Forget the war on Christmas; it’s a war on Cupid
Published 11:05 pm Thursday, February 11, 2010
Big problem for the Riyadh Victoria’s Secret: Saudi Arabia’s religious police are combing shops in the capital city of Riyadh for anything red, heart-shaped or that even hints at Valentine’s Day, which is a banned celebration in a nation ruled by Islam’s strict Wahhabi sect.
Sounds like someone didn’t get many valentines from the other kids in Mrs. Al Harbi’s third-grade class.
Please bring snow, skip the mistletoe: Herald sports writer John Boyle has some advice on what to watch during the Winter Olympics. One of the big questions is whether there will be enough snow for some events at Cypress Mountain. Olympic organizers have even trucked in snow.
Spectators also are being encouraged to roll down their car windows and turn their air-conditioners on full.
Island hopping: If Colton Harris-Moore is responsible for another plane theft and break-in on Orcas Island, you can’t accuse him of subtlety. Someone flew into a no-fly zone set up for the Olympics and left chalk outlines of footprints at an Eastsound grocery.
Just something to remember if, while watching the Olympics, you see Mounties chasing a 6-foot-5 kid in a stolen Lycra ski suit across the biathlon course.
