The Awl http://www.theawl.com/ Be Less Stupid Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:05:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 Pope's Wrist Fallible And Other News http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/popes-wrist-fallible-and-other-news http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/popes-wrist-fallible-and-other-news#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:05:20 +0000 Alex Balk http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/popes-wrist-fallible-and-other-news Not good enough! I want Saturday NOW.My usual Friday attack of Let This Week Be Over Syndrome came early this week (if you're scoring at home, here's exactly when it happened), and I'll try to gut it out and take you through the rest of the day, but man am I finding it hard to care. Still, here are a couple of things you might be interested in.

  • Delivering a sermon at Friday prayers in Tehran, former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani declared that the country was in crisis; the speech was not televised out of fear that he would do exactly that.
  • Eight people were killed in Jakarta when two hotels were bombed. "Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the president of Indonesia, likened the perpetrators to 'death spreaders,' or Dracula."
  • The situation in Honduras is still in flux. Amid protests, curfews, and negotiations, ousted President Miguel Zelaya is threatening to return next week.
  • There is not going to be enough of the swine flu vaccine to save us from ALL DYING.
  • The Pope fractured his wrist.

Okay? Let this week be over already!

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]]> Not good enough! I want Saturday NOW.My usual Friday attack of Let This Week Be Over Syndrome came early this week (if you're scoring at home, here's exactly when it happened), and I'll try to gut it out and take you through the rest of the day, but man am I finding it hard to care. Still, here are a couple of things you might be interested in.

  • Delivering a sermon at Friday prayers in Tehran, former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani declared that the country was in crisis; the speech was not televised out of fear that he would do exactly that.
  • Eight people were killed in Jakarta when two hotels were bombed. "Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the president of Indonesia, likened the perpetrators to 'death spreaders,' or Dracula."
  • The situation in Honduras is still in flux. Amid protests, curfews, and negotiations, ousted President Miguel Zelaya is threatening to return next week.
  • There is not going to be enough of the swine flu vaccine to save us from ALL DYING.
  • The Pope fractured his wrist.

Okay? Let this week be over already!

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