Researchers say SARS is mutating. Really now, does that surprise anyone?

Fudge. I no longer have a place to live in the fall. Fudgity McFudge.

PETA has gone too far. They go too far every day, but this hits close to home. Here is an article that appeared in the April 25th issue of SUNY Oswego's "The Oswegonian."

PETA urges Hamburg, NY to change name
A national animal rights group has offered Hamburg officials $15,000 to change the town's name to Veggieburg.
"The town's name conjures up visions of unhealthy patties of ground-up dead cows," said Joe Haptas, spokeman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, in a letter faxed Monday to Hamburg Supervisor Patrick Hoak.
PETA offered to supple area schools with $15,000 worth of non-meat patties for the name change.
"Our offer is as serious as a heart attack," Haptas said.
Hoak immediately declined.
"With all due respect, I think it's a delicacy in our community," he said about hamburgers. "We're proud of our name and proud of our heritage."
Hamburg commemorates the birth of hamburgers at the annual Burgerfest.
In 1996, PETA proposed that the Hudson Valley town of Fishkill change its centuries-old name to Fishsave, since the group believed the name conjured up violent imagery of dead fish. The town was named by Dutch settlers in the early 1600's. "Kill" is the Dutch word for stream.

So the obvious next question is, when is PETA going to write to the Netherlands and ask the Dutch to change their language so that it no longer includes the word "kill"?

Guster. 9 thumbs up.

So outside the M&P lab on the second floor of the photo building, they're posting pictures of alumni, some of whom are currently on faculty. Everyone in my photo class was scurrying around trying to find a picture of Owen, since he had told us he was in the freshman class of '56. Owen saw what we were doing and said, "If you guys can't find me, I'm worried about your perceptive ability as photography students." Suddenly, Antonio came running over and said, "I found him! I found Owen!" We all followed him over to a class picture where each student was holding a sign bearing his name and Antonio said, "See! There he is!" Sure enough, there was a kid with a huge smile, unmistakably Owen's, holding a sign that said, "Butler, O" with a little smiley face in the O. The conversation after that went:
Me: Wow, so that's Owen?
Antonio: I know, isn't it funny?
Other guy: Are you sure that's him?
Me: Look at the smile.
Antonio: Yeah, and he's holding a sign that says, "Butler, O."
Other guy: I know, but...
Brian: What, did you guys find Owen?
Antonio: Right there.
Brian: There? (Squinting) Dude, he's black?!
Later, walking to free ice cream day at Ben & Jerry's, Brian blurted out, "Dude, he totally pulled a Michael Jackson on us."
It was unexpected, and funny. Because I had wondered once or twice if Owen was black, but I just didn't think he really was.

Certified Card-Carrying Punk
You're so punk. And see, we guessed that without having any idea of what your hair looks like or what kind of music you're personally into. For all we know, you might be a total hippie, president of the chess club, a punk, or all three. The truth is that you think for yourself and stand up for what you believe in, and that's so very punk rock. You could apply that trait to whatever you want, from fixing cars to singing opera, and you'd still be punk. In fact, please do! We'd love to see what happens.
Are you punk?

My new email address: wendy@mystupidschool.com

Oh baby, come to mama.

How weird. In one day, I got three hits from people searching Google for the phrase, "Flanders is a jerk" even though that phrase does not exist anywhere in my blog. I still hope for the day when I get a hit for something really crazy, like "metal chicken dictionary" or "naked buddha lockbox."

So much for going to sleep at 10:30.

Best noise ever in a Simpsons episode:
The noise the badger makes when Homer says, "Go away, we got bigger problems now." ("A Tale of Two Springfields")
Second best noise:
The noise the ferret makes when Fat Tony tells him, "You're not a pet, and you're not a friend. You're nothing to me." ("Papa's Got a Brand New Badge")
Honorable mention:
The noise Ralph makes when Bart uses frame-by-frame to "pinpoint the second when his heart rips in half." ("I Love Lisa")

Wow, these PETA nuts are crazier than I thought. Even when I was a vegetarian, I still hated PETA and all their craziness.