Hmm, what have we got for you today?
– “Bring me the head of Amenhotep III!” Or maybe not. It is 2.5 meters tall and made of solid granite. I’m not sure there is room on the patio. Those Egyptians sure did do BIG.
– “The name’s Dare, Dan Dare.” PS Publishing announces a tribute to the great Frank Hampton, creator of many a British schoolboy’s (and schoolgirl’s) dreams. That looks like a must-buy book.
– Time on women’s ski jumping, including IOC member, Dick Pound, trying his best to sound like a Chicago Crime Boss. (hat tip: Zoe Brain)
I take offense at that. Chicago Crime Bosses are much more subtle than Dick Pound. He sounds more like a small time Brooklyn hood.
I only said he was trying his best. The Chicago Crime Boss is the ideal to which he aspires. Small time Brooklyn hoods would, I suspect, eat him for breakfast.
Coincidentally, I was catching up on Robert Charles Wilson’s blog today, and he links to this article:
http://reviewcanada.ca/essays/2010/01/01/a-shameful-track-record/
I knew for a long time that the IOC were a bunch of corrupt scumbags, but……military commander under Idi Amin?!? That’s just breathtakingly evil.