28 January 2006

Interesting news day. The show was filled with new stuff on Iran, Hamas, the upcoming Alito vote. But one of the big breaking stories of the day was a roof collapse in Poland in which nearly 500 people were injured, 4 dead so far. The story is here. And, once again, at the risk of sounding callous, I feel it's my public duty to share the event at which all these people were gathered: a pigeon exhibition. And yes, it's actually called "Pigeon 2006." No joke. And -- after doing a quick web search -- it's a big thing here in this country as well. I found numerous sites for pigeon enthusiasts, including Racing Pigeon Digest (which bills itself as "the thinking man's journal of racing pigeons.") And several message boards including "The Poultry Connection" in which there's a pigeon AND dove forum.