Thursday, December 27, 2007

Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith

Tears of the Giraffe is the second book of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series and the third that I've completed. In addition to the initial book, I've done The Kalahari Typing School for Men.

In short, I liked this one the best of the three. It seemed to have the best blend of detective cases (which is made to seem easier, I'm sure, than it is in real life) and relationships. I'm not sure if I'm getting used to the characters, or if it really was better.

Still, it's more "light" than "heavy" reading, but that doesn't make it bad. Also, if you're interested in the series, I recommend reading the first book first. Three stars out of five.

This News Makes Me Mad

I won't bother to make an effort to expand on these thoughts, but news of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto angers me moreso than just about any news story I've heard for quite a while.

Saturday, December 22, 2007

Browns Uniforms

Kellen Winslow made some comments that the Browns would have new uniforms for 2008, and they might be something like what the Denver Broncos currently wear. The assumption is that this is completely false, in part because NFL teams aren't supposed to change their uniforms more than once ever 3 years, and the Browns made minor tweaks for 2006.

But, here is one fan's nightmare concerning what could happen:

(Did Romeo go on a diet?)

And, if the Browns did finally add a helmet logo, I suppose this is the best that they could do:


Personally, I'm not opposed to minor tweaks here and there, as long as they keep a "traditional" look, and they don't look like something that was trendy in the late 1990s. The Browns have been tweaking their uniforms for as long as I've been a fan; I don't see there being one set uniform that they need to keep.
  • Even though orange-brown-orange has been more common, I prefer the brown-orange-brown pants stripes:

  • I don't mind the occasional orange pants:

  • The orange jerseys were OK. I especially like the 3-D block effect on the numbers, and wouldn't mind them adding that to the white and brown shirts.

  • Did the Browns ever have white shirts and orange numbers, or is this a colourised version of a b&w photo?

  • Check out this apparenly early (1950s?) version of orange jerseys:

Sunday, December 09, 2007