Watch out for that ghost! Pac-Man, the 1980s classic, has been updated for the new century. (http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/07/06/10/100bus_technotes001.cfm?refresh=yes) In related news, productivity at Microsoft’s video-game department has decreased 50 percent since the game’s release.
In further related news, summer is a slow time for video game releases. (http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/07/06/10/100bus_summer001.cfm?refresh=yes) Presumably, gamers trade the glow of the TV screen for the glow of the actual sun.
One analyst says “games are an indoor sport” that work best during the holiday times. We’d like to register a complaint about the misuse of the English language. A sport requires moving something more than your eyeballs and thumbs, Mr. Analyst.
Now, if you want to know about a guy who can really move, you want to read about the marathon monk. But sit down first. (http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/07/06/10/100wir_a2monk001.cfm?refresh=yes) The story is enough to wear anyone out.
Just one of the highlights of his quest: He ran more than 50 miles a day for 1,000 days. In straw sandals.
He makes the Boston Marathon and heartbreak hill sound like a stroll in the park.
Surprise! Paris is releasing statements from jail. (http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/07/06/10/100wir_a2paris001.cfm?refresh=yes) Still no word on her unspecified medical condition. Is being an insufferable snob a medical condition?
— Jessi Loerch, Herald staff
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