Unattributed Peafowl

The Doctor and I thought for quite a while on whether or not to write about this next story. However, after some consultations with our colleagues, we decided that in the interests of full disclosure it just had to come out.

It's not pretty, but unfortunately this is what we have come to expect from LANS, LLC.

Unattributed peafowl.

Yes, LANS has sunk that low. Our investigators have discovered that the bird in question featured in the June 15 edition of the LANL NewsBulletin belongs to none other than Doug Roberts, creator of the original LANL, The Real Story blog. Roberts is now living in Nambe, New Mexico.

When contacted by reporters this weekend to verify whether the hen in question was actually one of his birds, Roberts said, "Why, yes! That's Priscilla! I'm so pleased that the photographer caught her good side." Asked if it upset him that LANL choose to publish a photograph of one of his flock without permission or attribution, Roberts replied, "Well, you know, LANL is going through a difficult period now. Perhaps it just slipped Mike's mind."

So there you have it: another gross violation regarding the dissemination of electronic media by LANL. However, both the good Doctor and I were impressed by the graciousness with which Roberts forgave Dr. Anastasio for this latest in what has been a veritable series of missteps regarding the handling of sensitive electronic media by the crack management team of LANS, LLC.

--General Buck Turgidson