-’01, Southwest Minnesota State ’02, and The University of Chicago ’03-’04. His coaching career concluded at

Eureka College where he was the head football coach from ’05-’08.

Dan joined LRS Sports in 2009 and now works with coaches in the Northeast. He earned his B.A. degree from Loras College in ’97 and his M.S. from

Illinois State University in ’01.

PHONE: 217-303-6327

EMAIL: Dan.Sullivan@lrs.com

Sales mgr for LRS sports

RON Wojcicki

Ron Wojcicki

Director of Development

Phone: 217.206.7075

wojcicki.ron@uis.edu

I am responsible for identifying potential donors to help the four colleges:

Business and Management

Education and Human Services

Liberal Arts and Sciences

Public Affairs and Administration

I am also responsible for Student Affairs.

Through my work, I want to maximize the experience that the UIS students enjoy both in and out of the classroom. With public funding diminishing, more emphasis is placed on private funding for both endowed and current use scholarships. There continues to be a need of financial support for faculty, academic departments and facilities as well as the many activities for the students.

Education

      MacMurray College (Jacksonville, IL) – Bachelors of Music in Music Education and Piano Performance

      University of Illinois (Urbana, IL) – Masters of Science in Music Education

Two professors who had a profound influence on me were Dr. Henry Busche at MacMurray and Dr. Charles Leonard at Illinois. Both taught me through their words and actions to be well grounded and balanced in life. They also confirmed that education is truly a lifelong and very rewarding process.

Work Experience

      New Berlin, IL School District – Band Director

      Griffin/Sacred Heart-Griffin High School (Springfield, IL) – Band Director, Baseball Coach, Director of Development

      Levi, Ray & Shoup (Springfield, IL) –

      Sales, marketing and manager in the Sports and EOM divisions

      Hanson Information Systems (Springfield, IL) – Sales and marketing

Why I am excited about being at UIS

I believe in the value of formal and informal education. I believe that the goal of UIS becoming one of the top five small, public liberal arts universities in the United States is achievable. There is certainly a niche market for this. Being associated with the University of Illinois infrastructure and the capital city of Springfield makes it a very attractive institution of higher education to attract students from not only the state of Illinois but also the country and the world. I believe the new leadership of the university will make this possible.

Personal background

My wife, Karen, is a special education teacher in the Rochester School District.

We have two children: Brian, an attorney in Chicago, and Lauren, a physical therapy graduate student in Peoria.

Ed wojcicki

Ron and ed

are brothers -

Wojcicki is spi dio spks – note daughter as cross spks -

Xa smarjesse in peoria –

UIS assoc chancellor

Writes book about “acting in good faith” –

where main character suffers from depression

Xa mental illness frame – still pushing the cover – after all this time

OBITUARIES: Luke Joseph Wojcicki

State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL) - Thursday, October 7, 2010

ST. LOUIS, MO – Luke Joseph Wojcicki , 89, of St. Louis, died Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010 in St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield, MO.

Survivors include his wife Bernice, of St. Louis; five sons: Ted, St. Charles, Mo.;

Ron (Karen), Rochester;

Steve (Sue), Merritt Island, Fla.;

Ed (Sally), Springfield;

and Frank (Julie), Denver; nine grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

Sarah –

is spks for CROSS

Bernard Schoenburg: There will be new faces on Springfield Park Board

State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL) - Thursday, November 18, 2010

Author: Bernard Schoenburg staff writer

At least a partial changing of the guard is on the way at the Springfield Park Board.

Two incumbents — WILLIS "BILL" LOGAN and JIM FULGENZI — are not seeking new terms. And at least two candidates for those jobs have emerged — TED FLICKINGER, retired president of the Illinois Association of Park Districts, and

SARA WOJCICKI ,

press secretary for

Illinois House GOP Leader TOM CROSS.

