You're up early, Denis! Getting in some warm-ups before this afternoon's May Day scrums?

Please note, readers, that Gadhafi has two sons named Saif, the better-known one (Al-Islam) is still alive, this was the youngest son (Al-Arab).

Thought for a moment that you meant Benedict was wearing the clothes that JP2 had been *buried* in. But I guess this is creepy enough. (Ben probably picks through the Vatican lost-and-found looking for this-or-that to wear as well...who knows what's going on under that cassock?)

"The whitening of our city's urban core"?

It's good to know that the Mercury is doing it part by moving downtown and displacing more of the undesirables.

Intriguing. I haven´t shaved for weeks. Might give it a go to make happy, or as an offering, to the spring Gods and Semi-Gods.

That whole shaving cream song is probably too long for a ringtone ... nah, it's just right.

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