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WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary John Snow on Sunday would not rule out the idea of Irish singer Bono, an activist on debt relief and AIDS, making the short list of potential candidates to lead the World Bank even though an American is expected to get the job.

"He’s somebody I admire. He does a lot of good in this world of economic development," Snow said.

"Most people know him as a rock star. He’s in a way a rock star of the development world, too. He understands the give-and-take of development. He’s a very pragmatic, effective and idealistic person," Snow said (more...).

Here’s a story I can buy. Bono rocks, largely because he honestly seems to give a shit. The guy knows what he’s talking about, he’s perfectly capable of engaging world leaders and political powerhouses in solid debate, and doesn’t appear to have any hidden agendas. He’s also the only man since Lorenzo Lamas ever who can pull off long hair and a leather jacket. So he gets my vote.

Not that anyone involved in the World Bank electoral process actually gives a flying crap about what I think, but at least I have an opinion. So there.

In other news:

Hospital staff treating a retired school teacher for a headache found a five inch knife blade wedged in his head.

The discovery was made after doctors X-rayed Leonard Woronowicz to see if he had cracked his skull in a fall while climbing over a stool in his kitchen four days earlier.

Instead they found a blade that had penetrated the 61-year-old’s head just below his right ear. It had snapped off at the handle without touching any major blood vessels or nerves - or causing any lasting damage.

He said: "I thought they might give me an aspirin, instead they pulled a five inch knife blade out of my head."

Woronowicz, from the Polish town of Wojnowice, said he had tripped over the stool while doing work in his kitchen (more…).

What. The. Fuck?!

Its a cool x-ray, though .. isn't it? Definetely one for the fridge and to show the grandkids. "Look kids, this is what happened to grandpa when he didn't want to do the dishes."

In other news:

Celine Dion has volunteered to lead an expedition of human minesweepers through the most treacherous regions of Angola.

If only.

Cheers