If you guys know me you’ll know I’ve got something of an odd relationship with squirrels. I love them so much that it scares me and this leads to fear and I hate them, and then I try to kill them, and then I end up loving them again, and through this love I learn to love all of creation at the same time.
Yes it’s complicated, so can you imagine the feelings that rushed through me when I stumbled upon this little guy. Her name is Sugar Bush Squirrel and what makes her special is that she is alive. Check ebay and you’ll find lots of squirrels on motorbikes, in canoes, my friend even bought one in a race car as a present and it was excellent. Stuffed squirrels in little human clothes pretending to operate human vehicles are hilarious, but a real live squirrel dressed up in little clothes and even making political commentary, that’s something really special.
LINK to Sugar Bush's home page.
If you go to Sugar Bush’s home page you can see her in a variety of outfits, buy her calendar and even get her views on politics and religion. In fact this squirrel even runs a church. I don’t know if I’m doomed or saved. Here is Sugar Bush Squirrel on prayer in school:
“Dear President Bush . . . I, Sugar Bush Squirrel of the United States of America, am requesting that you lift the prohibition of discussing religion and prayer in schools. As the pledge of our great country states, we are to be "One nation, under God." Please allow teachers to discuss prayer and religion with students for open discussion."
See also squirrel taxidermy museum.
From this blog:
Killing Squirrels With a Gun Road Trip 2008:
Introduction
Update 1
Update 2
The Legal Case for the War in Squirraq
No Squirrels Were Harmed in the Making of my Holiday
More Squirrel Posts:
Brendan's Stag Do and the Legend of the Squirrat
Sugar Bush Squirrel via Clusterflock