I will be out of town at a conference starting later today, and thus not posting to EMUTalk. Along these lines, I’m planning on taking a complete month off from the site in June. No particular reason, and I don’t plan on taking a month long computer “fast” or anything like that, but [...]
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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 [...] 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 [...] 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 we reach [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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, [...] 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 [...] 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. After the emus scored a touch down (and at that point, it was EMU 7 and Akron 10), they tried for a trick-play onside kick. Akron picked it up and scored in two plays. What’s up with that coaching? But beyond the actual “game,” I thought I’d share three of other lasting images of the outting: |
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