Wiardgroup

These are dark times, what with the economy, the Packers are 5-9, and now Wiard on the 
wane. But we do have a new president, a new fold in our history, and shoes being thrown 
at the cowboy on his way out. I suppose it must be strange for Grant. People so hungry 
for an instrument that has succeeded in gaining such a pedigree. To be so admired yet 
perhaps alienated from those who do so. To have to labor so tediously to fulfill orders on a 
design that maybe he wished had died years ago. Yet the satisfaction of cultivating just a 
fraction of say --the Wogglebug --is so truly wonderful and satisfying. I make a patch 
and freak out and share it with my wife who both smiles in appreciation and is impressed 
yet roles her eyes. I remember when I came to visit you and you created that patch that 
tried to simulate a TRex for my dinosaur-worshipping kid. He wasn't convinced BTW.

I think I've said this before on this list awhile back, but the first time I talked to Grant in I 
think 2001 and inquired about the Wiard he patiently explained that the Wiard was not for 
neophytes and that maybe I should look at the other manufacturers making simpler yet 
excellent modules. It was like talking to a guildmaster gunsmith recommending I 
reconsider the expense and precision of the new rifle and just buy a musket if all I want to 
do is scare away the birds from my field. But he was patient. And I got a couple modules.

So Grant I just want to say thanks because I don't know what else to say. The Dual Borg is 
better than any psychiatry. It means a lot. It's a healing art in a world in which dots and 
dashes and right angles have so arrogantly prevailed. Thanks for the medicine Grant.

Take care and all my best,
Bill in Madison