Archive for February 23rd, 2007

Monkey, soccer or journalism news? »

By William M. Hartnett on Feb 23, 2007 in oddities, sports | 0 Comments

>Romanov goes bananas with new tirade (The Guardian)
This one hits three of my five primary interests: Monkey news, soccer and journalism. (Missing: Cat pictures and BSG.) For background purposes, Vladimir Romanov is the Lithuanian owner of the Scottish Premier League club Hearts. From the story:
“Addressing the media, who Romanov has taken to describing as ‘monkeys’, [...]

A bit of smutty innuendo »

By William M. Hartnett on Feb 23, 2007 in oddities | 0 Comments

>Indonesia to try to plug mud volcano with concrete balls (CNN)
(Via my brother)
I have nothing to say about this, aside from expressing my sincere hope that Indonesia’s giant concrete balls, when inserted into the crater of the mud volcano, can finally stem the gushing brown flow that has tormented so many people these past nine [...]