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A short break followed by a longer one; and once again, rarely is this site about Emus

sitedad — Wed, 19 May 2010 14:17:29 +0000

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 [...]

Emu dies in suspicious circumstances

sitedad — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:01:47 +0000

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 [...]

Grandma got ran over by an emu

sitedad — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:43:26 +0000

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 [...]

And now, before the U of M/EMU game, here is some raw meat for the Huron crowd

sitedad — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:48:17 +0000

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 [...]

“Wandering emus (the bird) corralled” (and hypothesizing about emus and Ypsi chickens)

sitedad — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:56:21 +0000

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 [...]

Go Emus! (Though I have to tell you I’m not crazy about the logo…)

sitedad — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:27:04 +0000

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 [...]

Emu bad news, emu good news

sitedad — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:00:03 +0000

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 [...]

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!

sitedad — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:16:20 +0000

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, [...]

EMU Alums’ Web Widget (Blabberize) Takes Off

sitedad — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:59:11 +0000

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 [...]

EMU Emus 42, Akron Kangaroos 35

sitedad — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:00:45 +0000

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 [...]