I've always thought of Koala bears as the sorority girls of the Outback. While decidedly cute and appealing to the eye, they will not hesitate to tear you up if crossed. Which is why I was particularly amused when I came across this story in this morning's headlines. Particularly the following quote:
"Koala numbers in recent years have been hit hard by disease, especially chlamydia, as well loss of habitat through logging and attacks by introduced feral animals."
Seems that my analogy is even more accurate...
On an unrelated note, I noticed that CNN has recently started providing "Story Highlights," which list the important points in the story. So, not only do we not have to worry about chewing our pre-digested news, now swallowing isn't even a problem. It's kind of like borrowing the smart kid's notes in your chemistry class, and then asking him to please highlight the "important stuff."
One final thing. Today I return to full-time work for the first time in two months. Waking up this morning was a bitch as I've become a bit of a nocturnal creature these past few weeks and couldn't fall asleep before 4am last night. (No thanks to a certain someone. You know who you are...) I've got a bit of a commute ahead of me...
Wish me luck and I'll report back with full details (or perhaps just the pre-chewed highlights).
Monday, December 04, 2006
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Great... there the Kappa Omega Alpha girls go sleeping around again. Next thing you know they'll be wearing tight black pants and bright-colored v-neck t-shirts whenever they go to parties and singing annoying songs about their sorority in groups. I heard the wallabies are freakin' stoked. Wait'll they find out that that growth isn't just a patch of eucalyptus leaves.
Uh... I mean... I don't mean to stereotype koalas in this fashion. Not all koalas are like that.
LOL
Thanks for making me guffaw loudly at my new job on my first day...
wishing you luck.. :)
Dammit woman! I was going to blog about the "story highlights" thing tomorrow. grumble, grumble...
Oh you can still write about it! I barely mentioned it. I bet your post would be better anyway...
:)
Oh yeah dude. That's totally true. It's been happening for years. I've written about it before but none of my American friends believed me! Dirty little things.
But I have to tell you, Koalas aren't bears. As the song goes... "Please don't call me a Koala Bear, 'cause I'm not a bear at all..."
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