Logan, 66, is finishing two decades on the board. He is a former director of community development for the city of Springfield and is now a co-chair of the mayoral campaign of former Springfield Mayor Mike Houston, for whom he worked at the city.

Logan also headed the Springfield Housing Authority and worked on housing programs under Gov. JIM EDGAR at the state's commerce department.

"I think I've accomplished a lot over a 20-year period," Logan said of his time on the park board. "It's time for some different kinds of voices now that may be needed."

He called the development of Dreamland Park on the Springfield's east side a "great venture." Southwind Park is open, and though it's not all finished yet, he said, it will prove to be great for the city. He also said bike trails and dog parks are new additions popular with their users.

Logan remains involved in the community, in part as vice president of the Citizens Club of Springfield.

Fulgenzi, 42, is completing his second four-year term on the park board. He's a real estate broker and homebuilder.

"As much as I love what I'm doing there, it's a volunteer position," he said of the park board.

"I'm sure that you've read the news that my business is more challenging now than in recent years. It requires more of my time."

Fulgenzi is also the married father of three young children.

A Republican as is Logan, Fulgenzi said politics "really doesn't come into play much on what we're doing." He gives lots of credit to the founders of the older parks in the city, including Washington, Lincoln, Iles and Enos, because their foresight has made life better for local residents for generations. He says the city still needs to emphasize setting aside land for parks, which now number more than 40 throughout the district.

"The more green space we have, the more opportunities we have for the community," he said.

Flickinger, 66, said parks are "kind of in my blood," after his half-century of working in the field.

"It's a volunteer job, but I think with my background and experience ... I can add a lot of expertise to the team, to the board," Flickinger said.

Flickinger has undergraduate and master's degrees in parks and recreation administration from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and a doctorate in natural resources management from Ohio State University. He was a regional director of the National Recreation Park Association before spending 30 years as president of the Springfield-based Illinois Association of Park Districts.

Flickinger has been on the board of the Springfield Parks Foundation, and said he would work for better communication between that foundation and the elected board. He'd like to see more programming in the parks and hopes to make such programs self-sufficient.

"Recreation is a lot of different things to different people," Flickinger said. He said he would work closely with other organizations. In Rockford, for example, park board leaders meet monthly with organizations such as the Boys and Girls Clubs and the Y to ensure all are working together.

Wojcicki, 31, a former reporter for WICS-TV, has worked for Cross since 2009. She's also a Republican precinct committeeman.

"I think this is a great opportunity to get more involved in the community," Wojcicki said. "I grew up in Springfield and lived only a block away from Iles Park and now live just a few blocks from Washington Park. ... If I am elected, I plan to work very hard to represent the residents of Springfield and help make the parks and other programs the board oversees the most efficient and best they can be."

The president of the park board is elected separately from the six trustees, whose terms are staggered. Three trustee seats are up this year.

Ed/sarah –

University of Illinois Alumni Association sets dinner

State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL) - Monday, October 24, 2005

The University of Illinois Alumni Association will sponsor an Alumni Celebration Dinner on Friday, Nov. 4, starting with a reception at 5:30 p.m. in the Sangamon Auditorium lobby, Public Affairs Center at the University of Illinois at Springfield.

Alumni, friends of the university, and members of the community are invited to attend.

Celebrating the campus's 35th anniversary,

father and daughter

alumni Ed and Sara Wojcicki

will host the candlelight dinner.

Alumni achievement, service, and loyalty awards will be presented to Donna Sollenberger, Mary Rechner, Trudy Malkey, Peggy Mayfield and Denise Yates. Also featured will be reminiscences of 35 years of campus life, displays of campus memorabilia and musical entertainment by alumna Becky Watts, Joan Sestak, Denise Yates, Ann Collins, and Barbara Burkhardt.

The 'corruption tax' - Governor's mistakes prove costly to taxpayers

Illinois Times (Springfield, IL) - Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Author: R. L. Nave

Being a national laughingstock has been bad enough. Sadly we've gotten used to the leadership vacuum that exists among state elected officials. But now Gov. Rod Blagojevich's most recent legal troubles are really starting to hit Illinoisans where it hurts: in the state treasury.

