(1) One of the features I enjoy in Time Magazine is the weekly collection of quotes from around the world. Here are two personal favourites from the past week:
“There is no reason for the population to worry.”
Yevgeny Vdovin, acting governor of Russia’s Omsk region, about oily, rotten-smelling, orange-yellow snow falling in the Siberian industrial area, which officials attributed not to pollution but to dust storms in neighbouring Kazakhstan.
Yeah…right!
“Forgive me, I beg you. And take this public show of my private pride giving in to your fury as an act of love. One of many.”
Silvio Berlusconi, former Italian Prime Minister & the country’s richest man, in a public apology to his wife, after she demanded one – in a letter she published in a newspaper – for flirtatious comments he reportedly made to other women.
It’s a ridiculously operatic apology…but…considering the things he has said in the past, this is hardly surprising…
(2) Britney Spears is crying for help – apparently. Check into rehab…check out after one day…shave head…get tattoo…check back into rehab…wonder WHY anyone on the planet gives a damn…
The blanket coverage of this story makes my own near-shaven head ache. Apart from wondering why the hell this is news, I’m also suddenly realizing that Britney’s much-abused ex-husband, Kevin Federline, might have made a more successful escape from this tabloid hell-hole than most of us realize. I wish the rest of us could escape what will be weeks and weeks of blanket coverage of Britney’s new coiffeur, her new exercise regimen, and an inevitable appearance on Oprah, telling us her sad story…
God will also figure into this, somehow. Let’s hope he says he’s too busy smiting civilizations to show up on Oprah WITH Britney…
