Will a billionaire become the next head of the Russian government?  After all, if Putin, the almighty bear who presides like a self-appointed emperour, admits that a woman, albeit the U.S. Secretary of State, got the better of him, then is he capable of governing the largest geopolitical entity on this planet?  Look what happened to his friend, Berlusconi.

Speaking of billions of dollars, have you looked at your U.S. currency lately.  It might be a work of art.

However, Canadians have all the fun in Cuba, though, don’t they?  My hats off to Talin for sharing this story.

The last Cuban cigars I owned I purchased at the Havana House Cigar and Tobacco Merchant in Toronto, Canada.  I brought them into the United States and karma got me — a few months later, some teenagers broke into our house and stole, among a variety of small items, my box of Cubans.

Time to decide — stay with my LiveScribe Echo/Pulse pens or go with something old but new?

BTW, Talin, what’s up with Canada unjoining the Kyoto protocol?  My guess, too much dinero in cutting down boreal forests and pumping…uh, I mean, fracking oil down the middle of the U.S.  Will global warming turn Canada into a swamp once again, with tonnes and tonnes of methane free for those who need natural gas in their ovens and stoves, even if they can’t afford food?

My wife mentioned an actor set off a publicity stunt on a transportation device because his career is about to stall out.  Then, like a journalist interviewing a journalist about a nonevent, the actor turned his publicity stunt into a nonevent.  Beware those who seek attention for attention’s sake [YAWN!].  They quickly drop off the public radar for crying “Wolfgang!” too many times [NOTE: see reference to supposed leader of the UK, Cameron, and his isolationist theories].

And that actress who insists on baring it all — can you not find a good acting gig?  Surely, there’s a production company that wants to see you performing as another set of twins, grown up and mature, this time.

Anyway, if a billionaire can lead Russia, is there hope for other countries, too?

For instance, at a meeting of the Committee last night, one of the members said, “Let’s have a show of hands of who wants to see Assad’s head on a pike in the middle of an angry Syrian crowd?  Just what I thought.”  TV appearances buy you nothing except contempt, Mr. Bashar al-Assad.  There is no forgiveness for you here.  May God have mercy on your soul.

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Thanks to Dominique at Target, Ashley at Coldstone and Haley N at Longhorn.