News of the Weirdish

Peculiar and murderous teddy bears and funny donkeys (excerpted below)

"Our journey back in time got off to an inauspicious beginning when the first dozen of the 30-plus opposed Twins made their way to the parking lot at Gold King Mine. Uncle Don, a grizzled miner who would later be our tour guide, had his burro, Pedro Martinez, tied to a hitching post. For whatever reason the sound of the herd of Beemers upset Pedro's chi, and without warning the poor, old ass went plumb crazy. He pulled over the hitch (a truck wheel with a four-foot long steel pipe welded to it) and bolted down the driveway with the hitch dragging and scraping behind it, creating quite a ruckus. The journalists riding up the steep driveway behind us got quite a surprise when that distraught donkey came dashing down the narrow driveway in a cloud of dust wielding a 50-lb steel morning star in his wake. By the grace of god, no one was hurt, and each time the beast crossed paths with an oncoming GS, the hitch managed to miss them - barely. "