August 22 - September 1, 2008 - The (long) Week of the Sidekicks

Last week saw the (new) (talking?) Matyroshka give a whole new meaning to loving one's neighbour, and no more "lights out" from Daddy (?) in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, we hear(talk about leaving the building!!)... (now, where's that little Red (Square?) Button?) Resounding on national television somewhere (I wonder where...) were words summing up to "Beware Bush-land Ballistics" and "Brrrr.. its freezing in here...". Away West in Bush-land, the Buffalo Soldier finally texted it... 'enter the Lucky Loser...', and many Housewives all over the country (not necessarily women (or wives, for that matter...)) reached out for their saucepans (still pretty light, thanks to the Housewife Debt Relief Fund...), not necessarily to cook up victory feasts... (Can he Lose it? Yes He Can. (oops!!! that wasn't me....)) Meanwhile, the White Elephant decided to give a lift to a certain Ice Princess... Back East, the land of the Exiled Man (the erstwhile Mush-land..) the Exiled Man in question continued to be dissatisfied with the Justice system, and made sure he was absolutely clear about this... (now where did we see that before?hmmm...) The 'Boys in Blue' finally learned the answer (well, not to Life, the Universe and Everything else but..) to a certain import from a carrom board into the gentleman's game.. (where's that lion's roar now,eh?). And the Queen was flushed right out of the Flushing meadows!! Closer home, several women felt that they'd got a RAW deal, and speaking of deals, whatever happened to that deal starting with N?? College bands returned to rule box offices, spicy (old) superstars dedicated themselves to self destruction (formally this time...), retired Red buses returned for one last time, Buckingham Blushes almost returned (thanks this time to Tons of bikinis (along with second-in-line-to-thrones, if you like it that way...) in the Middle...), but the Week clearly belonged to the Three Sidekicks...(3?)...

.... and by the way, old habits die hard, so last week saw eleven days.... promise you an old fashioned seven day week next week.... until next time....