Long before Blagojevich and his chief of staff John Harris were taken into custody and charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and other crimes, Illinois was already struggling financially.

The governor's arrest only made money matters worse. "It's not just causing uncertainty; it's causing real money problems," says Sara Wojcicki ,

a spokeswoman for

state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias.

Bernard Schoenburg: Quinn aide: Collaboration is key

State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL) - Sunday, March 8, 2009

Author: THE STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER

…

New job for Wojcicki

SARA WOJCICKI , 29, of Springfield, will be the new spokeswoman for House Republican Leader TOM CROSS of Oswego.

A longtime television reporter, including for WICS-TV in Springfield, Wojcicki joined the press staff of Democratic state Treasurer ALEXI GIANNOULIAS in February 2008. Crossing the partisan line isn't often seen among staff, but Wojcicki said her experience as a reporter helps.

"Being in the news business I came to respect people on both sides of the aisle," Wojcicki said. She considers the move a switch from "working for one really good person to another."

TIME FOR A CHANGE / SPRINGFIELD'S CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER TAKES ON A NEW LOOK

State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL) - Sunday, September 15, 1985

Author: Sandy Hoefler

Time and Eternity, the weekly newspaper of Springfield's Roman Catholic Diocese, has taken on a new name, logo, and, for the first time in recent

history, a layman editor.

Starting with the Oct. 6 issue, the name of the 46,000-circulation paper will change to the Catholic Times.

Its new logo includes a map of the state of Illinois with a darkened area denoting the 28 central Illinois counties in which Catholic Times circulates. A cross next to it separates the words "Catholic" and, in much larger type, "Times."

Editor Ed Wojcicki took over the newspaper in mid-April. One of his first tasks was to look for a new name. The newspaper's eight-priest editorial board, in consultation with Bishop Daniel Ryan, thought it was time for a change.

"The name really didn't suit the direction they wanted the paper to take," Wojcicki said.

The paper, which began publishing in 1896, was for years called the Western Catholic. The name Time and Eternity was adopted in 1977, when the late Bishop Joseph McNicholas headed the diocese.

Newspaper readers submitted about 350 suggestions for a new name. Some suggested versions of the same name, and some readers wanted to keep Time and Eternity. Six entrants suggested the Catholic Times.

One thing was definite from the outset, Wojcicki said: The word "Catholic" was to be included.

There wasn't "any great philosophical reason" for the editorial board's feeling that the paper should be identified as Catholic, Wojcicki said. "They just thought it was a good idea."

The name change perhaps symbolizes a variety of recent alterations in the appearance and substance of the tabloid, which is published weekly on Thursday.

Ryan and diocesan leaders were interested, for starters, in making the newspaper a more professional publication. "It's significant they hired a person with a college degree in journalism," Wojcicki says.

And Wojcicki, a former editor at both the Galesburg Register Mail and Monmouth Daily Review Atlas, has carried that news background into the pages of the Catholic newspaper.

Some of the changes have contributed to a significant increase in the number of "letters to the editor" submitted to the paper. And some of those letters have been highly critical of Wojcicki.

But that's what Wojcicki wants -- the letters indicate that people in the pews are reading.

And they are reading about issues: abortion, world peace, the farm crisis, Live Aid, terrorism and the Beirut airline hijacking. Even Jerry Falwell's allegation that South African Bishop Desmond Tutu is a "phony" was the subject of a recent Wojcicki column.

There is no liberal or conservative twist to his columns, Wojcicki says -- although one reader wrote to say he thinks Wojcicki is a communist because of his views on South America.

Wojcicki, however, says the subjects he writes about "are going to vary." For instance, one column was written about a friend who had died.

