Monday, May 22, 2006

Florida update

Strange things are afoot in my home state. And I don't just mean the alligator attacks.

First, global warming is shrinking the coral reefs, and as is becoming the norm, also causing predictions for an above-normal hurricane season. And,our favorite Congresswoman/Senate hopeful Katherine Harris appears to have locked herself out of her Capitol Hill Rowhouse this weekend without shoes -- much like Britney Spears.

But most importantly, read up on the interesting murder investigation involving a UF grad student:

The university police at Gainesville's University of Florida have targeted a graduate student in the English program over his publication of a piece of horror fiction on his LiveJournal. The police have repeatedly visited the student and demanded that he submit his fingerprints and DNA to them so that they can compare the fictional murder he described in his story to evidence from any similar unsolved murders.

Just for the record, if I were to kill someone, I would not write fiction about it, and I most certainly would not post it on this blog. I mean, c'mon people, that was the plot of Basic Instinct.


Update: Here's an article about the nuisance alligator hotline, which is funny only because it is written by someone named "Killer."

1 comment:

DSL said...

It's the apocalypse! According to the Pat Robertson creed, the Floridians are sinners and must be destroyed.

Eh. We've all survived natural disasters in our various states. Besides, half the state is on the way out anyway. ;-)