michael lambe

The frenzy for justice continues in Baghdad with the executions of Barzan al-Tikriti and Awad Hamad al-Bandar (former trusty compadres of Saddam Hussein) and there’s absolutely no doubt that justice has been done in the case of old Barzan, as his head came clean off when he dropped through the scaffold. Yes, folks, decapitation is part of the deal if you want to see democracy in Iraq. Decapitation. Wow! It calls to mind those immortal words: “To create a democracy, blood must sometimes be spilled”. (Augusto Pinochet, if you’re interested). And heads must roll, eh?

Ahem…

On a lighter note, Philippe has put me onto this site, which I’m now listening to: www.pandora.com

What you do is, you choose a song or artist you like, and then the site selects some of that and some other stuff that it reckons you might like. Then it streams it all like a radio station, a radio station specially tuned to your needs, well within your comfort zones, but also with some new stuff you might never have have heard of before. So I’m listening to a Sufjan Stevens “radio station” now (because I like him), but the song is by someone called Chelsea Beauchamp who I’ve never heard before but I tell you, she sounds hot. You have to register if you want to continue listening for free, but that just requires giving your email address, age and a US zip code. So I live in West New York, right?

And Hyon Ju brought back this game she bought Korea, called Rumi-kub and we’ve been playing it all day. It’s weirdly addictive. Especially for me as I keep winning. Not sure what’s in it for her really. I must have just beaten her 7 times in a row. Anyway, lots of fun. It’s based on the game Rummy, but you play it with tiles and the possibilities are endless. It gets harder as you drink beer though.

Beats Cluedo anyway.