Wojcicki's columns do tend to deal with the moral or Catholic perspectives on issues, and he adds: "I don't want to duplicate what other newspapers are doing."

The newspaper as a whole now puts more emphasis on news analysis and on profiles of people in area parishes -- not just the daily record of the diocese that readers had been accustomed to seeing.

This week's issue, for instance, features a front-page story about a heart transplant recipient from Bethalto, near Alton, and the community support he received. A page 3 story featured a "faith profile" of a Taylorville couple.

Another week's front-page story focused on the controversial implementation of a diocesan rule on the offering of wine during communion.

As time goes on, Wojcicki hopes to reach even more into the diocese for stories, both news and features.

There also will be a greater emphasis placed on readers and on opening up a "dialogue" in the newspaper. Wojcicki is offering a guest column to readers, a forum for their opinions -- to show, for one thing, that it's "OK to have differences in opinion."

One goal of the newspaper is "to help the diocese and help the church do its mission," Wojcicki says. To do so, "We need to talk about the issues and the trends."

Wojcicki, the first non-priest in recent memory to run the diocesan newspaper, graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in journalism in 1976. During his stints in Galesburg and Monmouth over the past nine years, he also wrote freelance religion stories for magazines and the United Press International wire service.

Caption: Ed Wojcicki , right, editor of the newly-named Catholic Times, in front of the office at 514 E. Lawrence with assistant editor Dave Hylton.

LATIN MASS PROPOSAL STIRS DEBATE IN DIOCESE

State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL) - Sunday, March 6, 1988

Author: Michael Murphy

Traditional Catholics were within inches of reviving the Latin Mass in Springfield last month, if only on a limited basis.

But last-minute hesitation by Bishop Daniel Ryan has put the return of the centuries-old service in doubt.

Ryan briefly supported a proposal last month that would have lifted the pre-1962 Mass format from its liturgical grave. Faced by mounting opposition from local clergy, however, Ryan cancelled a trial Latin Mass that had been scheduled for last Friday.

The controversial issue now has been referred to a diocesan advisory council, where proponents of what is called the "Tridentine Mass" fear the issue will languish, if not die.

"There are some people, especially people in the diocesan bureaucracy, who just do not want to see the Tridentine Mass restored," says Michael Key of Springfield, a leader of local Catholics unhappy with changes the Mass ceremony has undergone since the mid-1960s.

"A lot of people want the old Mass back, and they won't give it to us," adds a Springfield priest, who asked that his name not be used. "What are they afraid of? If people don't want the old Mass back, it will die a natural death."

Ryan himself touched off the latest furor over the return of the Tridentine Mass. In response to a request from Key, Ryan scheduled just such a service for 6:30 a.m. Friday at Villa Maria Center, with himself as celebrant.

"There was a request, and he granted it," says Ed Wojcicki , communications director for the Springfield diocese. "But after some questions were raised, (Ryan) decided to cancel it and bring it to our Presbyteral Council."

Key himself was among those who questioned Ryan's initial decision. His appeal, seeking future Latin services at a parish church rather than the small Villa Maria chapel, was among the concerns Ryan cited in a Feb. 16 letter explaining the postponement.

Sources say the cancellation also was prompted by loud complaints from diocesan priests. They became especially vocal, the sources say, after proponents of the Tridentine Mass asked the priests to circulate petitions among their parishioners.

Among the questions raised, some "were about the appropriateness" of encouraging any kind of return to Latin Mass, says Wojcicki. Ryan "also had concerns about the general solicitation of people to petition for this."

Disputes about the merits of Catholic services in Latin versus English have simmered on and off since the Tridentine Mass, a creation of church reformation in the late 16th century, was scrapped by former Pope Paul VI. To the dismay of many longtime Catholics, the sweeping reforms of Paul VI turned priests around to face their congregations during Mass. At the same time, the so-called "vernacular" Mass had Catholics throughout the world begin praying, not in Latin, but in their native languages.

