Thursday, Aug. 23, 2001
Dear Diary:

����Can you believe that Aug 16 marked the 24th anniversary of Elvis' death?

A hunka hunka burning cuteness, eh.����There are many folks who have never accepted the death of The King, and many reported Elvis sightings over the years. Who among us really wants to believe that he keeled over in his bathroom from a drug overdose?

����Huh?

����HUH?

����Sadly, the number of Elvis sightings have dropped markedly over the years and I have a theory about that.

����I have decided that Elvis, if he's still alive and this death business is just a big prank, is in Australia.

����Think about it. Australia is a great place for him to hide because it's the size of the United States, but has very few people. It only has a population about five per cent the size of the U.S. population -- Elvis could be wandering around the Outback right this moment, serenading lizards, and only the lizards would know.

����They speak English in Oz--well, actually, they speak Strine which is enough like English that Elvis wouldn't have any serious language woes.

����Finally, they have peanut butter and bananas there, so Elvis would have an unlimited supply of fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches.

����What more could he want?

����A month from today the spousal unit and I step on a plane and head off to Oz-freakin'-stralia. I've decided that as well as keeping my eye peeled for koalas, kangaroos, and the 2,451 species of poisonous snakes that exist solely to croak unwary Canadian tourists, I am also going to be

����On The Look-Out For Elvis.

����Look, we all need a hobby, eh.

--Marn

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