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In flightless bird news: this item, sent to me from a colleague and loyal EMUTalk.org reader, and from something called The Awl: “Emu Dies in Suspicious Circumstances.” Allow me to quote the brief piece in its entirety: A “mad emu” was on the loose in El Paso yesterday, “snarling rush-hour traffic near Interstate 10 and attacking [...] In recent emu (the bird) news: “Grandma recovering after emu accident,” from the Northwest Florida Daily News. Quite the odd story; here are the opening paragraphs: LaReatha DeLoach’s biggest complaint Monday was not being able to play her Xbox because her arm hurt. “She’s not your everyday grandma,” said Lacey DeLoach of her grandmother. “We [...] I hesitate to post this because a) the mascot talk at EMU is so 20 years ago and b) clearly we should be the Eastern Michigan University Fightin’ Emus. But I’ll go ahead anyway: From the ann arbor chronicle, a column by John U. Bacon, “Mascot Madness: What are we losing when [...] It’s kind of a long story as to why, but I stumbled across “Wandering emus finally corraled,” in the Leader-Telegram, the local paper in the fine “Eau Claire, WI and the Chippewa Valley Since 1881.” It’s another story about loose but soon recaptured emus that again make me wonder why we are not the [...] Imagine my joy when I came across this bit of news first thing this morning: “Eastern Michigan University faces controversy over antagonistic logo!” which was posted on PRLog, a “free press release” service. A quote: An Eastern Michigan University graduate, who goes only by “Eric”, has created an E.M.U. logo based on the bird [...] Man about town Steve Pierce sent me two unrelated emu (as in the bird) stories in one say. What are the odds? First, the bad news: From the Fraser Coast Chronicle (I think this is near Brisbane, in Australia) comes this rather disturbing headline: Mary the emu hacked up by hungry homeless. A homeless [...] So, what will sitedad be eating for the upcoming holiday? Well, this Apple Stuffed Emu Steak looks promising, and who doesn’t like emu eggs for breakfast? Actually, I’ll probably be having a pretty traditional turkey-n-fixin’s kind of break, though I will check back with EMUTalk.org once in a while. Have a good holiday, everyone! Oh, [...] Introducing E the talking EMUTalk.org emu: Actually, this comes from a cool and goofy little site called Blabberize, which was put together by a couple of EMU grads. A regular and loyal reader sent me this link, “EMU Alums’ Web Widget Takes Off,” and it seems to me that there was a link on EMUTalk.org [...] I actually went to the game on Saturday– well, through halftime at least. Based on this story on the AP, it looks like I missed some excitement in the second half. As far as the game goes: I have to say I was kind of confused about at least one play EMU called. [...] As I often do on a Friday afternoon, I was doing a YouTube search for “emus,” and I came across this very old footage of the British comic Rod Hull with his puppet, Emu: I have vague memories of this from my childhood, and there are actually a number of Hull and Emu videos out there [...] |
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