The Latin Mass' nostalgic appeal has waned in the intervening 26 years, church officials say, and the "new" Mass liturgy has the support of the vast majority of U.S. Catholics.

Says a Springfield pastor who is opposed to the neo-traditional movement: "In the old days, people at the Mass didn't understand what was going on. They sat in church and prayed the rosary at Mass, for goodness' sake. Some of these people say the old Mass had more `sacredness,' and that's what they want to go back to.

"I don't see any reason to go back, really. To me, it would be going back to a time of ignorance."

But even as a generation of believers grew up without bilingual Catholic missals, some of their elders still equate the Tridentine Mass with Catholicism at its zenith. They say their church suffers from the loss of important links with a glorious past -- pointing to sharp declines in the ranks of priests and nuns as one example.

Key, who was an Episcopalian before converting to Catholicism two years ago, says his yearning has nothing to do with nostalgia. Until last year, when he attended a Tridentine Mass out of town, he had no idea what he was missing.

"What I came away with was a sense of sacredness, a sense of reverence, a sense of awe that was present at the Tridentine Mass -- much more so than I ever got at a `vernacular' Mass," he says.

The fact that Key was able to find a Tridentine Mass continues to amaze some Catholics. They were among many caught by surprise four years ago, when Pope John Paul II cracked open the door leading to the past.

John Paul, using what is known as an "indult," allowed bishops to schedule Tridentine services on certain isolated occasions. While most U.S. bishops have blocked all such renewal efforts, a few have approved Latin Masses for the first Friday or first Sunday of each month, Key says.

Only people who sign petitions in advance can attend the Tridentine services. Some say that requirement -- like scheduling the local Mass for remote Villa Maria -- is meant to discourage widespread support for Latin Masses.

Wojcicki says the chapel at Villa Maria (the former Immaculate Conception Seminary on West Lake Drive) cannot accommodate a large crowd. It was chosen not for its size, he says, but because it met the requirements of the 1984 papal order.

"The indult states that the Tridentine Mass should not be celebrated in parish churches except in extraordinary instances," Wojcicki says. "That's why (Ryan) set it up for Villa Maria."

The Rev. Stanley Milewski of Sacred Heart parish, who helped Key publicize Ryan's original decision, says only one parish returned Tridentine Mass petitions after the tentative Feb. 21 circulation date. Thirty-five people in that parish, Our Saviour's Church of Jacksonville, signed up to attend the Tridentine service, Milewski says.

Milewski would not comment on Ryan's original decision to hold a Latin Mass, or on the bishop's subsequent change of heart.

But another local priest, commenting on condition of anonymity, says Ryan's intent was clear.

"Scheduling it for Villa Maria at 6:30 on a Friday morning, come on," he says. "They might as well have had that Mass at 4 o'clock in the morning in Cicero, Illinois."

Wojcicki disputes contentions that there is hidden meaning in Ryan's quiet decisions -- first to schedule the Latin Mass, then to cancel it. Ryan's concern was that his approval might be misread, says Wojcicki.

"The bishop is interested in supporting the parishes in implementing the liturgical reforms of the 1960s," he says. "If he approved this, the bishop didn't want it to be seen as us being somehow opposed to (those) liturgical reforms."

To solicit broad-based input, Ryan will ask the diocese's Presbyteral Council to review the Latin Mass question and make a recommendation to him. The issue will be on the agenda March 21, when the advisory panel, comprising 20 priests from throughout the diocese, holds its next meeting.

Milewski, a supporter of the Tridentine Mass, is not a member of the council, Wojcicki says. The council may reach a decision immediately, he says, or name a committee to solicit outside views on the issue.

Wojcicki, who also serves as editor of Catholic Times, the diocesan newspaper, says Key first made his request to Ryan at a luncheon the newspaper held last October for contributors to its letters-to-the-editor column.

