Homeland Security

Chukar
Originally uploaded by sasadler.

Security in Wallingford was noticeably heightened after the London bombing last week. No one was taking the subways of Seattle and the whole Monorail seems to be stalled. All suspicious packages found in the neighborhood were reported and properly disposed of. Mosques are again being fire bombed and vandalized. Brown people of all ilk are watched closely. I have personally been keeping a keen eye on our neighbors. They say they are Mexican and Filipino respectively, but you can never be too sure.

Even Sue, who is Canadian and moving to Germany, is keeping a close eye out on anything out of the ordinary. We use our cell phones to keep in contact at all critical times. I was talking to Bev and Chris in their front yard when she called from her front yard, 4 houses down looking at the roof of her house. I ran down and got my handbook to ID such anomalies and a pair of binoculars. Sure enough, Sibley's guide had the bird under the section of Exotics (read: FOREIGN.) The creature was of Middle Eastern origin to be sure, though probably born here in the Northwest. Whether it had recieved training abroad is anyone's guess.