So the new pope is a german, not overly surprising since I guess it was expected for this guy to get it, but I did like this headline: "Ich bin ein Pope" referencing the famous quote from John F. Kennedy when he was visiting West Germany: "Ich bin ein Berliner".

Just so we're clear, "ich bin ein Schwabish" ;-)

Someone told me at Irish last night that I look like a monk... do monk's take their shirts off, swing them in the air while singing out "Zeit Fur Optimism" by Silbermond?? No I didn't think so!