Key wrote a follow-up letter to Ryan. The bishop's reply in early February listed the approved date and site of the first Tridentine Mass, Key says, and indicated that parishioners could petition for similar services on subsequent first Fridays.

Key says he wrote to Ryan again, asking that the subsequent services be held in a parish church. He was "really devastated," he says, when Ryan's Feb. 16 letter revealed that last Friday's Mass was off.

"I'm not sure what's going on," says Key. "I hope this is good news. I hope they're going to consider putting this in a parish church.

"The irksome thing is, we had a taste of it, and then it was yanked away."

Caption: The Latin missal, the official source of the Latin Mass, is at the heart of the struggle over the revival of the Latin Mass in Springfield. Local clergy are divided over whether to resurrect the pre-1962 service.

PRIEST BEING SUED BY WOMAN WHO SAYS HE FATHERED CHILD

State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL) - Tuesday, July 10, 1990

Author: PAT ENGLAND and SEAN NOBLE

A former Taylorville priest is being sued by a parish member who says he forced her to have sex and fathered her 16-month-old daughter.

Erin Clark says in the suit that she was the victim of "an indecent assault" by the Rev. Mike Poterucha, at the time assistant pastor or parochial vicar at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Taylorville.

Poterucha began counseling Clark in the summer of 1985 because of problems in her marriage, the suit says. Clark, the mother of five other children, eventually "became emotionally and psychologically dependent" on Poterucha, the suit says.

Poterucha assaulted Clark on July 5, 1988, according to the suit. Clark's daughter was born on March 10, 1989, the suit says.

The suit asks the court to find that Poterucha is the father of the girl and to order him to pay child support and medical expenses associated with Erin Clark's pregnancy and delivery.

The suit says the girl has a disease called Angelman's syndrome and will require extraordinary expenditures for her medical and educational needs.

In addition, Erin Clark's marriage has "deteriorated significantly" because of the incident, the complaint says, and she will need marriage and psychological counseling in the future.

The suit alleges that Poterucha's relationship with Clark was not his first with a female parishioner, but gives no further details.

Clark's suit also names three Roman Catholic churches, the Catholic Diocese of Springfield, and Springfield Bishop Daniel Ryan as defendants. All either knew or should have known of Poterucha's "previous attraction to female parishioners" but failed to supervise him, warn parishioners, dismiss him as Clark's marriage counselor, or reassign him, the suit says.

The three churches are St. Mary's; Mother of Dolors Catholic Church of Vandalia; and St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church of Effingham.

Poterucha was ordained May 25, 1985, and assigned to the Taylorville church.

He was made pastor of the Vandalia church in 1988, but last year was granted a leave of absence "for an undetermined amount of time," according to Ed Wojcicki , spokesman for the Springfield diocese.

"Priests request leaves (of absence) for any number of reasons," Wojcicki said. "I can't comment on leaves because they involve personal reasons."

Wojcicki declined to comment on the suit, saying neither he nor Ryan had seen it.

The Rev. Richard Peradotto, pastor at St. Mary's for three years, said, "I'm familiar with the situation . . . but I don't care to comment."

Poterucha now may be "in Minnesota somewhere," according to the

Rev. Leo Enlow, pastor of St. Anthony's.

The Effingham church was Poterucha's home parish before his ordination, but Enlow said he had no idea why it was named in the suit.

In addition to the paternity count, the suit accuses Poterucha of assault and battery and clergy malpractice.

The complaint, filed in circuit court in Springfield, seeks damages from Poterucha and the other defendants.

UIS names Wojcicki associate chancellor

State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL) - Saturday, November 24, 2001

Author: DOUG POKORSKI STAFF WRITER

Ed Wojcicki , publisher of the public affairs magazine Illinois Issues for the past nine years, has been appointed to the

newly created position of

associate chancellor for constituent relations

at the University of Illinois at Springfield.

Wojcicki will assume his new post Jan. 1. A national search for a new publisher at Illinois Issues, which is produced by UIS, will begin in December.

