Here’s the Wrap:
• Barry Bonds is three away from Hank Aaron’s record. Wonder if Tonya Harding’s goons have been put on retainer yet.
• Apparently, it has to be said: Don’t take a nap in the wheel well of an airplane. Nobody knows you’re there until they find your gross body days later.
It appeared to be the body of a male, based on clothing, but the gender was not entirely clear, airport spokesman Michael McCarron said.
• Ambassador Ryan Crocker tried to garner support for the surge in Iraq by offering … bad news.
“If there is one word I would use to sum up the atmosphere in Iraq — on the streets, in the countryside, in the neighborhoods and at the national level — that word would be fear.”
Well it’s better than tall tales and half-accomplishments.
• Meanwhile, Canadians have mastered checkers.
• The Emmy nominations are out. Lost lost, but that one was going to Sopranos anyway.
• It’s Duke vs. iPhone.
Bill Cannon, a Duke technology spokesman, said an analysis of traffic found that iPhones flooded parts of the campus’ wireless network with access requests, freezing parts of the system for 10 minutes at a time.
I got to see one in person yesterday. If I had to choose between Duke and the iPhone, I’d transfer.
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