Friday, January 31, 2003
A wacky Week on the Web
What a strange week it has been. Though I think my favorite story of the week broke yesterday. Evidently Pablo Escobar, the deceased notorious Columbian drug lord, has a pack of wild Hippos roaming his abandoned compound in Bogota. Read all about it. There are actually six hippos that were BORN in the wilds of Bogota. My favorite quote from the article, " At nightfall, the hippo herd leaves the lake and wanders about the ranch, grazing on the grassy slopes and making sorties to the stables, where they savor the salt lick..." brings images of a marauding posse of coke'd up Hippopotami terrorizing the neighborhood to mind. Escobar's compound has now become a "playground" for the local children, and sounds like a wonderful setting for a movie.
Another fun link from this weeks huntings: www.trebuchet.com a site where one can purchase working trebuchet kits, and with links to other sites about the construction, and use of these medieval war-machines. Sounds like jolly-good-fun to me.
posted by JMV |
1/31/2003 12:02:00 PM
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