I’ve mentioned this before, but when my team is in the playoffs, it’s a pretty hectic week for me. It’s not because I’m nervous of fretting, or can’t think about anything else. It’s that I have to watch the entire game, regardless of what time I have to get up. Even more so for the Red Sox, because when I drink, they play better. This makes functioning the rest of the time a bit more challenging. My point is, if this ends up not being in English, you know why. If the Rams asked you to come out of retirement this week, odds are you missed it.
Uh oh, Germany’s mad
This week, it was leaked that U.S. spy agencies may have tapped German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cell phone. It’s the latest in a series of revelations that America is spying on its allies. Merkel called President Barack Obama to discuss her concerns. He apologized for the incident, and said that he was really just trying to experience Oktoberfest vicariously through her because Michelle won’t let him go.
The candidate who won’t narc on you
Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler, who is running for governor found himself in an unwanted spotlight this week when photos surfaced of him at a party where there was underage drinking going on. The photos, from earlier this year, show Gansler, who is fairly easy to spot, in a crowd of teenagers in swimsuits and holding cups. In one picture, he’s holding up his phone. This is true: Gansler said he was not taking a photo of the party, in fact, he doesn’t even know how to use the camera on his smartphone.
Enter ice man
It was announced this week that Metallica will play a show in Antarctica this December. The concert is being done as part of a deal with Coca Cola, and will include an eight-day cruise with the band members. The band said they are excited to play Antarctica, because they have heard that penguins are big metalheads, and they want to shake a glacier loose by rocking so hard.