Word: pigeoning
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...Histrionics. Smashed Nissan or song by the Knack-Kesminas sees both as found objects for him to "sculpt." He's now composing a ditty to the tune of Led Zeppelin's Rock and Roll, though he keeps getting stuck on the lyric, "I spent my whole life being pigeon-holed." He needn't worry. He is too clever a cultural contortionist for that...
...desert, and one he often prolonged by taking most of his directions from pre-schoolers. We also had to backtrack several times to retrieve washing or a suitcase he forgot. And besides the guinea fowl, he squashed a dog, grazed a camel, thwacked a goat, blatted a pigeon and sucked a rare-looking green finch into the grill...
...bright chatter of songbirds, the favored pets of Kabul residents. Handcrafted bamboo and wire cages, festooned with glass beads, dangle from every doorway, and the fragrance of cardamom-laced green tea beckons passersby into tiny chai shops. As bird enthusiasts compare notes on how best to train a pigeon to turn on command, it's easy to forget that Kabul is only just emerging from the depredations of a brutal regime that banned bird fighting, music, even kite flying...
DIED. Angelo (Sonny) Mercurio, 70, mobster turned informant who provided unprecedented access to federal agents in a landmark case; in December; of a pulmonary embolism. He had been living under the witness protection program in Little Rock, Ark. The self-described "stool pigeon" tipped off agents to a top-secret 1989 induction ceremony in Medford, Mass., attended by 17 reputed mobsters. The result, the first ever recording of such a rite, toppled a powerful New England crime family...
Just how silly is Google? Its search interface offers translations into Klingon, Elmer Fudd-speak, Pig Latin - even the lingo of the Muppets' Swedish Chef. On past April Fools' days the site has pitched Google Gulp, a drink to make searchers smarter, pigeon rank, a system whereby pecking order would determine search results, and Google Romance, a satirical site boasting a sizzling "soulmate search." The web giant has even playfully offered jobs on the moon...