Patapsco Hikers

Let's get a little exercise to start off our week, and then have F'ing amazing milkshakes! We will do the loop at the Hilton Area Parking Lot with a side excursion to see Hell House! This is a moderate hike, with optional caloric intake after :) https://www.thecrazymason.com/our-locations/old-ellicott-city-baltimore/
We will meet at the parking lot which is the first right after you enter the gate into the park.

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I have only done this hike a couple of times, so it might be a bit of an adventure (aka, we could make a wrong turn or two lol)...it is a rocky hike through some of the most unique ecosystems on the East coast. It will be between 6-7 miles in total.

Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area (NEA) is comprised of 1,900 acres of serpentine barren. The area has over 39 rare, threatened, or endangered plant species as well as rare insects, rocks and minerals. There are seven miles of marked hiking trails. Equestrians and cyclists are prohibited due to the sensitive nature of the area.
Rare grassland plant species are threatened by invasion of Virginia Pines. Currently, a five-year effort of removing 1,000 acres of pines and prescribed burning is underway to return the area to natural serpentine habitat.
Soldiers Delight
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Profs and Pints Baltimore presents: “Satanic Panics,” a look at waves of fear of demonic activity as an American tradition, with Luxx Mishou, cultural historian and former instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy and area community colleges.
[Doors open at 5. The talk starts at 6:30. The room is open seating.]
The 1980s found the United States gripped by fear of Satanic cults targeting children. They were believed to be corrupting young ones in daycare centers and tempting teens through subliminal messages on heavy metal albums or through the quiet inclusion of demonic rituals in role-playing games. Satanic serial killers supposedly stalked the suburbs. Doctors helped patients uncover what were claimed to be repressed memories of ritualistic satanic abuse.
Parents, police, and politicians were urged to protect impressionable youths from both moral and physical danger. With Satanic cults deemed to be a real and material threat, it was a frightening time for everyone, including those who suddenly came under suspicion for doing evil deeds.
Then, suddenly, it all faded from public consciousness, just as surely as did eighties fads such mullet haircuts, leg warmers, and Cabbage Patch Kids.
Why did it all start? Why did it stop? And has this happened before or since?
Hear such questions tackled by Luxx Mishou, a cultural historian and media specialist who has long researched the devious and villainous in cultural artifacts. She’ll discuss moral panics as a longstanding cultural tradition, with each new one stemming from fear of cultural shifts and shaped by the time and place where it occurred. Among the panics we’ll look into are the Red Scare of the 1950s and the public response to the gruesome 1969 murders committed by the Manson Family.
Delving into the 1980s panic, Mishou will describe how it began with the 1980 publication of psychiatrist Lawrence Pazder’s memoir Michelle Remembers, detailing the suppressed memories of ritualistic abuse reportedly suffered by a patient. As that book quickly became a best seller, its ideas saturated American culture. A California daycare center became the focus of a three-year investigation, followed by three years of trials, based on allegations that its owner had engaged in secret ritualistic abuse of the children in its care.
Mishou will lead you through the media that convinced the public that devil worshipers were among them, and she’ll talk about how reactions to imagined threats can have very real social costs. (Advance tickets: $13.50 plus sales tax and processing fees. Doors: $17, or $15 with a student ID.)

Come plunge for Maryland Special Olympics!!! There will be a party bus leaving from Canton THB Bagel on Boston Street...if you are interested please text Chris 301-775-6123 for the cost, times, and how to register!

We need Plungers!!!! Saturday 1/31!!! Get at me if you want to go. It's one of the more fun events of the year, for a great cause, and you get to see a whoooolle lot of your boy. We leave from Canton, party bus, tailgate, plunge, tailgate, party bus, post game. It's a great day.
Bingo Fundraiser will occur at Monument City on 1/24 from 1-4PM.
Be Bold. Get Cold! Sign up to join our plunge team at the link below!!

Plunge Team