Writing is So Not My Day Job

Y'know, I'm not a native, but it's very easy to see why Boulder is referred to as 'The People's Republic of'. They're insane. Case in point - Boulder is extremely land-locked within the Flatirons, and city planners were eyeing some prime prairie dog real estate for expansion. Only problem was, it was inhabited by a prairie dog colony. Boulder opted to relocate the colony (that was a nice thought, I'll give them that) by hiring local college students to catch the little buggers and release them to greener pastures well outside the city. Unfortunately, the college students all came down with a mysterious respiratory pneumonia, which turned out to be hantavirus. *headdesk* They were out there without *any* protective gear whatsoever. Boulder, Boulder, Boulder.... If nothing else, they do make life more interesting.