Where the heck is Rocky?

The mascot for the Iowa State University Foundation recently accompanied WolfCounselor on a big summer vacation.  Check out this picture gallery to find out where they went!

Happy Easter!

WolfCounselor celebrates Easter Sunday with the release of something fitting for the season.  What would that be, you ask?  Why, a new Christmas video of course!  Aptly named Daniel and the Ancients, it enlightens us to some little known facts about Santa Claus.  Check it out and enjoy!

Netflix = Net Sucks

On April 8th, Netflix, in their infinite stupidity, announced they are removing the ability to retrieve a customer's reviews from their API, effective May 3rd. No doubt this feature was putting an ENORMOUS resource and financial drain on the company and it just had to go. Never mind that it is an already functioning part of the API, with likely minimal to no development support needed to keep it. This is all just conjecture of course, since they didn't even bother to explain the decision in their announcement!

Therefore, as of May 3rd Netcritix will have to go into hibernation for a while as we reconfigure things to allow our critic to bypass Netflix entirely in providing his reviews. We appreciate your understanding.

Merry Christmas!

WolfCounselor celebrates Christmas and the coming New Year with a new addition to the website.  We are proud to offer Netcritix, a new motion picture and television review service.  Our Netcritic covers all genres, past and present, so there is sure to be something of interest to everyone.  Come see whether or not you agree with his opinions and...Enjoy!

Mmm, Corndog!

The internationally-acclaimed Iowa State Fair annually attracts more than a million fun-lovers from around the world. Midwest Living magazine recently named the event one of the "top 30 things every midwesterner should experience."

WolfCounselor spent a day at the fair counting how many kinds of food you could buy on a stick.  We quit counting when we got to the deep-fried pineapple and decided everything is available on a stick at the fair.

At the end of the day, we decided the movie got it right:

Our State Fair is a great State Fair,

Don't miss it, don't even be late.

It's dollars to doughnuts that our State Fair,

Is the best State Fair in our state!

Alien Abduction?

Well not exactly, but it may as well have been.  This economy is continuing full throttle to suck away people's careers, WC's included.  Thank you Washington.  After going through it, I think alien abduction would have been preferable.  But WC is back!  With a stable income back in hand, hopes are high that postings of new happenings at WolfCounselor will again appear on a regular basis.  Check back soon!

The "Wayback" Machine

Listed as one of the "1,000 Places to See in the USA and Canada Before You Die", Living History Farms tells the amazing story of how Iowans transformed the fertile prairies of the American Midwest into the most productive farmland in the world.  The development of agriculture throughout the ages is on display, as multiple sites representing different eras are authentically farmed or worked by interpreters in historical clothing.

Hop into the “Wayback” machine and go to a 1700 Ioway farm, displaying farming habitats and techniques employed by the Ioway Indians.  Next, travel through time to an 1850 Pioneer Farm, complete with a log cabin and split rail fence.  From there, follow the trails to the post-Civil War town of Walnut Hill, and experience community life on the Iowa frontier in 1875.  Finally, stop for a visit at the 1900 horse-powered farm and witness the dramatic changes in farming brought on by the Industrial Revolution.  Before returning back to the future, stop by the Flynn House. One of the few historic buildings original to the Living History Farms property, this 14-room estate was considered one of the finest in the area.