Giant Man Eating Badgers… And Other Stuff

You really must check out this juicy little tidbit: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6295138.stm

The local rumor mill is busy, busy, busy in the Iraqui city of Basera. Superstition and fear of a little known animal has bred a wonderful new chupacabra-esque belief that British troops have intentionally released a plague of giant man eating badgers onto the local populace. The creature is the size of a dog, with the head of a monkey according to a local housewife who claims she was attacked in her sleep. This of course has led to the funniest ever official military pronouncement:

UK military spokesman Major Mike Shearer said: "We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area.” (BBC news credit)

Ahhh, life is truly better then fiction. Not much more new to report around here, except that I have attempted to jump back on the exercise bandwagon (however, I feel kinda like I fell off… hard). I’ve been Kayaking twice and walked three miles twice over the last four days. So now I feel a bit like I did after that first kickboxing class. I think I’m going to take today off, that way I can still walk tomorrow!