Baghdad Journal: May 14, 2006 (#15)
May 14, 2006 — -- First of all let me clear something up from yesterday. It seems many of you were confused by the title or subject heading of my entry; "Jim Rice." Well, yesterday was my 14th entry, and as everyone really should know, Jim Rice was number 14.
Today, I have made it a little easier to figure out. F-I-F-T-E-E-N! This is the 15th entry. 15. It is a single entendre.
But since we are on the subject of numbers:
6 … The number of Shiite shrines bombed overnight.
7 … The number of bombs that went off in Baghdad today. Although that number is probably a low estimate.
30 … The number of Iraqis killed in the bombings in Baghdad today. Again, that estimate is probably low.
3 … the number of bodyguards for the Iraqi Foreign Minister who were killed today.
8 … The number of bottles of water I have consumed today. I take hydration very, very seriously.
14 … The number of civilians killed in a twin suicide blast outside Baghdad's airport (in a parking lot I was standing in a week and a half ago).
2 … the number of American soldiers killed by roadside bombs in Baghdad today.
0 … the number of times I have had the bird flu.
713 … the number of home runs hit by Barry Bonds -- fairly or unfairly -- in his career.
0 … the number of home runs hit by Barry Bonds since ABC's Dean Reynolds started covering him -- fairly or unfairly -- every day.
11 … on a scale from 1 to 10, the amount I envy Dean right now.
5 … the number of months since Iraq held its last election.
0 … the number of governments actually formed as a result of that election.
8 … the number of days the incoming Iraqi Prime Minister has to form a government before a constitutional crisis.
1 … the number of bags of Doritos I consumed this afternoon.
5 … the number of minutes it took me to eat the bag of Doritos.
1 … the number of bloody lips I somehow got because I was eating the Doritos so fast. My biggest injuries to date in Iraq have come from a treadmill, and a bag of Doritos (let's keep it that way please).