In his new job, Wojcicki will report to and advise Chancellor Richard Ringeisen on matters relating to all branches of government and will serve as liaison with the U of I Government Relations Office.

He also will advise Ringeisen on campus and university policy issues and will represent him on campus and university committees. He will coordinate Ringeisen's responses to issues that are brought to the chancellor's office related to various campus constituencies including parents, students and friends of the university.

"As publisher of Illinois Issues, (Wojcicki) has accumulated a storehouse of knowledge about how government and higher education work and has established ties with many public officials," Ringeisen said in a statement. "That knowledge and those relationships will greatly benefit him and this institution as he carries out his new responsibilities."

Before coming to UIS in 1992, Wojcicki was editor of the Catholic Times, the official newspaper of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, for seven years. He previously served as editor of the Daily Review Atlas newspaper in Monmouth and as marketing director of Security Savings and Loan in Monmouth.

In addition to being publisher of Illinois Issues, Wojcicki has been director of the UIS institute publications since 1996. That unit publishes public affairs books and other material for UIS.

He directed the award-winning Illinois Campaign Finance Project at UIS from 1994-97. He also directed the university's Illinois Civic Engagement Project.

He is the author of the book "A Crisis of Hope in the Modern World" and a board member for a number of civic organizations.

Wojcicki has a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri and is completing a master's degree in political studies at UIS.

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WOJCICKI NEW ILLINOIS ISSUES PUBLISHER

State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL) - Saturday, May 2, 1992

Ed Wojcicki , editor and manager of the Catholic Times newspaper, has been named publisher of Illinois Issues magazine.

Illinois Issues is cosponsored by Sangamon State University and the University of Illinois. Catholic Times is the newspaper of the Springfield Roman Catholic diocese.

Wojcicki replaces Mike Lennon, who left SSU and the publisher's post in February to take a new position at Wilkes College, in Pennsylvania.

"We are pleased to be able to attract someone with Ed's outstanding qualifications," SSU President Naomi Lynn said.

Illinois Issues is a magazine of government and public affairs published monthly since 1975. Wojcicki's appointment was announced Friday at the semiannual meeting of the magazine's board of directors. The meeting was held on the U of I Chicago campus, where the magazine's editorial offices are located.

Wojcicki has been with Catholic Times since 1985. During his tenure, he oversaw an annual budget of $600,000, and the paper's advertising income increased by nearly 400 percent. The paper garnered eight national awards in the past five years, the only awards it has won in its 96-year history.

Wojcicki previously spent five years as editor of the Daily Review Atlas, Monmouth. He also has done free-lance work for the Chicago Sun-Times, the Christian Herald, The State Journal-Register, Illinois Times and

Peoria's Catholic Post.

He is the author of "A Crisis of Hope," published last year by Thomas More Press of Chicago. He was a contributing author to "Of Human Hands: A Reader in the Spirituality of Work," also published last year.

Wojcicki has a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Illinois, where he graduated cum laude in 1976. The Springfield resident is married and has two children.

SJR – march 2011

…

* “Acting in Good Faith:

The Life and Legacy of Henri Nouwen,” presented by author, journalist and University of Illinois Springfield administrator Ed Wojcicki , 10:30 a.m., Abraham Lincoln Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 745 Woodside Road. Despite his faith, Nouwen, a Dutch-born Catholic priest, discovered he was not immune from spiritual conflict and bouts of depression. Wojcicki corresponded with Nouwen for 10 years and serves on the board of the Henri Nouwen Society. For more information, visit www.aluuc.com or call 585-9550.

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ok on the one hand i CAN see orion pax trying to be a "good cop". like after seeing his origin in g1 hes very naive and overly trusting of a guy he doesnt know just bc he can fly . but also im just so tired of the "what if the good guys were bastards" narrative i just dont even care. write something else. WRITE HIM AS A LABOURER. GRRRRRRR