CAMPUS ALERTI work in metropolitan Maryland. You know, the place the pundits enjoy describing as inside the beltway. In case you're wondering -- no, I shall not be approaching the animal ....
July 31, 2008
There have been several reliable sightings of an animal fitting the description of a cougar on the campus. The description of the sighted cat is: light tan and tawny brown, about 4 feet long with a 4 foot tail, and weighing about 50 pounds. Several sightings have been reported from the area of Cole Field House, near the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, and continuing through the wooded areas to the area of the Comcast Center and Arena Drive Garage. There has been no report of aggressive behavior on the part of the animal, but community members are warned that cougars are a predatory species and that, if seen, the animal should not be approached.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
I've gotten some "unusual" emails, but this one beats 'em all
Ever since the shootings at Virginia Tech last year, most colleges and universities now have pretty sophisticated emergency alert systems that text you or email you of everything from robberies to tornadoes. But this one, this is ... odd:
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A number of years ago I read a tongue-in-cheek piece in a radical environmentalist newsletter (and I'm totally blanking on the name of it) on a plan to re-introduce large carnivores to the D.C. area to help thin out Republicans. At the time I viewed it as a dryly humorous parody of a wildlife management plan. Who knows? Maybe someone took it seriously.
I'll be sure to carry my voter registration card with me when I walk to the car ....
Maybe it was a P.U.M.A.? ;-)
LOL! I think you've got it Mary Ellen!
(Although the "cougar" has also been reported to look an awful lot like Cindy McCain and has been seen near two athletic fields -- full of buff young men!)
sue j- That wasn't Cindy McCain, it was me. I'm always slinking about college campuses looking for buff young men. Hell, I'll even go for a middle aged professor, I'm not that picky.
You got the email because of the previous post about Exxon's ridiculous profits. Remember? They used to be the "put a tiger in your tank" folks. So they put a tiger on your campus. They are after you!
kidding - just kidding.
Mary Ellen = Cougar. Well, you go girl!
Cootamundra w., I guess it's a good thing I got out of there this afternoon, then! The wrath of corporate felines!
maybe someone should capture the big cat and relocate it to the white house grounds! oh shoot, that won't work, bush is terrorizing maine this weekend.
So, was it McCain as Cougar, was it Bush's Exxon Mobil buddies? I guess I'll never know, but dear readers, this morning I found THIS in my mailbox:
Hello,
Your blog at: http://madwoman-ramblings.blogspot.com/ has been identified as a potential spam blog.
Your blog will be deleted within 20 days if it isn't reviewed, and you'll be unable to publish posts during this time. After we receive your request, we'll review your blog and unlock it within two business days. If this blog doesn't belong to you, you don't have to do anything, and any other blogs you may have won't be affected.
Until I am "unlocked," I cannot post, but I guess I'm still allowed to comment. In the meantime, I'll be researching WordPress. I shall not be silenced! Jello Rules!
Hmmmm. Maybe you really HAVE hit a nerve with someone.
Spam blog? Not!
I AM glad that you can still comment though.
Keep writing!
I have noticed that a number of blogs have switched to WordPress.
Hmmmm. Maybe you really HAVE hit a nerve with someone.
Spam blog? Not!
I AM glad that you can still comment though.
Keep writing!
I have noticed that a number of blogs have switched to WordPress.
Oops! Sorry for the double comments. Serious computer lag, so I 'published comments' twice. Apologies.
It's official: I'VE MOVED!
Please check out the new home of Nailing Jello to the Wall.
And bookmark. Thanks!!!
i think i mentioned a couple posts ago that we were becoming nothing but rabble rousers and were being watched! didn't realize that by reading and commenting on your post, i might be targeted as a national problem! LOL
damn girl, you ARE fast. already up at a new site. well, you've been bookmarked, not so easy to get rid of me!
Donald, I need to keep you around for the lobsters!!
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