Choccy

That accompanying pic. It's a young Brian McClair, isn't it?

The misfortune of Fortune

As sure as night follows day, breaking news from the BBC Football website that Celtic is about to sign someone can only result in one thing: said player's wiki page being hacked. This time around it's Nancy's Marc-Antoine Fortune, who Mowbray had on loan at West Brom.

Here's the link to his wiki page which may or may not have been repaired at the time of writing. Posted below for posterity's sake is a screen grab of the hacked page. (Click image to enlarge.)

Christ, I hope those career stats of his are part of the hack job. A scoring ratio of one goal every five and a half games doesn't really get the hairs on the back of the neck tingling, does it?

Leckie Lacking

You've got a resume that includes producing The Fall, Radiohead, (early) Simple Minds, The Verve, XTC, Magazine and Mark Owen, but all that doesn't matter if you've got a crap Wiki page; that, sadly, will be what John Leckie will be remembered for if a mixing desk was to collapse on him tomorrow.

I Can't See The Street For The Trees

What is it about Kensington and natural disasters?

First, this bundle of energy hit our local Post Office a few months back and now, this morning, a tornado hit our street about 6.30am. Pics are available here and here via the Kensington (Brooklyn) blog. The Pizzeria across the road from our apartment block lost its awning and we did what we could to help our retail neighbours in the circumstances: we ordered a Pizza Pie out of solidarity.

Memo to self in future: however much you want a morning cuppa - Tetley British Blend - don't go out at 5.30 in the morning to get a carton of skimmed milk from the local 24/7 Fruit and Veg store when there is thunder and lightning in the sky . . . New York 1's Pat Kiernan's is predicting a tornado in your area . . . and you were just looking at John White's wiki page a few days before.