More Soccer

The US won today, which was huge...the bigger question is what's wrong with the pansy-ass Algerian player who slapped a reporter after the match. I bet he flopped when she slapped him back, only to miraculously recover in 10 seconds.

What a bitch (the player!), even for a soccer player...he had 90 minutes to hit a man and instead takes a shot at a female reporter after the game.

Hopefully he gets a red card...of death! That sounded funnier in my head.

I did have the video up here of the winning goal, but FIFA sucks and they blocked it from YouTube or something. I blame the French.

News as Art, or Art as News

Saw this today via the NYT...This Turkish artist (and some U of L students) hand-drew the entire front page of the Louisville Courier-Journal, including all the type, photos, etc.

I could get all deep and heavy-thinking on you about his intentions, or how it reflects on our views of what's real and permanent, but that's not really what I'm feeling today. So you can think about it on your own. Or not.

Here's the full article (with video and other stuff), and here's the hand-drawn page. Check it out and think deep thoughts about modern media and our perception of real or constructed news.

Regardless of how it came out or how it's perceived, I think it's a sign that newspapers are really, really struggling that a pretty conservative paper, in a pretty conservative chain (Gannett) would even consider doing something like this.