Taking off from my Ganguly tirade, here is a very interesting article written by the Bengali loyalists who provide reasons for not kicking Ganguly out of captaincy. Personally, I think the man must be left out for a series, asked to play Ranji, repair his confidence by hitting some mediocre spinners out of the ground and then asked to return at the helm.

My better half was glued to live BBC video in the hope that the Pope dies and she might be live witness to it. Well the old man finally died at about 19:37 BST, the only time over the last couple of days when the poor girl wasn't watching. Of course, TOI wants an Indian Pope, which I think is slightly wishful thinking especially after 28 years of a Polish Pope. The Italians might just want someone of their own. The Indian cardinal with a chance is Ivan Dias, Mumbai archbishop who seems to have held some important positions in the Holy See.

However,in all this the funniest thing I have read is the manner in which the Pope is declared dead. This is undertaken by a Cardinal Camerlengo and is done by hitting the forehead with a silver mallet and asking the (dead) man in his baptismal name whether he is dead. Seems very odd thing to do for someone who has been on a ventilator and couldn't breathe by himself to cry out his own name, although under duress of a silver hammer coming down on your forehead miracles do happen!! ( this is not meant with any disrespect to the Catholic community, especially after I have fasted long and hard during Lent)

Some fun things to do : go to http://luckfactor.co.uk/Edinburgh/index.html and take part in a really fun experiment. This experiment conducted by the maverick and populist scientist Richard Wiseman is another in line of his famous public pyschology experiments. All you have to do is to identify which among the different pictures shown is a genuine smile. Different pictures are shown and different parts of the photos are cut out.
I got 6 out of 10 right.

Ricahrd Wiseman is running a "Luck School" which is looking at why some people are luckier than others, and as he says there is a huge difference between luck and chance. Hmm..... If only I was lucky enough to chance not writing my transfer report and get away with it!!

To end today's post.. Oh, before I forget. We had some great weather this weekend, and made good use of it. Port Meadows and the Trout Inn on Saturday ( interrupted by a dog shitting just in front of us) and cricket in the univ parks today.

Have to run.. social engagements and hot cross buns call!